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Two Uyghur Children Describe What Life Was Like In A Chinese Boarding School

03 Feb 2022

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China has been detaining and arresting ethnic Uyghurs in the region of Xinjiang en masse while their children are often sent to state boarding schools...

The Cost of COVID Safety Precautions Can Be A Big Burden For Some Families

02 Feb 2022

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Masks and at-home COVID-19 test kits have become staples of pandemic life. The Biden Administration announced in January that it would distribute 400 ...

Along The Russian Border, Some Ukrainians Already Live With War

01 Feb 2022

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The world is watching as Russia continues it's threat of invasion with troops at the border of Ukraine. But close to that border, in the Donbas region...

Old Tactics Are Being Used To Find New Extremists

31 Jan 2022

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Before he took office, President Joe Biden said stopping domestic extremism would be a priority for him. His administration has now created the Center...

Reframing The Minimalist Lifestyle

29 Jan 2022

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Minimalist lifestyles are in vogue. From books to blogs, to Instagram to YouTube, Marie Kondo and other influencers have popularized living with less....

The Omicron Wave Is Receding. What Happens Now?

28 Jan 2022

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Cases rates are dropping, but the number of people dying each day is not. Many hospitals are still overwhelmed. NPR's Will Stone reports. Deaths are a...

What It's Like In Ukraine, Under Threat Of A Russian Invasion

27 Jan 2022

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Tensions are not abating as the U.S. and NATO continue efforts to avoid armed conflict with Russia. This week President Biden said a Russian invasion ...

What Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's Retirement Means

26 Jan 2022

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After 27 years on the Supreme Court, liberal justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. His departure won't change the balance of the court, but it will give...

Rethinking Joss Whedon's Legacy Amidst Bullying Allegations

25 Jan 2022

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Writer-Director Joss Whedon has responded to his former colleagues' accusations of bullying on set. NY Magazine reporter Lila Shapiro interviewed Whed...

Experts Call The Pandemic A Collective Trauma. Why Don't We Talk About It That Way?

24 Jan 2022

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When we talk about the pandemic, we talk about stress. Burnout. Uncertainty. Isolation. We don't talk as much about trauma. But a growing number of me...

BONUS: The Beauty, Style, And Life Of André Leon Talley

23 Jan 2022

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A towering figure of the fashion world, André Leon Talley was impossible to ignore. His influence extended well beyond the runway — during his time...

Amid Covid Surge, Students And Teachers Want To Be Heard

22 Jan 2022

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In Florida and Virginia, Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin are bolstering the right of parents to defy school mask mandates. While some parent...

The Fate Of That Unwanted Air Fryer After You Return It

21 Jan 2022

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The pandemic has led to a huge rise in online shopping. And record spending from last year means record returns. But what happens to the items we send...

One Year In, Tracking Biden's Progress And Shortfalls

20 Jan 2022

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Today marks one year since President Joe Biden took office. His most immediate challenge was the pandemic, but he also promised action on climate, rac...

Addiction Is Deadlier Than Ever. But New Research Shows Most Americans Can Heal

19 Jan 2022

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Federal data released last week showed more than 101,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in a one-year period. This was partly due to the pandemic an...

Why Trump Still Looms Large In Many Evangelical Congregations

18 Jan 2022

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During his time in office, former President Donald Trump embraced a Christian nationalist stance; the idea that the U.S. is a Christian country and sh...

More Vaxxed People Are Acting As If They're 'Done' With The Pandemic. Should They?

17 Jan 2022

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More people are hospitalized with COVID than at any point in the pandemic. But the omicron variant is also causing more Americans to tune out the pand...

How To Fix Declining Trust In Elections And The News Media

15 Jan 2022

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Americans' trust in both their government and in each other is declining. That's according to the Pew Research Center, who have been collecting this d...

Is Russia About To Invade Ukraine? NATO, U.S. Promise 'Massive Consequences'

14 Jan 2022

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is planning "things that we have not done in the past" if Russia invades Ukraine. His comments follow ...

A Texas Prison's Radio Station Helps Incarcerated Men Build Community

13 Jan 2022

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The men on death row in Allan B. Polunsky Unit, a maximum security prison in southeastern Texas, spend most of their time in solitary confinement, iso...

Why COVID Tests Are Still So Scarce And Expensive — And When That Could Change

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many public spaces across the country now require negative COVID-19 tests for entry. But the cost of testing can vary widely, and some say they have h...

Senator Raphael Warnock Wants You To See Voting Rights As A Moral Issue

11 Jan 2022

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As Democrats are making a push for voting rights legislation in Congress, more faith leaders want Americans to approach it as a moral – even spiritu...

Omicron Has Schools And Parents Scrambling. How Are They Coping?

