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Encore: This Asian food staple is mostly illegal, but Georgia is changing its mind

Emily Wu Pearson — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:52:00 +0000

Georgia officials now allow the sale and soon the cultivation of water spinach. It can be an invasive species if not controlled.

What do midterm races in Idaho tell us about the Republican Party?

Kirk Siegler — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:46:00 +0000

One of the most intense battlegrounds between Republican moderates and extremists is in Idaho, where next month's primary is seen as a national test for how far to the right the GOP can be pulled.

Doctors in Chernihiv bear witness to their hospital’s fate after Russian shelling

Ari Daniel — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:22:00 +0000

It was a sunny day in mid-March. The sky was blue. It felt like spring. Then the attack began on City Hospital No. 2. Doctors tell what it was like — and what's going on now.

How the abortion underground is prepping for a post-Roe v. Wade world

Terry Gross — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:37:00 +0000

Nomadland author and Atlantic journalist Jessica Bruder explains how health advocates and activists are preparing ways to provide abortions if Roe is either overturned or weakened by the SCOTUS.

Emily St. John Mandel tackles the big questions in ‘Sea of Tranquility’

Maureen Corrigan — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:37:00 +0000

Mandel's latest work is an ingeniously constructed, deeply absorbing novel that summons up three fully realized worlds in three distinct time periods — including the 25th century.

The News Roundup — International

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:04:51 +0000

Zelenskyy visits Bucha. France goes to the polls.

The News Roundup — Domestic

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:59:40 +0000

Representatives head to Europe. Obama heads to the White House.

2 projects revive Selena’s music for new generations

Array — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:31:00 +0000

Tejano singer Selena died in 1995. NPR's A Martinez talks to Maria Garcia, creator and host of the podcast Anything for Selena, about projects that will keep Selena's music alive for new generations.

1A Remaking America: The fight for abortion access

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:30:36 +0000

Some 519 restrictive abortion measures have been introduced in 41 states this year.

A new report is shedding light on violence against educators

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:27:50 +0000

Six in 10 teachers said they experienced some form of physical or verbal abuse over the course of the pandemic.