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Politics and Morals, Kids in Prison, A Mission to Mars


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>After decades of being the party of "family values," has the GOP ceded their moral high ground to the Democrats in this election? <a href="https://twitter.com/HeerJeet">Jeet Heer</a>, senior editor of The New Republic, weighs in along with <a href="https://twitter.com/GabeLyons">Gabe Lyons</a>, founder of Q, a learning community to mobilize Christians. </li>
</ul><ul><li>After Hurricane Matthew, the situation in Haiti remains dire. The U.N. is seeking $120 million to halt the cholera crisis, which began when U.N. peacekeepers brought the disease to the island nation after the 2010 earthquake, and access to food and clean water is difficult to find. John Hasse, national director of <a href="http://www.wvi.org/haiti">World Vision Haiti</a>, brings us the latest. </li>
</ul><ul><li>As Election Day approaches, we're checking in on key Senate races across the country. We begin in Pennsylvania, where Democratic challenger Katie McGinty is up against Republican incumbent Pat Toomey. <a href="https://twitter.com/katieemeyer4">Katie Meyer</a>, capital bureau chief for WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has the details on this race. </li>
</ul><ul><li>Researchers at Texas State University in San Marcos found that police departments in California and Texas had failed to report hundreds of officer-involved shooting deaths as required by laws in both states. Howard Williams, a retired San Marcos police chief and lecturer in the criminal justice division of the College of Applied Arts at Texas State University, explains. </li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/GonzalezSarahA">Sarah Gonzalez</a>, a reporter at Takeaway co-producer WNYC Radio, takes you behind the bars of prisons in New Jersey and Germany to examine how minors are treated in correctional facilities around the world. </li>
</ul><ul><li>On Tuesday, in an opinion piece for CNN, President Obama endorsed efforts for humans to reach Mars and return safely to Earth by 2030. Mars and other endeavors will all be discussed tomorrow in Pittsburgh, where the president will host the first-ever White House Frontiers Conference. <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonskendall">Jason Kendall</a>, an adjunct professor of astronomy at William Paterson University, explains what life on Mars would really be like. </li>
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School Politics, Pioneering Women, Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education, goes before the Senate today. Defenders of DeVos say her efforts to disrupt the educational establishment can only improve graduation rates across the country. But many opponents have concerns that she will use her wealth to entice states to take money away from public schools.  <a href="https://nationalcharterschools.org/dr-james-n-goenner-president-ceo/">James Goenner</a>, president and chief executive of the National Charter Schools Institute, and <a href="https://twitter.com/dianeravitch">Diane Ravitch</a>, a former assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush, weigh in. </li>
</ul><ul><li>Over the weekend, Democrats and activists rallied to fight the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. <a href="https://twitter.com/maryagnescarey">Mary Agnes Carey</a>, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, discusses the lesser-known provisions that could be lost under a repeal.</li>
</ul><ul><li>British Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a landmark address on Tuesday on the U.K.'s plan to leave the European Union. During her speech, she rejected partial membership in the E.U. and said the United Kingdom would "not seek membership of the single market but the greatest possible access to it." <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinWigg">Robin Wigglesworth</a>, U.S. markets editor for The Financial Times, explains. </li>
</ul><ul><li>Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/lynch-v-dimaya/">Lynch v. Dimaya</a>, an immigration case that will consider whether part of the definition of “crime of violence,” which makes individuals deportable, is unconstitutionally vague. The case involves a man from the Philippines who was convicted of burglary. <a href="http://law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/gulasekaram-pratheepan/">Pratheepan Gulasekaram</a>, a law professor at Santa Clara University, hast the details. </li>
</ul><ul><li>As the nation’s capital prepares to host tens of thousands of women for the Women’s March on Washington, we look back at a number of female trailblazers with <a href="https://twitter.com/JulieScelfo">Julie Scelfo</a>, journalist and author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Who-Made-New-York/dp/1580056539">The Women Who Made New York</a>."</li>
</ul><ul><li>Is the United States stronger or weaker because of President Obama's foreign policy decisions? For answers, we turn to <a href="https://twitter.com/sbg1">Susan Glasser</a>, foreign affairs columnist at POLITICO, and <a href="https://twitter.com/SCClemons">Steve Clemons</a>, Washington editor-at-large for The Atlantic.</li>
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Transgender Rights, China Worries, Understanding the Cosmos


