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Ten Years After Deepwater Explosion, the U.S. Isn’t Equipped to Handle Another Disaster of its Magnitude

On April 20th, 2010, a drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. 

Montana Judge Revokes Permit on Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline

A judge in Montana has canceled a key permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that’s expected to stretch from Canada to Nebraska.

The Paycheck Protection Program is Failing to Help Many Small Businesses

The program ran out of the money last Thursday and stopped taking loan applications from small business owners.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Addresses Racial Disparities in her City’s COVID-19 Outbreak

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins The Takeaway to discuss racial disparities in her city’s coronavirus cases and how her government is responding.

January 03, 2017:

1. The Top Risks Facing the World in 2017 (11 min)

2. House GOP Starts 2017 with Ethics Stumble (7 min)

3. Chicago’s Gun Violence Has an Outsized Impact on Kids (11 min)

4. Brazilian Prison Riot One of the Deadliest in History (4 min)

5. 2017: The Dawn of The Next Space Race (8 min)

December 28, 2016:

1. John Kerry Rebukes Israeli Criticism (8 min)

2. Understanding Chicago’s Gun Violence  (6 min)

3. Trump Administration Could Have Lasting Impact on Courts  (4 min)

4. Ecological and Political Fallout from California Drought  (4 min)

5. A Water Crisis in the Dallas County Town of Sandbranch  (7 min)

6. First Ladies and First Daughters  (8 min)

7. Ralph Nader Diagnoses the Future of the Progressive Movement (11 min)

September 15th, 2016:

1. What Good Is a Naval Base That’s Underwater? (10 min.)

2. Detroit: Growing For Some, Not All (6 min.)

3. The Unregulated Databases of Local DNA (17 min.)

4. U.S. Chief Technology Officer on Future of Digital Government (7 min.)

August 15, 2016: 

1. The Impact of Third-Party Candidates on Down-Ticket Republicans (7 min)

2. 45 Years Ago Nixon Suspended the Gold Standard; Now Trump Wants it Back (5 min)

3. One Community Organizer’s Plan to Address Gun Violence in Chicago (6 min)

4. Oceanographer Sylvia Earle’s Mission to Save Our Seas (7 min)

5. Guitar’s Not Dead: How the Instrument is Making a Comeback (9 min)

Coming up on today’s show:

As part of The Takeaway’s continuing coverage of community colleges, we hear the story of Angel Sanchez, an honor-roll student who started at Valencia Community College after serving 12 years in state prison. 
This week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel named Eddie Johnson as the interim superintendent of the Chicago police department. But the reform efforts come as homicides and shootings have risen sharply this year. Kim Foxx, the Democratic nominee for State Attorney for Chicago’s Cook County, explains the challenges, and how the city is attempting to create a better relationship with its citizens. 
A controversial ruling from a UN commission earlier this week extended the maritime territory of Argentina, significant because it includes the disputed Falkland Islands. Mike Summers is chair of the Falklands Legislative Assembly, and examines what it means for Argentina’s and England’s claims of the islands. 
President Obama announced expansions to the federal government’s efforts to tackle the heroin and opiate epidemic. Steven Descouteaux is a physician at Opiatecare, a clinic in Massachusetts. He discusses the moral dilemmas of prescribing opiates, and if the new rules will change his practice. And Mark Kleiman, a professor New York University’s Marron Institute, addresses the larger issues of dealing with the epidemic, and if the Obama administration is doing enough to confront it. 
As part of our series this week on the homecoming of Alvin Hall to his hometown of Wakulla County, Florida, we head back to where Alvin had his earliest beginnings, off Shadeville Road, to places he once called home and where memories of family and faith came flooding back. 

December 02, 2015: 1. Will India’s Prime Minister Act to Save the Planet? | 2. Texas Threatens to Sue Group Helping Syrian Refugees | 3. San Diego Outsmarts California’s Drought | 4. Guttman Community College: Setting the Bar Higher | 5. Claims of Police Cover Up May Undo Chicago Mayor

Daniel Alarcón talks to Maria Venegas, the author of ‘Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter’, a memoir about her tumultuous and complicated relationship with her dad.