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  • The fight over public education, from Texas to the White House

    The fight over public education, from Texas to the White House
    Dec 17 2025
    For months, the Trump administration has been making moves to dismantle the Department of Education — with mixed success. But when it comes to the fight over public education, some of the most significant dustups are happening on the local level, with school boards around the country. Today, we're looking at one of those fights, which played out in a rapidly changing suburb of Dallas called Southlake.

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    38 min
  • The evolution of blackface in the age of AI

    The evolution of blackface in the age of AI
    Dec 13 2025
    With AI image and video generators, it's become easier than ever to create hyper-realistic clips of almost anything. Today, we're looking at the landscape of AI influencers that depict Black people in various ways, from the mildly stereotypical to the ultra-demeaning. And we're talking to writer Zeba Blay about why she thinks these types of videos can erode the our society's ability to take the problems of IRL, human Black people seriously.

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    16 min
  • In the Trump era, has the word 'racist' lost its meaning?

    In the Trump era, has the word 'racist' lost its meaning?
    Dec 10 2025
    Over the past few weeks, President Trump has amplified derogatory and stereotypical comments about people from Afghanistan. He's derided Somalians as a whole, and specifically targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. And he's said he will end immigration from "Third World countries." So in a political climate where rhetoric like this has become normalized, is there still use to calling any particular phrase or policy racist?

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    31 min
  • Remembering disability activist Alice Wong

    Remembering disability activist Alice Wong
    Dec 6 2025
    Alice Wong was a major force in disability activism. She passed away last month at the age of 51. For Here and Now, reporter Elissa Nadworny speaks with Yomi Young about Wong’s impact as a fellow activist, and what she leaves behind as a friend.


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    17 min
  • How the Trump administration is reshaping immigration

    How the Trump administration is reshaping immigration
    Dec 3 2025
    The Trump administration has been firing immigration judges, despite the fact that there’s a massive backlog of immigration cases that need rulings. Ximena Bustillo, NPR’s immigration and DHS reporter, has spotted a trend: many of the judges let go have previous experience in immigration defense. At the same time, the Trump administration has allocated $30 billion to beef up ICE as an agency and hire “deportation judges.”

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    41 min
  • Gratitude isn’t just for Thanksgiving

    Gratitude isn’t just for Thanksgiving
    Nov 29 2025
    For the millions of Americans that celebrate Thanksgiving, it's a time when many people reflect on the things and the people in our lives that they appreciate. But according to Dr. Laurie Santos, psychology professor at Yale and host of the podcast, The Happiness Lab, a practice of gratitude can improve our lives year-round. This week on the pod, we're bringing you a conversation from our friends over at It's Been A Minute. Host Brittany Luse chats with Dr. Santos about the surprising science of how gratitude can affect our brains — and how it leads us to be more generous with our future selves.

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    17 min
  • How poetry helps Ada Limon navigate life, even when it’s tough

    How poetry helps Ada Limon navigate life, even when it’s tough
    Nov 26 2025
    As we enter "cozy season," we're revisiting our conversation with Ada Limon, who just wrapped up her tenure as the U.S. Poet Laureate. She talks to us about loss and grief and evolving identity -- like becoming a "fall person" after a lifetime of identifying as a "summer person" -- and the power of poetry to navigate it all.

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    36 min
  • Fearing deportation, undocumented parents are preparing to leave their kids behind

    Fearing deportation, undocumented parents are preparing to leave their kids behind
    Nov 22 2025
    Today on the show, NPR immigration reporter Jasmine Garsd introduces us to two families in Washington, D.C.. One has made the difficult decision to set up "emergency guardianship" for their son, in the case that the parents are deported to Guatemala. The other has agreed to take that son in, should anything happen. It's the second part in Jasmine's reporting series looking into how immigrant families are preparing for the worst under the Trump administration's current immigration crackdown.

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    12 min