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>On Wednesday, the Trump Administration announced that it in plans to overturn an Obama-era protection that allows transgender students to use the bathroom of their choosing in schools. Here to discuss the policy shift is <a href="https://twitter.com/drjilliantweiss">Jillian T. Weiss</a>, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, and <a href="http://donnamilo.com/index.html">Donna Milo</a>, a Republican business owner and transgender woman.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Protest camps around the Dakota Access Pipeline are expected to be shut down by the Army Corps of Engineers today. For a look at where the movement goes next and for an analysis of other grassroots protests, The Takeaway turns to <a href="https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang">Jay Caspian Kang</a>, a correspondent for Vice News Tonight, and writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine.</li>
</ul><ul><li>A new study that collected data from people in 47 states over the course of 17 years reveals that teens are less likely to attempt suicide in places where gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry one another. <a href="http://scholar.harvard.edu/juliagoldberg/home" target="_blank">Julia Raifman</a>, postdoctoral fellow in the <a href="https://www.jhsph.edu/" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health</a> in the Department of Epidemiology and co-author of the study, explains.</li>
</ul><ul><li>If President Trump does end up pursuing a very aggressive trade policy with China, and the Chinese government retaliates and targets Chinese students, many U.S. colleges could potentially <a href="http://blogs.wgbh.org/on-campus/2017/2/21/could-trumps-rhetoric-cost-colleges-billions-lost-tuition-revenue/" target="_blank">lose</a> billions of dollars in tuition revenue, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/KirkCarapezza?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">Kirk Carapezza</a>, managing editor of our partner WGBH’s <a href="http://blogs.wgbh.org/on-campus/" target="_blank">higher education</a> desk.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Scientists have announced two major discoveries this week that have the potential to drastically alter some of their previous held understandings of the cosmos. <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonskendall">Jason Kendall</a>, adjunct professor of astronomy at William Paterson University, joins The Takeaway to explain the significance of these developments. </li>
</ul><ul><li>Joe Feingold, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, donated his violin to Brianna, a 13-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx. Their story is told in the Oscar-nominated documentary, "Joe's Violin." Today, the Takeaway hears from Graham Parker and <a href="https://twitter.com/kcorncoop">Kahane Cooperman</a>, directors of the film. </li>
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FBI Fallout Continues; Minnesota's Measles Outbreak; Wheelchair Dancing


