All Things Considered
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NPR's evening news magazine and home of #NPRConsiderThis.
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The federal government will end funding for coronavirus testing sites on Friday. While some sites will transition to being state-managed, others will close as a result. This as criticism continues that not enough testing is available.
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JUST IN: Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, has retired from the State Department. She was abruptly removed from her post in May 2019 and was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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A toy monkey packed away for long voyages -- on an escape from Nazi Germany, to Sweden and America -- is also the key to a discovery that transformed @uberliner's family.
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After 30 years of hosting All Things Considered, Robert Siegel is signing off after today's program. Tune in to your member station to hear his farewell.
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One last time: "I'm Robert Siegel. And you're listening to All Things Considered from NPR News." . #ThanksRobert .
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Y'all remember Leo and his point about our lacking 🦕 coverage? Turns out the word "dinosaur" appears only 294 times in our show's history. By comparison, "senator" has appeared 20,447 times. For No. 295 we invited Leo to interview a paleontologist.
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After nearly two months of waiting for the electric utility to start grid repairs in his town, San Sebastián Mayor Javier Jiménez couldn't take it anymore. He put together volunteer "brigades" that have already restored power to about 2,500 homes.
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Agloe, NY was never supposed to be a real place. @johngreen explains how it almost became one. http://t.co/bJjrRqOW3V
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After 30 years hosting, Robert Siegel has signed off for the last time. This past week, we've heard from listeners throughout the world who will miss Robert. We want to share some of those thanks now.
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Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo.
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.@Marvel’s @ChloeBennet4 was born Chloe Wang. She changed her name for Hollywood. Now she wants Hollywood to change.
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Remembering Journalist Gwen Ifill, who died earlier today. She was 61.
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*Taps Mic* From National Public Radio in Washington, I'm Robert Conley with All Things Considered. And that’s how it all started 50 years ago today. All Things Considered broke onto the airwaves covering the May Day demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
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Mike Pompeo has come under criticism — including, at times, from career diplomats in his own department — for failing to more forcefully defend Marie Yovanovitch in the face of political attacks. When @NPRKelly asked Pompeo if he owed Yovanovitch an apology, he did not answer.
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Robert Siegel has been the voice of All Things Considered for 30 years. He steps down from the host chair this Friday. Share your memories and well-wishes using #thanksrobert, or by emailing ThanksRobert@npr.org.
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After Rep. Waters and journo April Ryan were criticized by white men, @MsPackyetti took to Twitter #BlackWomenAtWork
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Alvin Irby's nonprofit has put a curated list of 15 books — all picked by kids — in dozens of barbershops, in predominantly black neighborhoods, across the country. It's part of his mission to get children of color excited about reading.
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NPR Music's hip-hop journalist @rodneyodyssey breaks down the political and racial nuances of Donald Glover's new video.
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What will it take to diversify the publishing industry? http://t.co/4T3iFXah90
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Over the past 17 years, deadly attacks in the U.S. by the far right have outnumbered those by radicalized Muslims 70 to 23, a ratio of 3-to-1. That's according to the U.S. government and private groups that track terrorism.
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In a highly-anticipated speech on voting rights this afternoon, President Joe Biden said that Republican state legislators are trying to pass 21st century Jim Crow laws, and that democrats will challenge them vigorously.
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In 1968, a song about a miniskirt-wearing mom who stood up to the Harper Valley PTA and its small-town hypocrisy made singer Jeannie C. Riley the first woman to top both country and pop charts.
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It's Stevie Nicks' freewheeling, roller-skating, witchy world and we're just living in it. 🔮.
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In a decade, @Harry_Styles has gone from teenage heartthrob to a global pop star in his own right.
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.@pabllovittar is one of the biggest drag performers in the world. In her native Brazil, the LGBTQ icon uses her platform to fight for equality — and against injustice. @MG_levitt reports.
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Former host @levarburton is on a mission to bring back Reading Rainbow. http://t.co/LXf7tfFQsh Later today on @npratc
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The secret memo confirms that that the Russia probe began with George Papadopoulos and not with other evidence.
