Sohla El-Waylly was one of the most vocal critics of her previous employer, Bon Appétit, and eventually resigned after the magazine’s racial reckoning.She’s now a columnist at Food52 and star of the YouTube series Off-Script with Sohla. She and Sam talk about racism in the food media industry (and everywhere else), The Cheesecake Factory, and certain kinds of mushrooms.
Are We Ready For The Next One? The Striking Pandemic Warnings That Were Ignored
Dante Disparte, founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and member of FEMA’s National Advisory Council, explains how lessons from last year can help us in the next pandemic — and why warnings from former Presidents Bush and Obama were not enough to prepare the U.S. for the coronavirus.
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Georgia Shooting: The Latest In A Year Of Trauma And Terror For Asian Americans
Reports of hate incidents against Asian American and Pacific Islanders have skyrocketed in the past year, coinciding with former President Trump’s racist rhetoric.
The pattern is clear: Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are being terrorized by harassment and violence. State representative Bee Nguyen tells NPR the shootings in Atlanta this week have rattled the Asian-American community in Georgia.
New York Congresswoman Grace Meng outlines a bill she’s introduced to help address the issue.
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Pregnant In A Pandemic: ‘COVID Couldn’t Rob Us Of Everything’
Three women come together to talk about the isolation and sacrifice that comes with being pregnant during the pandemic.
Those women: Irène Mathieu, a pediatrician in Charlottesville, Virginia; Elizabeth Baron, a mental health counselor in New York City; and Ashley Falcon, a fashion stylist who moved from Florida to New York in the early stages of the pandemic.
Economist Hannes Schwandt predicts the pandemic will coincide with a drop in birth rates.
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What’s Behind The Increase In Migrant Children At The Southern Border
Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have shown up at the southern border in recent weeks, overwhelming the government’s ability to process and transfer them into the custody of sponsors or family members.
Melissa Lopez, director of Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services Inc, tells NPR what the situations looks like from her vantage point in El Paso.
Mark Greenberg, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, explains why COVID-19 protocols are making it even harder for the government to handle the increase in migrants at the border.
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Young And Radicalized Online: A Familiar Pattern In Capitol Siege Suspects
People who stormed the Capitol were radicalized by what they consumed online and in social media. That should sound familiar: Ten years ago, ISIS used a similar strategy to lure Americans to Syria.
Dina Temple-Raston reports on the pattern of radicalization. Tom Dreisbach explores familiar warning signs in the past of one Capitol siege suspect — including hateful speech and violent rhetoric.
More reporting from the NPR Investigations team is here.
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BONUS: Rapper Mac Phipps, After 20 Years In Prison, Is One Step Closer To Freedom
In this episode from NPR’s Louder Than A Riot, New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps speaks exclusively to NPR about the power dynamics at play throughout his clemency hearing, and hosts Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael examine how his hip-hop career continues to affect his image in the eyes of the law.
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Breonna Taylor Was Killed By Police 1 Year Ago. What’s Changed Since Then?
It’s been one year since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her own apartment. In that year, Taylor’s name has become a national symbol in the fight against racial injustice and police violence. But beyond the symbolism, many feel that actual progress has been disappointing.
In Louisville, Taylor’s death has made other young Black women reflect on their own safety. Reporter Jess Clark of member station WFPL spoke to Black high school students who say Taylor’s death changed the way they look at police.
Amid the national protests against police brutality and systemic racism, Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott marched with her daughter. A year later and Scott has introduced legislation in Taylor’s name that would ban no-knock search warrants, among other things. Scott spoke with NPR about what change she has seen in the last year.
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The Pandemic Is Still Global. Here’s How Vaccination Is Going In Other Countries
Less than 4% of Brazil’s population has been vaccinated, and now a dangerous new variant has overwhelmed parts of the country’s health care system.
Duke University’s Miguel Nicolelis tells NPR what it’s like in Sao Paulo, where hospitals are turning patients away.
Other countries are also struggling to contain the coronavirus, combat disinformation, and distribute vaccines. NPR international correspondents survey the obstacles: Diaa Hadid in Islamabad, Ruth Sherlock in Beirut and Julie McCarthy, who covers the Philippines.
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The Day Everything Changed: Fauci, Collins Reflect On 1 Year Of The Pandemic
March 11 will mark one year since the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic — when schools, businesses and workplaces began shutting down.
To mark the moment, two of the nation’s top public health officials who have helped lead the U.S. response to the pandemic — Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins — spoke to NPR about what they’ve learned, what they regret and why they’re hopeful about the year ahead. Hear their full interview with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly.
Collins is the Director of the National Institutes of Health and Fauci is the chief medical adviser to President Biden.
And NPR’s Brianna Scott reports on how some Americans remember March 11.
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