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>In the wake of FBI director James Comey’s firing, there have been calls from both sides of the aisle for an independent investigation into the Trump campaign's connection to Russia. U.S. Senator <a href="https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAuUumCR-VXsHXjutVcLOOBldePA">Kristen Gillibrand</a> is among those in favor, and she joins us to discuss her stance.</li>
</ul><ul><li>If a special counsel were appointed to investigate Trump-Russia ties, how would that process unfold, and who would take on that role? <a href="http://www.tklaw.com/robert-ray/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.tklaw.com/robert-ray/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMd_-0k5qg8ljQs-nWfOkkHMVUyw">Robert Ray</a>, former head of the Office of the Independent Counsel, explains.</li>
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On Tuesday, John Thompson, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, announced that he would be resigning after 27 years. His announcement came on the heels of a congressional budget allocation that critics say is inadequate. <a href="https://thecensusproject.org/tag/terri-ann-lowenthal/" target="_blank">Terri Ann Lowenthal</a>, former staff director of the House oversight subcommittee for the census and now co-director of the watchdog organization The Census Project, explains why the census is important, and what challenges it faces.
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There are now at least 50 confirmed measles cases in Minnesota, largely affecting unvaccinated Somali-American children. It’s the largest outbreak in the state in more than two decades, and the community is believed to have been targeted by anti-vaccine groups. <a href="https://cdc.confex.com/cdc/nic2010/webprogram/Person25229.html" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://cdc.confex.com/cdc/nic2010/webprogram/Person25229.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjgRDF8iD9afq4fl_lcB0jrLDxSQ">Kristen Ehresmann</a>, director of the Infectious Disease Division at the Minnesota Department of Health, discusses the outbreak.
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On Wednesday, three Senate Republicans joined Senate Democrats in a 51-49 vote to block consideration of a resolution to repeal an Obama-era rule requiring oil and gas producers to curb methane emissions from federal lands. The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://twitter.com/toddzwillich?ref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGHR8xOu2GM__AcAxG5HVfu7Deh5w">Todd Zwillich</a>, has the story.
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<a href="http://www.axisdance.org/carina/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.axisdance.org/carina/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAD9vQ3TRb1eXp6dCOE-RBHoVrJw">Carina Ho</a> was an active artist in dance and music before she was paralyzed in an accident at the age of 27. She returned to her art with her disability with the AXIS dance company and describes that experience.
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This week in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover took over the FBI this week, and his tenure as director included a restructuring and expansion that came to define what the agency represents today. A huge part of that legacy was established with the FBI’s handling of prohibition. <a href="http://beverlygage.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://beverlygage.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH1QmkhTF1sRilwL8XSXiAYGBofsA">Beverly Gage</a>, a professor of 20th century American History at Yale University and author of the forthcoming book "<a href="http://beverlygage.com/books/g-manj-edgar-hoover/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://beverlygage.com/books/g-manj-edgar-hoover/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494594071883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRx-PXqH6SoL_X03crCpxGUPWrNA">G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century</a>," takes us on a tour of history.
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Trump Takes a Trip, A Foiled Terror Plot, A Teacher's Warning


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>President Donald Trump is on his first official trip overseas. This past weekend, the president was in Saudi Arabia, and today he'll be in Israel before he heads to Rome, Sicily, and Brussels. Ambassador <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/itamar-rabinovich/">Itamar Rabinovich</a>, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. from 1993 to 1996, and <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveEder">Steve Eder</a>, an investigative reporter for our partners at The New York Times, look at Mr. Trump's visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia. </li>
</ul><ul><li>According to a group of current and former U.S. intelligence officials, from 2010 to 2012, at least a dozen C.I.A. informants were thrown in jail or killed by the Chinese government. <a href="https://twitter.com/adamgoldmannyt">Adam Goldman</a>, a reporter with The New York Times who has been covering this story, has the details. </li>
</ul><ul><li>A whistle-blower at UnitedHealth Group is claiming that big insurance companies have been using Medicare Advantage to profit-game the system in order to be paid more. <a href="http://khn.org/news/author/fred-schulte/" target="_blank">Fred Schulte</a>, a senior correspondent for <a href="http://khn.org/" target="_blank">Kaiser Health News</a>, explains.</li>
</ul><ul><li>The chemical chlorpyrifos, which was slated to be banned under the Obama administration but then reversed by President Trump, is responsible for sickening dozens of farm workers in California. <a href="https://twitter.com/danaboydbarr">Dana Boyd Barr</a>, a professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, a member of the scientific advisory panel for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that recommended the ban to the EPA, weighs in. </li>
</ul><ul><li>The Takeaway looks into a foiled terrorist plot set to be carried out in Kansas by three members of an anti-Muslim white supremacist group called the Crusaders. <a href="https://twitter.com/TedGenoways">Ted Genoways</a>, a contributing editor to The New Republic, investigated the group's radicalization, their plan to bomb an apartment complex comprised of mostly Somali immigrants, and how the town rallied to the defense of these refugees.</li>
</ul><ul><li>As students across the country prepare for graduation, Rob Barnett, a public school teacher in Washington, D.C., says that schools are too fixated on graduation rates and passing students to boost their numbers. As a result, real learning has become a secondary goal. </li>
</ul>This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/noeleking">Noel King</a>.

