Alejandra Marquez Janse
Stories
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A massive polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Hamid Jafari, director of Polio Eradication for the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean region, about the effort to administer some 600,000 vaccines in Gaza.
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Former senior advisor to Biden on Harris' path to the presidential nomination
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anita Dunn, former senior advisor to President Biden, about what to expect from the president's speech Monday night and her current work with the Harris campaign.
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What we know — and don’t know — about the Harris policy agenda
Vice President Harris is only just beginning to lay out her policy platform for her compressed election race. Here’s what we know so far.
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World
Assassination of Hamas leader inflames regional tensions
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Khaled Elgindy, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, about what the future may look like for Hamas after one of its top leader was allegedly assassinated by Israel.
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After chaos at the stadium, Argentina defeated Colombia at the Copa America final
NPR's Juana Summers talks with ESPN's Luis Miguel Echegaray about last night’s face off between Argentina and Colombia in the Copa America final.
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National
The FAFSA rollout left many students in limbo. Some colleges feel the effects, too
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eric Hoover, reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, about how last year’s chaotic rollout of the FAFSA is affecting colleges and universities.
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Southern Baptist Convention will decide whether to expel churches with women pastors
NPR's Mary Louise talks to professor Beth Allison Barr about the Southern Baptist Convention’s planned vote this week on whether to expel churches where women are pastors.
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They loved magnet fishing. Now they caught stacks of $100 bills
A couple from New York recently caught a safe full of $100 bills while magnet fishing.