People who work for the federal court system don't have the same kinds of job protections that most other Americans do.
A nearly year-long NPR investigation has found problems with the way the courts police sexual harassment and bullying...and a pervasive culture of fear about blowing the whistle.
A warning to our listeners, this piece contains a description of sexual assault.
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The Journal. - The Killing Spree Tied to a Silicon Valley Intellectual Movement
The Zizians, a cult-like group of militant vegans, has been connected to six killings across the country. The violence has sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley. WSJ’s Zusha Elinson explains how the Zizians splintered from a Bay Area intellectual movement concerned with AI safety.
Further Reading:
-A Silicon Valley Intellectual Society Kicked Them Out. Now They’re Tied to a Killing Spree.
-How a Fervent Belief Split Silicon Valley—and Fueled the Blowup at OpenAI
Further Listening:
-The Fall of Crypto’s Golden Boy
-The Story Behind the Stabbing of a San Francisco Tech Exec
-The Biotech Founder Facing Murder Charges
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The Bulwark Podcast - Bill Kristol: Kleptocrats and Plutocrats
Trump is trying to chuck the post-WWII order and firmly pivot American foreign policy away from Europe and toward Putin—the poor guy who got dragged into totally-not-a-hoax Russia Russia Russia. And Lil' Marco and Lindsey rushed to defend Trump and JD against Zelensky, who dared to question in the Oval Office whether Putin could be trusted in any ceasefire deal. At the same time, DOGE is putting the lives of malnourished children and pregnant women at risk in the name of cost-cutting while Trump is planning to use taxpayer money to prop up crypto, so he and his cronies can personally profit off it even more.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Federal Trade Commission Gears up to Punish Tech Platforms
The Federal Trade Commission appears to be preparing multiple lines of attack against the autonomy of big tech firms in the name of cracking down on content moderation. Why? David Inserra and Jenniffer Huddleston comments.
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Consider This from NPR - The political power of the pope
Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation. And Pope Francis hasn't been shy about using that political power.
He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.
Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.
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He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.
Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.
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Consider This from NPR - The political power of the pope
Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation. And Pope Francis hasn't been shy about using that political power.
He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.
Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.
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He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.
Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.
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Consider This from NPR - The political power of the pope
Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation. And Pope Francis hasn't been shy about using that political power.
He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.
Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.
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He's pushed for an end to the wars between Hamas and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
And he's repeatedly tried to point the world's attention to two ongoing challenges: immigration and climate change.
Much of the world has spent the last two weeks focused on Pope Francis' health. And the reason why has as much to do with the fact that he's a powerful geopolitical force as it does with the fact he's a key religious figure.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Jewel of India
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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Stone Yard Devotional,’ a woman abandons modern life for a religious community
In Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional, an unnamed narrator renounces modern life in Sydney, retreating to a cloistered religious community in her hometown. But soon after, a series of three visitations causes the narrator to rethink the choice she's made. In today's episode, Wood speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2024. They discuss Wood's decision to withhold judgement of her character's actions, the biblical nature of the story's disruptions, and Australia's position at the forefront of the climate crisis.
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Up First from NPR - Zelenskyy in London, Gaza Ceasefire Status, Judicial Accountability
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a warm welcome in London from the British prime minister and other European leaders, after a contentious meeting with President Trump in Washington. Israel and Hamas are at loggerheads over the next phase of the six-week-old Gaza ceasefire. And, an NPR investigation finds gaps in the systems to report misbehavior by federal judges and a widespread culture of fear about reporting abuse.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Didi Schanche, Krishnadev Calamur, Alice Woelfle and Mohamad ElBardicy.
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