Brooke Neubauer in Nevada, founder of The Just One Project; Lisa Winton of the Winton Machine Company in Georgia; Lee Camp with Arch City Defenders in Missouri; and New Jersey-based hotel owner Bhavish Patel.
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Brooke Neubauer in Nevada, founder of The Just One Project; Lisa Winton of the Winton Machine Company in Georgia; Lee Camp with Arch City Defenders in Missouri; and New Jersey-based hotel owner Bhavish Patel.
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Students are losing a lot of academic ground the longer their schooling is disrupted. Maine Public Radio’s Robbie Feinberg reports on how one rural district is trying to reach students who haven’t been showing up for online classes.
This week, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release new guidelines about how schools can reopen safely, three public school teachers weigh in: Mike Reinholdt of Davenport, Iowa; Maxie Hollingsworth of Houston, Texas; and Pam Gaddy of Baltimore, Md.
For more education coverage, follow NPR’s Anya Kamentez on Twitter, and check out her recent story “Keep Schools Open All Summer, And Other Bold Ideas To Help Kids Catch Up.”
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But it appears unlikely enough Republican Senators will find that he bears enough responsibility to warrant conviction in his second impeachment trial — which could prevent him from ever holding office again.
Charlie Sykes, founder and editor at large of the conservative site The Bulwark, argues that Republicans are failing to hold themselves accountable.
NPR’s Melissa Block reports on the future of Trump’s “big lie” about the results of the 2020 election.
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KUT’s Ashley Lopez, Shalina Chatlani of NPR’s Gulf States Newsroom, and NPR’s Sean McMinn explain their findings. Read more here.
Also in this episode: how one county in Washington state is trying to make vaccine distribution more equitable. Will Stone reports.
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In this episode of Short Wave, NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher talks about the history of environmental racism in the United States, and what Biden’s administration can do to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Read Rebecca’s reporting on how Biden hopes to address the environmental impacts of systemic racism.
Smith wrote about the significance of that national anthem performance back in 2016 for ESPN.
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Musician Zoe Keating and production designer Terry Morgan describe how their work has changed with live venues nationwide shuttered for nearly a year.
Venue owner Danya Frank of First Avenue and Jim Ritts of the Paramount Theatre explain why the gears of the performing arts economy are not designed for a slow return to normalcy.
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The history of the minimum wage in the U.S. is tied closely to civil rights. Ellora Derenoncourt, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, says one theme of the 1963 March on Washington was a call for a higher minimum wage.
Many states have a higher minimum wage than the federally mandated $7.25. Arindrajit Dube from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst discusses how those states have fared.
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Combined with the two vaccines currently in circulation, the U.S. could have three vaccines that are all highly effective at preventing death or hospitalization due to COVID-19.
Despite that promising news, NPR’s Richard Harris reports on why the journey to herd immunity still won’t be easy.
And Rae Ellen Bichelle goes inside a Colorado long-term care facility that has vaccinated nearly all of its residents. They say the initial steps to a return to normalcy feel great.
Additional reporting in this episode on the spread of coronavirus variants from NPR’s Allison Aubrey.
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Michael Sullivan reports from Thailand on the uncertainty over what happens next. Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria explains why the coup represents a test for the Biden administration. Zakaria is the author of Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World.
In participating regions, you’ll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what’s going on in your community.
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