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Tune in at 5 p.m. EST as @NPRMichel chats with @Evan_McMullin to talk intelligence, politics & @realDonaldTrump's wire tapping allegations.
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Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are unveiling legislation that would end capital punishment at the federal level and require the re-sentencing of all federal inmates currently on death row.
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✨🦕 Leo is right — we all need more dino and nature stories in our lives. Our friends at @NPRone made a playlist exclusively full of cool stories just for you! .
I’m sorry we’ve failed you Leo. We will definitely try to do better. Or rename the show as you suggest.
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New cases of asthma dropped dramatically in Los Angeles communities where air quality improved the most over 20 years. The results illustrate health benefits from pollution control.
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Who among us hasn't redecorated their work from home setup? . Presidents — they're just like us.
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@iJesseWilliams talks w/ @NPRMichel on fighting for civil rights and balancing celebrity and activism:
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Robert Siegel has been the voice of this show for 30 years. He steps down from the host chair today. Share your memories and well-wishes using #thanksrobert, or by emailing ThanksRobert@npr.org.
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20 years ago today, "Ready To Die" introduced Biggie Smalls to the world and made him a star. http://t.co/rwAh5vMeJW
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.@Evan_McMullin talks security, Russian relations and wire tapping accusations with @NPRMichel.
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"I felt like I needed to ask Kennedy to forgive me for not being able to stop those bullets from harming him," Juan Romero told @StoryCorps earlier this year. It had been "a long 50 years," he said. Romero died Monday at age 68.
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High school teacher Drew Calver was billed $108,951 by a Texas hospital for care after a heart attack. Within hours of the story's airing, the hospital offered to waive nearly the entire bill. Calver is relieved, but worries for other patients.
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Bubba Wallace is the only black driver to race full time in NASCAR's top series. On Monday he called for NASCAR to ban the display of Confederate flags at its races. Two days later, it did.
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At the University of Michigan, two students have created an online guidebook with tips for other low- and middle-income students trying to manage the high costs of college.
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In meeting with the KKK, one man set out to answer one question: How can you hate me when you don't even know me?
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As one protester in Minneapolis told NPR, the anger over George Floyd's death is about more than just one man — it's about how police treat black people across the U.S.
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Nonreligious exemptions to vaccination requirements are permitted in 17 states, but after this winter’s outbreaks of measles, those exemptions are being challenged in some states.
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In a remarkably prophetic report last summer, FEMA accurately predicted that a nationwide pandemic would result in a shortage of medical supplies, hospitals would be overwhelmed and the economy would shut down.
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If California voters decide to pass a ballot measure that bans the sale of meat and eggs from farm animals raised in cages, it would also apply to all veal, pork and eggs sold in California, even when the animals are raised in other states.
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Do you ever wonder what silence really sounds like? To find out we ventured into the Hoh Rain Forest with @atlasobscura. Our suggestion: make sure you have your headphones ready to listen to this.
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When President Trump got COVID-19, he was treated at a world-class hospital with top doctors and experimental treatments. Most Americans don’t have that experience. Today on #NPRConsiderThis, we look at the disproportionate effects of the disease.
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ICE appears to be defying a California federal court order to reunite parents from separated children as soon as possible, by setting bond amounts impossibly high.
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Watch @ToriKelly perform at our DC studio. She speaks with @rachelnpr today on our show. http://t.co/JTbH158OFx
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What happens when a family member falls down the QAnon conspiracy theory rabbit hole? Today on #NPRConsiderThis, we hear from people concerned for their family members — and experts who have studied how to approach these situations.
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Jared Kushner’s attorney told the House Oversight Committee that Kushner uses private messaging apps and personal email to communicate about official White House matters — a violation of a law governing White House records and official policy.
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We turned our studio into a bar so that Robert Siegel could taste the best cocktails of the year. You're welcome.
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A Wisconsin ironworker officially challenged Paul Ryan for 2018 this week. Here's our interview with @IronStache:
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Joe Newman was 5 when the 1918 flu pandemic broke out. Now 107, he and his 100-year-old fiancée are living in lockdown together in Florida and have a decidedly long view on the current crisis.
