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“To Me, This Is The Right Thing To Do”: California Governor Halts State’s Executions
“To Me, This Is The Right Thing To Do”: California Governor Halts State’s Executions
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on executions in the state, which holds one quarter of the nation’s death row inmates.
Ohio Seeks Lethal Injection Alternatives After Ruling From Federal Judge
For years now, lethal injection has been a major point of contention in Ohio. And this month, executions in the state ground to a temporary halt.
Young People Around the World Stage Mass Climate Change Protest
Friday’s Youth Climate Strike will see students from nearly 100 countries walk out of school to demand bold environmental action.
Eight Years Into Syrian Civil War, A Writer Reflects
Marwan Hisham called for the end of the Assad regime. He could never have imagined what has transpired since.
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Miami’s Next Real Estate Crisis: Climate Gentrification
Residents of Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood say climate gentrification is already happening. The idea — developers looking to buy homes in mostly black, working-class communities to hedge their portfolios against threatened beachfront properties — is deeply concerning to community activists. Residents worry that the feverish interest in their community’s real estate will lead to a surge in prices, driving out longtime residents. More on this, plus a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his father’s assassination; and we consider the removal of the swimsuit competition from the Miss America pageant with a former Miss America.
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Lost in the United States: From Teenage Migrants to Trafficking Victims
In Marion, Ohio, a city of about 35,000 people an hour north of Columbus, eight migrant teenagers from Guatemala found themselves trapped in a trafficking ring in 2014. A particularly alarming piece of the story, says Deirdre Shessgreen, is that the teenagers had actually been approved by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a division of Health and Human Services which resettles unaccompanied migrant children. The Takeaway examines the federal oversight of these scores of migrant children. Plus, we look at how a new Malaysian law targeting fake news may actually be being misused by the government to target critics; and the story of a young girl’s escape from the Rwandan genocide and her journey building a new life in America.
Moby Dick
In this Peabody Award-winning show, Kurt Andersen sets sail in search of Moby-Dick. Herman Melville’s white whale survived his battle with Captain Ahab only to surface in the works of contemporary filmmakers, painters, playwrights and musicians. Kurt Andersen explores the influence of this American icon with the help of Ray Bradbury, Tony Kushner and Frank […]
