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Los Angeles renters are being elected to political office and are changing policies

David Wagner — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0000

In Los Angeles, the county board and city council have long been dominated by homeowners. But most resident rent. Now, in recent elections, renters have begun to take office and change policies.

The union for LA police officers wants officers to have fewer responsibilities

Adrian Florido — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0000

The union representing Los Angeles police officers has proposed scaling back officers' duties. It wants to hand many non-emergency and non-criminal calls for help over to other city agencies.

When it comes to the dangers of AI, surveillance poses more risk than anything

Array — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0000

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Paul Scharre about how tech giants and the world's militaries are wielding the power of artificial intelligence. It's the subject of his new book Four Battlegrounds.

An update on the efforts toward a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine

Michele Kelemen — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0000

China has proposed a 12-point plan to bring about peace in Ukraine. The U.S. says China is "far from an honest broker," because of China's "no limits partnership with Russia."

3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren’t showing up to school

Jonaki Mehta — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0000

By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

President Biden is expected to soon use his veto authority for the first time

Tamara Keith — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0000

President Biden is about to get the chance to wield a tool of the office for the first time — the veto pen — over a measure that was passed to roll back a Biden administration financial regulation.

Ukraine, China And Challenges To American Diplomacy

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Foreign policy expert David Rothkopf on the war in Ukraine, relations with China and the challenges ahead for the Biden administration.

Underwater researcher attempts world record for living underwater

Array — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 21:51:00 +0000

Retired Navy commander Joe Dituri is attempting to break the world record for living underwater. NPR's Juana Summers checks in with him on his second day.

How one father-daughter duo put an iconic Mexican sound on tape

Eyder Peralta — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:51:00 +0000

In Mexico City, the calls of resellers looking for more product are ubiquitous. Now they are being celebrated in music.

Lael Brainard is the new director of the president’s National Economic Council

Array — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:51:00 +0000

Former Federal Reserve official Lael Brainard started her new job at the White House this past week. She'll be running the National Economic Council — a clearinghouse for administration policy.