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Targeting the Vulnerable, Disconnected Youth, The Pope and The President


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>After this week's attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, The Takeaway explores how terrorist organizations, including ISIS, evoke fear by targeting vulnerable parts of the population. <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaEStern">Jessica Stern</a>, a professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and co-author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/ISIS-State-Terror-Jessica-Stern/dp/0062395548">ISIS: The State of Terror</a>," weighs in. </li>
</ul><ul><li>With healthcare reform still up for debate in Washington, the future of Montana’s Medicaid expansion is unclear. Some 72,000 people gained access to healthcare after the expansion in 2015, and about 20,000 of that population is made up of American Indians. Takeaway Washington Correspondent <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a> interviewed healthcare providers and recipients across the state to see how they’ve been impacted by the expansion.</li>
</ul><ul><li>On Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release a score of the American Health Care Act. The analysis will include savings estimates and projections of insurance coverage losses over the next 10 years, and the Senate cannot move forward with its version of the bill until the CBO scoring is complete. <a href="https://twitter.com/jenhab">Jennifer Haberkorn</a>, senior healthcare reporter for Politico Pro, explains what you need to know. </li>
</ul><ul><li>As part of the 2017 County Health Rankings Key Findings Report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a new metric is emerging about "disconnected youth." Defined as young people aged 16 to 24 who are neither working nor in school, it's estimated by the data that currently 1 in 8 young people fall into this category. For a look at this data, The Takeaway turns to <a href="https://twitter.com/k8kingery">Kate Kingery</a>, deputy director of community transformation at County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, and <a href="https://www.crbelfield.org/">Clive Belfield</a>, a professor in the department of economics at CUNY Queens College.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Chicago is running an aggressive campaign to re-engage young people. The program, called Thrive Chicago, aims to connect 10,000 young people with jobs, internships, mentorships or other kinds of training in three years. <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandisFriedman">Brandis Friedman</a>, Chicago Tonight Correspondent at WTTW covering education, has the details on the program. </li>
</ul><ul><li>There are more than 80 million Catholics in the United States. How are American Catholics viewing President Trump's visit to the Vatican and meeting with Pope Francis? <a href="https://twitter.com/gehringdc">John Gehring</a>, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life and author of "The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope's Challenge to the American Catholic Church," answers. </li>
</ul>This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>.

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DIY Justice: Should teachers be armed?


Coming up on today's show:
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Senate Republican leaders finally released their healthcare plan last week. It includes steep cuts to Medicaid, and tax breaks for some of the wealthiest Americans. The Congressional Budget Office is expected to score the bill this week, and some Republican senators are pushing back against the bill. We check in with Takeaway Washington Correspondent <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a> for the latest on the fight over healthcare. 
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington on Sunday for a two day visit. On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump said his administration would be "best friends" with India. How will U.S.-India relations fare during Prime Minister Modi's first visit with the president? <a href="https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan">Tanvi Madan</a>, the director of The India Project at the Brookings Institution, weighs in. 
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Should teachers carry guns? One county in Colorado is training school staff members on a controversial method to prepare for an active shooter scenario.  <a href="https://twitter.com/lauracarno">Laura Carno</a>, founder of the non-profit <a href="http://cocivilliberties.org/">Coloradans for Civil Liberties</a>, has the details. 
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Photographer <a href="http://www.kdimoffphotography.com/portfolio">Kati Dimoff</a> often finds old cameras and develops the film she finds inside them. The camera she found at a Goodwill store in Portland, Oregon revealed long-forgotten images of the Mount St. Helens eruption 30 years ago. Dimoff shares her story today on The Takeaway. 
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Green card holders are allowed to join the U.S. military, and some veterans are not citizens. But non-citizen soldiers and veterans who get in trouble with the law  can face deportation. <a href="https://twitter.com/@dorianmerina">Dorian Merina</a> is a reporter for station KPCC in Los Angeles and is a contributor to <a href="http://americanhomefront.wunc.org/">The American Homefront Project</a>. He brings us the <a href="http://americanhomefront.wunc.org/post/serving-us-military-wont-protect-these-veterans-being-deported">first</a> of his two part series on veteran deportations.
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<a href="http://www.herjustice.org/content/view/45/52/">Amanda Doroshow</a>, a staff attorney at Her Justice who represents women and children who are held in family detention centers, explains the dire conditions detainees face in one facility, and the obstacles that women and their children face when attempting to file for asylum.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/cradletostage">Virginia Grohl</a>, mother of Foo Fighters frontman and Nirvana drummer David Grohl, never expected her son to become a musician, let alone a rock star. In a new book, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Stage-Stories-Mothers-Rocked/dp/158005644X">Cradle to the Stage: Stories from the Mothers who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars</a>," she tells the stories of other mothers who raised some of music's biggest names. 
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Single-payer moves front and center.


