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All Things Considered
Infrastructure Bill Aims To Address Lead Pipes: Lessons Learned From Flint
The infrastructure bill moving through Congress includes billions to replace lead pipes. In Flint, Mich., NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with residents on how governments can tackle a water crisis equitably.
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Author Maggie Nelson's New Book Examines The Meaning And Rhetoric Of Freedom
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maggie Nelson, author of the new book On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, about exploring what it means to be free in our interconnected world.
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Severe Flooding Tests Detroit's Aging Infrastructure
NPR's Ari Shapiro visits residents in Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood, who talk about their need for infrastructure funding to combat the growing impact of climate change on their community.
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Caught Between Parents And Politicians, Nurses Fear Another School Year With COVID-19
As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns.
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Director Of Texas Alliance For Life Discusses The State's New Abortion Law
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, about the new Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
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Attorney Describes Legal Strategies Which Could Counter Restrictive Abortion Laws
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws.
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Health Supplies Land in Afghanistan, But Still Not Enough As Need Grows
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rick Brennan, the World Health Organization's regional emergency director of the office for the Eastern Mediterranean, regarding the humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.
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After Ida, Many In Louisiana Still Without Power And Water
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jaclyn Hotard, president of St. John The Baptist Parish just west of New Orleans, about the rescue efforts after Hurricane Ida flooded the area.
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New Doc Looks At How Real The Liberty City Seven's Threat Actually Was
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with director Dan Reed about his new movie In the Shadow of 9/11, which re-examines the case against seven men in Miami who were indicted for an alleged al-Qaida plot.
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Former U.N. Diplomat Argues U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan Was Deeply Flawed
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Peter Galbraith, a former United Nations diplomat for Afghanistan, about U.S. military and political missteps during the last 20 years.