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Houstonite Astronaut Mae Jemison: Texas Crisis 'Did Not Have To Be This Bad'
NPR's Michel Martin discusses how people are coping with the lingering effects of the winter storm in Texas with a famous resident: astronaut and physician Mae Jemison.
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Lawmakers Consider 2 Plans For Monthly Payments To Address Child Poverty
The new COVID-19 relief bill includes proposals that were unthinkable not that long ago: giving families a few hundred dollars every month, for every child in their household.
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Rare Snowfall Brings Moments Of Winter Wonder To Middle East
Large swaths of the Middle East are covered in snow, sparking joy and wonder in a region that doesn't normally witness white winters.
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What Fashion History Says About A Vice Presidential 'Vogue' Controversy
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Richard Thompson Ford, author of the book Dress Codes: How The Laws Of Fashion Made History.
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Prince Markie Dee Of The Fat Boys Has Died
Prince Markie Dee, a founding member of The Fat Boys, has died. The trio was among hip-hop's best-known groups in the 1980s.
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Beyond The 'Lunchbox Moment' Scenes In Fiction About Immigrants
The "lunchbox moment" is a pop culture trope in stories about children of immigrants to the U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Eater staff writer Jaya Saxena about the limits of those storylines.
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Biden Administration Offers To Restart Diplomacy With Iran
The Biden administration has taken its first steps to reopen diplomacy with Iran.
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Scientists Pen Letter Critical Of CDC Policy On Ventilation And Masks
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Celine Gounder, who was on Biden's Coronavirus Transition Task Force, about the letter she and others wrote criticizing the CDC's current guidance on the coronavirus.
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LA County Health Official On Getting Vaccines To The Unhoused
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Heidi Behforouz, medical director of Housing for Health at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, about vaccinating people experiencing homelessness.
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Biden To Speak To National Security And Military Leaders At Munich Conference
President Biden is set to give his first address to a foreign — yet familiar — audience at the virtual Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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State Department Says It Can Push Democracy While Continuing To Sell Weapons To Egypt
President Biden's Department of State says it can both push for human rights and democracy in Egypt and continue to supply the country with weapons. That's the way it explained its approach this week.
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NASA Lands Another Probe On Red Planet, Looking For Life On Mars
NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on Mars today. It touched down in a crater that housed a lake 3.5 billion years ago, in search of signs of ancient microbial life.