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>On Monday afternoon, newly-appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci was forced out of his job — just 10 days after he accepted the position. The move points to a larger problem in the Trump White House. <a href="https://twitter.com/ccwhip">Chris Whipple</a>, author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gatekeepers-White-Chiefs-Define-Presidency/dp/0804138249">The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency</a>," and <a href="https://twitter.com/RosieGray">Rosie Gray</a>, White House correspondent for The Atlantic, explain.</li>
</ul><ul><li>After Republicans failed to find consensus on an Obamacare repeal, <a href="https://twitter.com/awgaffney">Adam Gaffney</a>, a physician and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, looks at the history of the single-payer system, and considers whether it could ever be adopted in the United States.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Pakistan is set to elect a new prime minister today, a week after the country's Supreme Court ousted Nawaz Sharif from leadership based on allegations of corruption. <a href="https://twitter.com/OmarWaraich?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Omar Waraich</a>, a foreign correspondent<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/07/pakistan-corruption-nawaz-sharif/535302/">who has written</a> for The Atlantic, TIME, and The New Yorker, joins The Takeaway to reflect on the stability of Pakistan's democracy, and what may lie ahead for the country's future.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Vice President Mike Pence is visiting the Baltic States this week. He's trying to reassure the region that the U.S. will support them against increasing threats from Russia. <a href="https://twitter.com/LincolnMitchell">Lincoln Mitchell</a>, the author of "<a href="http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14528.html">Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy and Georgia’s Rose Revolution</a>," weighs in on the vice president's trip, and what it means for the region.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Every night, 34,000 people must reside in immigration detention centers, according to a quota set by Congress, which means the U.S. spends about $2 billion a year on these detention centers. <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBillFoster" target="_blank">Congressman Bill Foster</a>, who has served in Illinois's 11th congressional district since 2012, discusses alternative approaches and how the issue plays out politically.</li>
</ul><ul><li>A new series from The Sporkful podcast, “<a href="http://www.sporkful.com/tag/your-moms-food/">Your Mom’s Food</a>,” explores race and cooking. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSporkful">Dan Pashman</a>, host of The Sporkful, explores why some cultural food traditions are passed down through generations, and others aren’t.</li>
</ul>This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich" target="_blank" class="external-link">Todd Zwillich</a>.

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Harvey Devastates Houston, Trump's Controversial Pardon, Race, Identity and Adoption


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas this weekend. At least eight people have died from the storm, and thousands are facing devastation as catastrophic flooding continues to to batter the Houston area. <a href="https://twitter.com/RachelOLindley">Rachel Osier Lindley</a>, statewide coordinating editor for the <a href="http://tpr.org/term/texas-station-collaborative#stream/0">Texas Station Collaborative</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtAcevedo">Art Acevedo</a>, chief of police in Houston, Texas, join The Takeaway with the latest.</li>
</ul><ul><li>President Trump pardoned former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday. Arpaio is infamous for targeting Latinos during undocumented immigration sweeps. <a href="https://twitter.com/JanuaryAZ">January Contreras</a> served as an assistant attorney general in the Obama Administration and is currently running for attorney general in the state of Arizona. She joins The Takeaway to discuss the impact Arpaio's tenure had on Latinos in her state, and the signal being sent by his pardon. </li>
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Despite not having a new center to locate homeless persons, the city of Atlanta is closing its last so-called "shelter of last resort" in the city, which take in anyone, with almost no exceptions. <a href="https://atlantataskforceforhomeless.org/our-board-of-directors/">Chuck Steffen</a>, chair of the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, joins The Takeaway to explain the real root of the problem when it comes to homeless populations.
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The National Weather Service issued a dire warning about Hurricane Harvey this weekend, saying "this event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced." <a href="https://twitter.com/nwsdirector">Louis Uccellini</a> is leading the agency as Director of the National Weather Service. He explains why this weather event is so unprecedented. 
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Kids and Smartphones: A Constant Battle


