Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
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Election officials in battleground states are fighting threats and intimidation
Facing threats and misinformation, election officials are under intense pressure this fall. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Justin Roebuck, who oversees elections in Ottawa County, Michigan.
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Voices from the week that was, on the campaign trail
Vice President Kamala Harris' media blitz, former President Donald Trump responds to reporting that he kept in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin: The week that was on the campaign trail.
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What a military response from Iran to Israeli attacks in Lebanon would look like
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author and visiting fellow at Boston University, Arash Azizi about how Iran might respond to a direct attack from Israel.
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Democracy may be at stake in Tunisia's presidential election
Could this weekend's election in Tunisia sound the death knell for democracy in its third presidential election since the Arab spring?
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In north Lebanon, those fleeing Israeli strikes say they have no safe place to go
We look at the uptick in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after and overnight Israeli strike in Beirut.
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Where the conflict stands, a year after the Hamas attacks in Israel
It's been almost a year since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th. We look at how that conflict has grown.
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What's on the Supreme Court's agenda ahead of the new term
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe previews the upcoming Supreme Court term with reporter Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.
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How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing
Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today.
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After Congress let the child tax credit expire, some communities are filling the gap
The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of the pandemic has expired, but states and other local jurisdictions are trying to step in to fill the gap with their own programs and funding.
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Politics chat: Is the U.S. at risk of getting drawn into war in the Middle East?
We look at how the possibility of the U.S. getting drawn into a wider conflict in the Middle East could affect the presidential race, as well as how the candidates are doing in swing states.
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A kibbutz resident displaced on October 7 reflects on his life a year later
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with an Israeli displaced in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Guy Becker discusses how life in Israel has changed over the last year.
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How to preserve your personal mementos in a natural disaster
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Jennifer Waxman, archivist at Tulane University, about the steps people can take to preserve their personal collections from natural disasters.