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A lot of mobile homes aren’t actually that mobile. They’re brought in trucks in big pieces, then screwed together and put up on foundations.

At that point they’re basically just houses, with one major exception: the people who own those houses, if they live in a mobile home park, often don’t own the land underneath them.

That can leave them at the mercy of the big companies that own and manage the mobile home parks.

NPR’s Chris Arnold and Robert Benincasa have the story of a group of residents who are suing their corporate landlord, and what it might say about the mobile home industry in America.

You can read an in-depth version of the story here.

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Even if you have never walked the red carpet at the Met Gala, or sat in the front row of a Fashion Week runway, the notion of fashion is hard to escape. For some of us, what we wear – whether it’s Gucci or the GAP–is about more than just the clothes on our bodies. Fashion is often about who we are – our ideas, identity, and culture. For those who cover and create fashion, it can be a way to challenge and change the culture in ways that resonate beyond the red carpet and the runway. Host Michel Martin speaks with designer Eileen Fisher, one of the first in the industry to introduce sustainable clothing prodution. She is stepping down as CEO of her self named company after 34 years.Kenya Hunt is stepping into the editor-in-chief role at Elle UK. She is the first Black woman to hold the position. Hunt talks about why she chose Lizzo for the magazine’s September cover. In participating regions, you’ll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what’s going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Robert Baldwin III. It was edited by Jeanette Woods. Our executive producer is Natalie Winston.

Quiet quitting. It’s a buzzy topic in the workplace and on social media, sparked by a viral TikTok video earlier this summer. So what does it mean?

For some workers, it’s simply doing what’s in your job description and nothing more. For others, it’s about setting boundaries and focusing on work-life balance.

Quiet quitting doesn’t actually involve quitting a job. But as workplace culture has changed during the pandemic, many people are re-evaluating their relationship to work and trying to figure out the right balance between their work lives and their personal lives.

We talk to Robyn Garrett, CEO of the leadership company Beamably, and Jhanee Carter, CEO and founder of the HR Queen, about quiet quitting and the impact it’s having on workers and the workplace.

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Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of Britain since 1952, died on Thursday at the age of 96. She reigned for longer than any other ruler of the United Kingdom, spanning seventy years and fifteen prime ministers.

NPR’s Frank Langfitt brings us the story of her life and reign, including the ups and downs of the royal family during her tenure.

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For more than a month, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have not had access to safe drinking water. The city is under a boil water advisory after problems with the pumps at the city’s main water treatment plant.

It’s the latest emergency in a city that has had problems with its water system for decades.

We talk to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan about efforts to fix Jackson’s water infrastructure.

This episode also features reporting from NPR’s Cory Turner and Jennifer Ludden.

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Traffic fatalities have surged since the early days of the pandemic, reversing a persistent decline since the 1970s. Roads in the U.S. are now more dangerous than they’ve been in 20 years.

Vox’s Marin Cogan tells us about the deadliest road in the country, a stretch of US-19 in Pasco County, Fla.

And we speak to Ryan Sharp, director of transportation and planning in Hoboken, N.J. That city has managed to bring traffic deaths to zero for the past four years.

This episode also features reporting from KCUR’s Frank Morris.

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When Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in 2017, she was in the midst of reporting on corruption within the island’s government. After her death, a small team of reporters picked up her work where she left off, determined to find the people behind her assassination.

In this episode, we’ll talk with one of those reporters — Stephen Grey from Reuters — about their investigation, which has uncovered new evidence about the network of people responsible for killing Caruana Galizia.

This episode also features reporting from NPR’s Joanna Kakisiss.

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After decades of scandals over horrible conditions, many states are reimagining prisons and jails and reusing those properties to benefit the community.

After the 2016 election – and Russian hacking attempts targeted at local election offices – hundreds of local governments across the country made changes.

Among them, installing something called an Albert sensor. It’s designed to warn of hacking attempts.

But in Washington State, this cybersecurity tool has become the subject of suspicion on the political right. It’s part of a trend that one voting expert described as “using the language of election integrity to dismantle the infrastructure of election integrity.”

The Northwest News Network’s Austin Jenkins and NPR’s Miles Parks explain what’s happening.

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Students in Uvalde, Texas are going back to school for the first time since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School back in May. But parents and kids are still worried about security in the district — and some families are opting to homeschool instead of going back in-person.

NPR’s Juana Summers spent a week in Uvalde speaking with families about how the community is trying to move forward — and balance education with the need to keep students safe.

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