Coming up on today's show:
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<li>It's been 114 days since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, but 40 percent of residents are still without power. Hospitals are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/10/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-iv-bag-shortage-hospitals">struggling</a> with a shortage of supplies, and thousands of police officers have called in sick to protest a lack of overtime pay. <a href="https://twitter.com/danicacoto">Danica Coto</a>, a reporter for the Associated Press on the island, discusses the ongoing crisis on the island.</li>
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<li>This year's flu season is shaping up to be an especially nasty one. Data suggest that this year's vaccine might only be 10 percent effective. <a href="https://twitter.com/DrFrieden">Dr. Tom Frieden</a>, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, joins the show to talk about this year's flu, and what action we might take in order to more effectively protect ourselves from a global pandemic.</li>
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<li>In Europe, insurance companies are increasingly debating whether they should be insuring industries that heavily pollute and contribute to climate change. Are U.S. insurers likely to follow their lead anytime soon? <a href="https://twitter.com/oliver_ralph">Oliver Ralph</a>, insurance correspondent with the Financial Times, answers.</li>
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<li>Over the course of 2017, the Dakota Access Pipeline leaked at least five times, according to <a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/01/09/dakota-access-pipeline-leak-energy-transfer-partners/">a recent report from The Intercept</a>. These spills were relatively small by some standards, but they're starting to add up. <a href="https://twitter.com/AlleenBrown?lang=en">Alleen Brown</a>, reporter for The Intercept, joins The Takeaway to give a closer look at the impact of these spills. </li>
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<li>Last week, music streaming giant Spotify <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-03/spotify-is-said-to-file-to-go-public-on-new-york-stock-exchange">filed paperwork to be listed as a publicly traded company</a> on the New York Stock Exchange. What does this move mean for the future of the music industry? <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcHogan">Marc Hogan</a>, a senior staff writer for <a href="https://twitter.com/pitchfork">Pitchfork</a>, has the details. </li>
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<li>Big investors have called on Apple to invest in software limiting time children spend using its smartphones. Is it needed? And could it work? <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz">Manoush Zomorodi</a>, host of <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/shows/notetoself">Note to Self</a> from WNYC Studios, and author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bored-Brilliant-Spacing-Productive-Creative/dp/1250124956">Bored and Brilliant.</a>"</li>
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This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>

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America: The Most Dangerous Wealthy Nation for Kids


Coming up on today's show:
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<li>Yesterday, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein released the transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s interview with Glen Simpson. His firm, Fusion GPS, commissioned the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/steele-dossier-trump-expained.html?_r=0">Steele dossier</a>, which contained sordid details about President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia. <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronTau?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Byron Tau</a>, a congressional reporter for The Wall Street Journal, discusses what was revealed in the testimony. </li>
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<li>As Congress scrambles to find a fix for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on Tuesday, a federal district judge in San Francisco issued an injunction against the Trump Administration’s plan to roll back the protections for the 800,000 DACA recipients who came to the country illegally when they were children. <a href="https://www.law.gwu.edu/leon-fresco">Leon Fresco</a>, former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation under the Obama Administration, explains what the ruling means. </li>
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<a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/01/dislike-of-candidates-or-campaign-issues-was-most-common-reason-for-not-voting-in-2016/">Tens of millions of registered voters</a> didn’t vote in the last presidential election. Maybe you were one of them. But if you don’t vote for a couple years, does that mean you should lose your registration status? The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today on a case from Ohio that seeks to answer that question. <a href="https://twitter.com/mlschultze">M.L. Schultze,</a> digital editor for WKSU in Northeastern Ohio, explains the case.
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More than a dozen people have been killed after heavy rains caused mudslides to wipe away homes and close roads in Southern California. Rescue workers are scrambling to find people trapped by the debris. KCLU News Director and Field Reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/KCLUNEWS">Lance Orozco</a> joins us on the ground for the latest on the situation, and how the recent wildfires may have played a role.
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Six months ago, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced he was leaving office to take a post in the Trump Administration. Brownback still hasn’t been confirmed, and the Lt.Governor Jeff Colyer has been functioning as an interim governor. Now, a growing number of state lawmakers say Brownback needs to resign. <a href="http://www.barbarabollier.org/">State Senator Barbara Bollier</a>, who represents Kansas’ 7th District, explains. 
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<li>At the end of 2017, Congress passed a stopgap spending bill for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). But it's already clear that the funding is not enough. Republican <a href="https://twitter.com/repgregwalden">Congressman Greg Walden</a> is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees CHIP. He explains why Congress has so far been <a href="http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/362875-key-lawmaker-seeks-flexibility-for-states-on-chip">unable to reauthorize funding</a>.</li>
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<li>A new study out this week finds that a child born in the United States has a 70 percent greater chance of dying before adulthood as compared to 19 other wealthy, democratic countries. <a href="https://twitter.com/especially_APT">Ashish Thakrar</a> is the lead author on that study. He’s an internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and he discusses who the most vulnerable groups are and why, and what needs to happen to fix the trend.</li>
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This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>