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant has meant many school districts across the country have considered or committed to returning t...

BONUS: Maverick Carter On Building The LeBron James Empire

09 Jan 2022

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Before they built one of the biggest athlete-driven business empires in the world, LeBron James and Maverick Carter were just two kids from Akron, Ohi...

How To Build Public Trust When Fighting A Pandemic

08 Jan 2022

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If you're confused about the new CDC Coronavirus guidelines, you're not alone. In fact, this week, the American Medical Association released a stateme...

Countries Accused Of Human Rights Abuses Are Pouring Money Into Soccer

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A new owner can change everything for a professional sports team. And in the world of professional soccer, more and more of those new owners are count...

'The Big Lie' Lives On, And May Lead Some To Oversee The Next Election

06 Jan 2022

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A year since the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, the belief in 'the big lie' is now mainstream. And in states around the country, that belief ...

Kids Under 5 Still Can't Get Vaccinated. What The Omicron Surge Means For Them

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New daily cases are at an all-time high. The good news: vaccines and boosters have never been more widely available — but not for everyone. Children...

The 'Big Lie' Continues To Threaten Democracy

04 Jan 2022

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A year ago, insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building in hopes of overturning the election results - fueled by the "Big Lie" that Donald Trump act...

Revisiting January 6th One Year Later

03 Jan 2022

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This week marks a year since the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and in this episode we're returning to the events of the day, which hav...

Was That This Year?

31 Dec 2021

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We take a look back on the year in news and pop culture... in quotes. Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro join Sam Sanders for a special episode of NPR's It...

Ai Weiwei On His Father's Exile — And Hopes For His Own Son

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, influential Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was secretly detained by Chinese authorities. While in detention, he thought often about hi...

We're Halfway Through Another Intense Year For Teachers

29 Dec 2021

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We're halfway through another intense pandemic school year. As many teachers are taking a well-deserved holiday break, we'll hear why these past few m...

CDC Guidelines Change As Omicron Cases Cause Disruptions

28 Dec 2021

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that people who test positive for COVID-19 but remain asymptotic can cut their quar...

NPR Investigates: How States Charge Poor Parents For Their Own Kids' Foster Care

27 Dec 2021

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An NPR investigation digs into the practice of billing parents for their children's foster care — something that happens in every state in the count...

The Holiday Dishes That Are Never Missing From Your Table

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After everything that has happened this year, it can feel difficult to find things to celebrate. So we're using this episode to spread a little joy, ...

Manchin's Holiday Gift To Fellow Dems: A Lump Of Coal On Climate Change

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said he cannot support the Build Back Better Act, which contains more than half a trillion dol...

The Women Of 'Succession' And Reflections On Navigating Corporate Sexism

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The HBO show Succession is compelling in part because it portrays a world most of us will never see: the backroom deals between cutthroat billionaires...

How To Get Through The Holidays As Omicron Looms

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This holiday season we all deserve a little peace and quiet with the people we love, but the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 threatens...

School's In, But The Kids Are Out: Why Enrollment Continues To Drop

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Public school enrollment dropped three percent nationwide during the 2020-2021 school year.NPR's education team continued to track enrollment this sch...

BONUS: 12 Favorite Moments Of 2021

19 Dec 2021

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NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast has a tradition to look back on some of their favorite things from the last 12 months of television, movies and m...

Fox Hosts' Texts To White House Official Contradict Coverage Of Jan. 6 Capitol Siege

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On Jan. 6, three Fox News hosts desperately urged former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to get the president to tell supporters to stop...

The Story Behind the Summit: Leading A Global Climate Change Fight Into 2022

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The COP26 Summit, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last month brought together people from all over the world. And everyon...

Deadly Tornadoes Bring Heartbreak And Questions on Resiliency and Climate Change

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Five days after tornadoes first touched down in the Midwest and South of the U.S., survivors are coming to grips with what they have lost. Of the seve...

How A Pact Made In Prison May Have Saved An American's Life

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Dawes, an American from California, traveled to Syria in 2012 with hopes of a launching a career as a foreign correspondent. But shortly after c...

Hunting A Rapid COVID Test For The Holidays? Good Luck With That

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Almost two years into the pandemic, at-home rapid tests can still be difficult to find in the U.S. If you do find them, they're often expensive. Other...

What We Learned When Elizabeth Holmes Took The Stand In Her Fraud Trial

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After seven days of testimony directly from Elizabeth Holmes, her defense announced it had rested its case this week in a federal fraud trail that beg...

Why 'Abortion Or Adoption' Is Not An Equal Choice

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

During oral arguments last week in a major Supreme Court case, Justice Amy Coney Barrett brought up the idea of adoption as an alternative to abortion...

