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Homelessness, Digital Reading, Family Trees


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>The Islamic State terrorist group continues to move across Africa. What does America's military footprint look like on the continent? Nick Turse, author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Battlefield-Proxy-Secret-Africa-ebook/dp/B00WIWPTRC">Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa</a>,” and <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/wechsler-william/bio/">William Wechsler</a>, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations and combating terrorism, weigh in.</li>
</ul><ul><li>In New York City and San Francisco, the housing crisis has vastly shaped availability, affordability, and gentrification. <a href="https://twitter.com/jamifloyd">Jami Floyd</a>, host of "All Things Considered" on WNYC Radio, and <a href="https://twitter.com/smartintaylor">Stephanie Martin-Taylor</a>, a housing reporter for KQED in San Francisco, discuss the housing problems facing both cities. </li>
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A <a href="https://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/2015/1221-report-hhreport.pdf">report</a> from the U.S. Conference of Mayors shows that homelessness is on the rise in America's biggest cities. Demands for emergency food assistance are going unmet, and housing facilities are turning away the needy due to a lack of resources. We go to cities around the country to hear from the people who are suffering the most.
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<li>The Venezuelan government has tried to squash efforts to stage a recall referendum to oust President Nicolás Maduro, who many blame for the country's economic, political, and humanitarian crisis. George Ciccariello-Maher, author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Created-Ch%C3%A1vez-Venezuelan-Duke-collection-ebook/dp/B00CZ66KYC?ie=UTF8&amp;btkr=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=dp-kindle-redirect">We Created Chavez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution</a>,” says the notion that Maduro has to go is misguided, and in direct violation of the democratic system that got him elected.</li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.beelinereader.com/">Beeline Reader</a> is a new app that simplifies reading online, and the tool is generating a lot of buzz in the ADHD and dyslexic communities. Nick Lum, an entrepreneur and founder of Beeline Reader, joins The Takeaway to explain how this new app works, and how it is helping people. </li>
</ul><ul><li>PBS’s "<a href="http://www.pbs.org/genealogy-roadshow/home/">Genealogy Roadshow</a>" brings to light an increasingly popular hobby for millions of Americans: Mapping our family trees. With season three of the program debuting Tuesday night, PBS host Mary Tedesco discusses the genealogical secrets that the series uncovers, and weighs in on her own journey.</li>
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The Takeaway

Environment

Why corals in American Samoa are thriving despite warmer oceans 

Traveling monks work on a sand mandala at Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois.

Sacred Nation

Tibetan monks on tour in US as China continues to restrict religion in Tibet

A group of men praying in front of the mosque in Tinmel village that has suffered serious damage in the recent earthquake.

Natural disasters

Tinmel — Morocco’s medieval shrine and mosque — is one of the historic casualties of the earthquake

During a recent morning mass, Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, in Lviv, Ukraine, is packed. 

Ukrainian Greek Catholics lament lack of support by Vatican amid war with Russia

People affected by an earthquake camp outside their homes, in Moulay Brahim village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. 

'Organizing chaos': Moroccans in Spain send aid convoys home after devastating earthquake

Seafood Congee, as presented in the Taiwanese cookbook Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation.

Books

A new book explores Taiwan's culinary identity

Justice

Reparations for Japanese Canadians imprisoned during World War II viewed by many as too little, too late

Cast members perform during a rehearsal of the opera "Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable" at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston, Sept. 20, 2023.

Arts, Culture & Media

A modern take on an ancient Chinese folk tale

Women & Girls

Spain all-boys choir finds a new tune and admits girls

Identity

Mexican American teen star sings on after heated controversy with Mexican audiences

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This is your brain on lead, and lots of other nasty pollutants

ADHD

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