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.@trixiemattel's third album, "Barbara," is out Friday. It combines her earlier folk and country work with some pop and rock influences. She spoke with @arishapiro about changing up her style and the influence of Barbie dolls on her album and life story.
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In the first half of this year, 17 states have passed more than two dozen new laws that restrict voting access. Each day this week, we’ll share a different story that gives context these efforts in a series called The Right to Vote. Follow along here 👇👇.
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10,000 cars waited hours in line for emergency food aid in San Antonio last week. The food bank usually feeds 60,000 people in a normal week. Today, that number has doubled.
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100 million. That's the number of books Dolly Parton's nonprofit Imagination Library has delivered to children.
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Arizona has paused its reopening plans, as coronavirus cases and deaths hit new highs. Today on #NPRConsiderThis, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the surges happening across the U.S. are partly because too few people are wearing masks.
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For people of color, "civility" is often a means of containing them, preventing social mobility and preserving the status quo.
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"The focus of all political parties should be to save their people," says World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He added that politicizing the virus only exploits differences at the national level.
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Hawaii is using some of its CARES Act money to create a version of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Employees are all paid at least $15 dollars an hour plus healthcare, and the program is providing both ecological and economic benefits to the community.
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One of the greatest composers of the 20th century, Thelonious Monk was born 100 years ago today.
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The son of country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter has compiled a book of Southern recipes handed down in his family through the years.
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Rachel Morrison is the first woman ever nominated for an Oscar in cinematography.
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Olivia Wilde says her directorial debut is a "love letter" to the '80s and '90s movies that defined her adolescence. She hopes this film will help Generation Z "celebrate being young.".
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The sale of Trump wine at Shenandoah National Park has some people raising questions about President Trump's influence.
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Lilli Rayne's dog-walking business was taking off and she was finally preparing to buy a house. Then the pandemic struck. She's among the millions of Americans struggling to stay afloat right now.
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The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award will now be known as the Children's Literature Legacy Award. The change comes after concerns about how the author referred to Native Americans and blacks in her books.
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"Did it hurt? To consider all the things?". SOMETIMES, PEOPLE. Sometimes. .
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The sole refugee resettlement agency in Oklahoma is gearing up for the arrival of around 1,800 Afghans in the weeks to come -- the third most in the U.S. after California (5,255) and Texas (4,481). Tulsa alone is set to take in 850, more than most states.
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History may hold Donald Trump accountable for the events of Jan. 6 even if today's Republican party doesn't. Today on #NPRConsiderThis, how the election denial that led to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will echo in American politics for a long time.
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It's been one year since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her own apartment. Today on #NPRConsiderThis, we hear from young Black women in Louisville and Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott on what's changed and where progress remains unseen.
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Dr. Richard Bright says he was removed from his post because of his "insistence" that the government spend funds on "safe and scientifically vetted solutions" to address the coronavirus.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novels were filled with miraculous, enchanting events and characters. http://t.co/LcLYy02Eg3
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Serena Williams is the most decorated player in tennis today. According to Deadspin, she's also been tested for performance enhancing drugs more than twice as often as other top American women players. Why has she been singled out?.
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On April 1, astronomers will start two huge machines and continue hunting for ripples in space-time. One scientist gets his mom to translate news of each discovery into her native language, Blackfoot.
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"I would say the main takeaway is that abortions that are provided in the United States are safe and effective," says Ned Calonge, the co-chair of the committee that wrote the study.
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Future and Drake are making the flute a big part of hip-hop. But they’re not the only ones.
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A federal judge in New York has ruled against the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) called on President Trump today to unequivocally denounce white supremacists
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By age 3, kids in professional families have heard about 30 million more words than those in lower-income households http://t.co/NXCnNMepuV.
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Right-wing extremism is on the rise in the U.S., fueled by a combination of the pandemic, protests and President Trump's rhetoric. How does this play into the Michigan kidnapping plot? We'll take a look today on #NPRConsiderThis.
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The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.
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Cecil Taylor, a pioneer of free jazz and icon of the avant-garde, played the piano with a furious attack, using the entire range of the instrument to create a unique musical language. Taylor died Thursday at 89.
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