US Political Divide Reflected in Attitudes And Deaths Related to COVID

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At least six conservative broadcasters who spread misinformation about COVID-19 and questioned coronavirus vaccines have now died from just this year....

A Real-Life Pearl Harbor Love Story

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In October of 1941, a young soldier was on leave in southern California when he met the woman he was sure he would marry. Then, two months later while...

Women's Tennis Stands Up To China

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai made an assault allegation in November, then disappeared from the public eye. She has since re-emerged, but in protest ...

Bonus: Banned Books

05 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Banning books from classrooms and school libraries is nothing new, but it's recently become a topic of considerable political debate. How should paren...

Omicron Is Here. What That Means For The Winter

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It was only a matter of time before cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant started popping up in the U.S., and now, it's here. Although it's too early ...

Why Americans Love To Shop And What It's Doing To The Planet

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Buying stuff is a part of this country's DNA. It's a tradition that really took off near the end of World War II, when the American economy was thrivi...

A Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Roe v. Wade

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Getting an abortion in Mississippi has never been easy, but it hasn't been impossible. Now, a case before the Supreme Court that centers on a clinic i...

The Infrastructure Package Was Signed By The President. Now What?

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After years of jokes about unsuccessful Infrastructure Weeks, months of deliberation, and bouts of gridlock on the political left, a $1.2 trillion pac...

What We Know (And Don't Know) About The Omicron Variant

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The World Health Organization is warning that the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in South Africa, has a "very high" glob...

Constance Hauman 'Plays It Forward': A Musical Gratitude Project

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Thanksgiving week, we're sharing a segment from our special series Play It Forward, in which artists tell us about their own music and the musici...

George Clinton 'Plays It Forward': A Musical Gratitude Project

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For Thanksgiving Day, we're sharing a segment from our special series Play It Forward, in which artists tell us about their own music and the musician...

The Indigenous Stories Glossed Over In The Typical 'First Thanksgiving' Story

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The commonly-told version of the first Thanksgiving story leaves out a lot: The indigenous Wampanoag people who lived in a complex society long before...

NPR Investigates: CTE, Desperate Patients, And The Hope For A Cure (Pt 2)

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former professional football and hockey players, for whom ...

NPR Investigates: CTE, Desperate Patients, And The Hope For A Cure (Pt 1)

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former professional football and hockey players, for whom ...

Living with Long COVID

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For those living with long COVID, daily activities like going for a walk, washing the dishes, or being on a Zoom call can be incredibly draining. Thes...

How A Dictator Engineered A Migration Crisis At The Belarus-Poland Border

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Migrants from faraway countries are stuck in Belarus, just across its border with Poland. They've traveled there to seek asylum in the EU. But Poland ...

Half Of Afghanistan's Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity. Here's Why.

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Afghanistan is facing its worst drought in decades, but that's not the only reason it is on the verge of a hunger crisis. After the Taliban took over,...

China Poses A National Security Threat Unlike Any The U.S. Has Seen Before

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week's virtual summit between President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping may have restored a tone of respect between the world's two la...

Yeah, The Supply Chain Situation Isn't Looking Great For The Holidays

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday shopping season is basically here. But a lot of things that Americans want to buy are not. Now the race is on to get goods off ships and i...

Young Activists At U.N. Climate Summit: 'We Are Not Drowning. We Are Fighting'

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thousands of youth activists from all over the world gathered in Scotland this week for the COP26 UN climate summit. They say climate change is alread...

What Went Wrong At Astroworld? The Deadly Dynamics Of Crowd Surge

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Who is to blame for the deaths of nine people at the Astroworld Festival last Friday? Houston police have opened a criminal investigation and concertg...

Secret Tapes Of NRA Leadership Reveal Debate Of Post-Columbine Strategy

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Following the Columbine shooting in April of 1999, top leaders of the National Rifle Association huddled in private to discuss their public response t...

Is The Future Of The Internet In The Metaverse?

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse is not just the next chapter of his company: it's the next chapter of the internet. There are a lot of questions ab...

Education In Virginia's Election: It Wasn't Just About Critical Race Theory

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Now that the hot takes have cooled after Virginia's gubernatorial election, NPR correspondents Anya Kamenetz and Tamara Keith dissect the role of educ...

BONUS: How To Wake Up Early

07 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Waking up at dawn with the bakers and the baristas may not be for everyone — especially night owls. Whether you have to wake up early, or you'd like...

How Sudan's Military Coup Is Threatening Its Long March Toward Democracy

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In recent years, Sudan has been home to one of the most successful pro-democracy movements on the African continent. Now, a military coup threatens th...

Young Kids Are Now Vaccine-Eligible. Why Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Wait

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The CDC made it official on Tuesday: kids 5 - 11 are now eligible to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 pediatric vaccine. Within hours, some of the first shot...