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Banned Books: A Tool For Prison Control


Coming up on today's show:
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On Monday, the Trump Administration reversed more than decade of U.S. immigration policy by ending temporary protected status, or TPS, for Salvadoran immigrants. It’s the latest crackdown by the Department of Homeland Security. <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkCurnutte">Mark Curnutte</a>, the race and community reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and <a href="https://twitter.com/SeleeAndrew">Andrew Selee</a>, president of the Migration Policy Institute, explain. 
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether a driver should have an expectation of privacy in a rental car when his or her name isn’t listed on the agreement as an authorized driver. <a href="https://twitter.com/adamliptak">Adam Liptak</a>, Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times, says that this case could have major implications for poor Americans, particularly African Americans who are more likely to have rental transactions.
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<li>A Michigan judge began preliminary exam hearings for four state environmental regulators who are accused of crimes related to the Flint water crisis, from involuntary manslaughter to misconduct and willful neglect. <a href="https://twitter.com/QKlinefelter?lang=en">Quinn Klinefelter</a>, senior news editor for Detroit public radio station <a href="https://twitter.com/wdet?lang=en">WDET</a>, has the details. </li>
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<li>About 60 Baltimore schools have had heating issues this winter, forcing a number of schools to close last week. It’s an issue that has plagued the school system for years, says <a href="https://twitter.com/kimberlymmooney?lang=en">Kimberly Mooney</a>, a teacher at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School, who has worked in the Baltimore City Public School System for 13 years, and a member of the Baltimore Caucus of Educators for Democracy and Equity. </li>
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<li>The ACLU of New Jersey got its hands on a list of banned books this week. <a href="http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/aclu_calls_out_nj_prisons_over_banning_award-winni.html">According to their report</a>, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) had banned "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/New-Jim-Crow-Incarceration-Colorblindness/dp/1595586431">The New Jim Crow</a>" from some state prisons — it's a pivotal work that addresses mass incarceration. <a href="https://twitter.com/Georgia_Lerner">Georgia Lerner</a> is executive director of the <a href="https://twitter.com/WPA_NYC">Women’s Prison Association</a>. She argues that prisons ban books to impose control without making a serious effort at rehabilitation.</li>
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<li>What happens to women who speak up about sexual harassment and assault in the workplace? In the latest installment of #MeToo conversations between <a href="https://twitter.com/Koalani">Koa Beck</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jess7bennett">Jessica Bennett,</a> The Takeaway explores the phenomenon of "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/us/the-metoo-moment-sexual-harassment.html">dream crushers</a>," and a look at past and present cases.</li>
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This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>

