The pandemic is at a turning point. Hospitalizations in this country are down. Deaths are starting to decline. Some of the states that have had the strictest COVID restrictions are starting to dial back. With fewer cases, and more tools to manage COVID, we can start putting more focus on other diseases again. Doctors are encouraging patients to get the checkups they've been holding off on.
NPR science correspondent Allison Aubrey talks about the future of masking, virus detection and routine preventive care that has been ignored during this pandemic.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ celebrates Black British women
Bernardine Evaristo didn't think there were enough books being published about Black British women, so she wrote one herself. Girl, Woman, Other looks at the lives of many different British women, mostly Black women, from 19 to 93 years old. Some of their stories intertwine while others stay separate. Evaristo told NPR's Scott Simon that she wanted "to show the heterogeneity of who we are in this society, and to explore us as fully realized, complex, driven, flawed individuals whose stories are as worthy of telling as anyone else's."
It Could Happen Here - Keep the Army Out of Gaming
We talk to two members of Veterans for Peace about military recruitment through gaming, the army's move onto Twitch, and how we can stop them through counter-recruiting both offline and online.
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Planet Money - How bad is inflation?
Two stories about the effects of inflation on the economy. We meet a gig worker who's seen an increase in wages, but because of inflation, how much of that increase in earnings is an illusion? Then, we break down how the Federal Reserve is planning to fight inflation. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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The Gist - Police and Prostitutes in South Africa
Sex work in South Africa is a hazard because the policing is haphazard.
American Law Professor I India Thusi studied sex workers in South Africa, narrowly escaping some entanglements along the way. Plus, the 14-year-old mistake made by an American President that contributed to the war in Ukraine. And a congressional candidate has a believable reason for vomiting on 12-year-olds at a sleep over. Might it be that when she was 12 no one invited her to a sleep over? No, it's mixing drugs and wine.
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Federalist Radio Hour - How Biden’s Weak Foreign Policy Is Shaping The Ukraine Crisis
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to break down how President Joe Biden's weak foreign policy track record sets the U.S. up for disaster when it comes to responding to the Ukraine crisis.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What U.S. Sanctions On Russia Could Mean For you
President Biden says Russia has officially begun its invasion of Ukraine. Reset checks in with Congressman Mike Quigley about what the escalating conflict means for Ukrainians and the NATO alliance, and how new sanctions against Russia might be felt in Chicago.
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Consider This from NPR - Entering A Cautiously Relaxed Phase Of The Pandemic
As winter begins to fade, COVID-19 maps are changing colors from those ominous dark shades to a more hopeful outlook. Infections are down dramatically in the past few weeks and death and hospitalization rates are dropping too. But there's also reason for caution.
NPR correspondent Rob Stein reports on a new version of the Omicron variant referred to as BA.2. It's been the dominant strain in some countries and it's showing up in the U.S. too.
And NPR correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff discusses whether a fourth booster dose of vaccine may be in our future.
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NPR correspondent Rob Stein reports on a new version of the Omicron variant referred to as BA.2. It's been the dominant strain in some countries and it's showing up in the U.S. too.
And NPR correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff discusses whether a fourth booster dose of vaccine may be in our future.
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The Daily Signal - Reporter Breaks Down Black Lives Matter’s Fall From Grace
Black Lives Matter has been amassing huge sums of money as the organization messaged on racial justice over the past few years in the wake of national unrest following the death of George Floyd.
Andrew Kerr, an investigative reporter at the Washington Examiner, has dug into the organization's activities and found that Black Lives Matter's "shocking lack of transparency surrounding its finances and operations" raises serious moral and ethical issues.
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