Will The Supreme Court Rule Against The Texas Abortion Law?

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Any ruling is months away, but this week's oral arguments provided some clues. NPR's Nina Totenberg watched them unfold. Hear more from Nina's coverag...

'Striketober' And The Power Of Workers

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In what some have called "Striketober," workers in factories as well as the health care and food industries have either started or authorized strikes ...

As Climate Summit Moves Ahead, The World's Biggest Polluters Are Behind

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A U.N. climate summit is underway this week in Glasgow, Scotland. Many of the world's top carbon emitting-countries will be represented there. Scienti...

BONUS: Embedded — 'The Capitol Gazette'

31 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of NPR's investigative podcast Embedded, Chris Benderev reports on the trial of a man who shot and killed five people in the office of...

Author Grady Hendrix Explores What Happens To 'Final Girls' After The Credits Roll

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A final girl in the horror genre is the woman who is left to deal with the aftermath of surviving a terrifying killer. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacr...

Why Iraq's Protest Movement Led To An Election That Millions Sat Out

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Two years ago, a massive protest movement swept through Iraq. People were angry about corruption and a lack of basic services like electricity and hea...

Barack Obama And Bruce Springsteen On Their Belief In A Unifying Story For America

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last summer, when former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen sat down to tape their podcast, the country was facing a pandemic, joblessness a...

Booster Guidance For All 3 Vaccines; Shots For Kids Weeks Away

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The CDC has now released booster guidance for all three vaccines available in the U.S. — making tens of millions of people eligible for another shot...

School Boards: A New Front Line In The Culture Wars

25 Oct 2021

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School board members across the country are being intimidated and threatened. Now the National School Boards Association wants the federal government ...

BONUS: Wisdom From The Top

24 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is from our friends at Wisdom From The Top. From the creator of How I Built This, host Guy Raz invites you to listen in as he talks to le...

The Great Resignation: Why People Are Leaving Their Jobs In Growing Numbers

22 Oct 2021

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A record 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in August.Anthony Klotz coined this ongoing phenomenon "The Great Resignation."Klotz is an org...

Why The Global Supply Chain Is Still Clogged — And How To Fix It

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last week the White House announced a plan to help move the port of Los Angeles into 24/7 operating status. But that will only "open the gates" of the...

Havana Syndrome: Over 200 Cases Documented Yet Cause Remains A Mystery

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2016, a number of U.S. diplomats and federal employees have reported symptoms of a mysterious illness, the so-called Havana Syndrome.The list of...

Colin Powell's Complicated Legacy

19 Oct 2021

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Colin Powell's life was marked by public service, first as a soldier in Vietnam and then eventually as President George W. Bush's secretary of state. ...

The Trial For The Killing Of Ahmaud Arbery

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the killings that sparked racial justice protests last year is again in the national spotlight, with a trial that begins this week in Brunswick...

BONUS: 'Nina' And 'Just Us' Offer Ways To Start A Conversation On Race

17 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After the protests last year, we heard the phrase "racial reckoning" a lot, as some groups of people struggled to catch up with what's just been reali...

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures As Water Runs Short In The West

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Large parts of the West have been hot and dry for so long that reservoirs are running low and some communities are mandating conservation. California ...

Remembering an Abortion Rights Activist Who Spurned the Spotlight

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Patricia Maginnis, who was 93 when she died on August 30, may have been the first person to publicly call for abortion to be completely decriminalized...

Social Media Misinformation Stokes A Worsening Civil War In Ethiopia

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hate and division on Facebook are not just a problem in the U.S. That's one of the messages whistleblower Frances Haugen took to Congress last week, w...

Is China A Threat Or An Opportunity?

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In many parts of the U.S., China remains a huge business opportunity despite recent friction. That's the country where Apple makes its phones and Nike...

Native Americans Take Over The Writers' Room and Tell Their Own Stories

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After decades of Indigenous stories told by non-Natives, two shows from this past year signal a change. Reservation Dogs from FX on Hulu was created b...

BONUS: Janet Jackson Once Had 'Control' of the Charts

10 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson released an album that changed the course of her career, and of pop music. Control took over radio, reinvented th...

R. Kelly, Britney Spears, And The Rise Of 'Consequence Culture'

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. Days later, a judge suspended Jamie Spears as the conservator of...

For Facebook, A Week Of Upheaval Unlike Any Other

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One day after a worldwide outage on multiple of its platforms, Facebook was accused by a whistleblower of hiding concerns about its products from the ...

America's Other Drug Crisis: New Efforts To Fight A Surge In Meth

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Meth-related overdoses have tripled in recent years. In the west, 70 percent of police departments identify meth as their biggest problem. Now one sta...