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The Search for U.F.O.s 


Coming up on today's show:
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<li>After allowing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to expire in September, Congress pledged that they would fund the program that serves 9 million children before the end of the year. That now appears increasingly unlikely. For details, The Takeaway turns to <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffYoung">Jeffrey Young</a>, senior reporter for Huff Post, and <a href="https://www.coloradokids.org/about/staff/erin-miller/">Erin Miller</a>, vice president of Health Initiatives for the Colorado Children's Campaign, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization. </li>
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<li>A recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html">article</a> in The New York Times reveals the Pentagon's mysterious U.F.O. program. <a href="https://drdonlincoln.com/">Don Lincoln</a>, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame, and author of “Alien Universe: Extraterrestrials in our Minds and in the Cosmos," <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/20/opinions/keep-looking-for-unidentified-flying-objects-opinion-don-lincoln/index.html">discusses</a> what the report found, and what we know about the government’s search for U.F.O.s. </li>
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The International Dark Sky Association has established its first reserve in the United States, and it's in Idaho. <a href="http://www.idahodarksky.org/" target="_blank">The dark sky reserve</a> — just one of 12 in the world— is made up of 1,400 square miles of remote area in central Idaho, and it's so dark that people can see the Milky Way. <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnBarentine">John Barentine</a>, the International Dark Sky Association Program Manager, joins The Takeaway to talk about conserving the night sky and why this particular designation in Idaho is significant.
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Every Friday, <a href="https://twitter.com/RaferGuzman" target="_blank">Rafer Guzman</a>, film critic for <a href="http://www.newsday.com/" target="_blank">Newsday</a> and The Takeaway, drops by to review the new releases hitting the box office. Today, a look at the satire "Downsizing," starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, and Jason Sudeikis; the biographical drama "The Post," starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks; and the musical comedy "Pitch Perfect 3," starring Rebel Wilson and Anna Kendrick.
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<li>Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has announced a change in Obama-era guidelines on loan forgiveness for defrauded borrowers. Some say it's far from fair. <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniDougPost">Danielle Douglas-Gabriel</a>, an education reporter for The Washington Post, joins us to explain the change.</li>
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<li>Yesterday, we brought you an update on Aaron Glasscock, who we’ve been following as part of our series, "<a href="https://www.wnyc.org/story/commuted-life-after-prison">Commuted: Life After Prison</a>." Aaron’s sentence was commuted by President Obama after 18 years behind bars. Despite having the unfailing support of family and friends, the adjustment has not been seamless. We bring you part II of Aaron's story today. </li>
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This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>

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Fact-Checking the GOP Tax Plan


Coming up on today's show:
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There’s been a lot said about the Republican tax plan over the past few weeks and months, and today we’re tackling those claims head on. <a href="https://twitter.com/danielshaviro">Daniel Shaviro</a> is Wayne Perry professor of taxation at New York University School of Law. He’s tells us what’s true and what’s false when it comes to the tax plan.
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<li>Conversations about gaps in health insurance coverage often focus on urban and rural communities. But a recent study found that 40 percent of uninsured Americans live in the suburbs. <a href="https://twitter.com/Alinasmahl">Alina Schnake-Mahl</a>, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health and co-author of the recent study, joins The Takeaway to discuss her research.</li>
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Cardinal Bernard Law, the archbishop of Boston who resigned in disgrace, died today in Vatican City. He was 86 years old. Law is most remembered today for his role in covering up the child sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeRezendes">Mike Rezendes</a>, an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe Spotlight Team who helped break the story on the Catholic Church’s cover-up, looks at Cardinal Law's life and legacy.
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<li>A legal case involving 200 people who participated in protests during President Trump's inauguration could have major implications on future protests and free speech. <a href="https://twitter.com/SamAdlerBell?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Sam Adler-Bell</a>, a policy associate at the Century Foundation, discusses the arguments the government is using in the case, and the precedent it could set.</li>
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<li>New Jersey’s fragmented medical examiner system has long been plagued by dysfunction and a lack of oversight. A new investigation reveals the scale of the problem. <a href="https://twitter.com/spsullivan?lang=en" target="_blank">Sean Sullivan</a>, statehouse reporter for NJ Advance Media, explains.</li>
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Since 1923, the Scholastic Art andWriting Awards have recognized the work of young people around the country. Queens-based poet and playwright <a href="https://twitter.com/southsidepoems">Trace DePass</a> joins the program to talk about some of the best teen writing to emerge in 2017. He says it’s been a year full of political passion, unique takes on form, and work that gets at the heart of issues of national significance.
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This episode is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>

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