Juana Summers
Stories
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Judges intervene before SNAP cutoff
A federal judge has given the Trump administration until Monday to consider whether to pay at least partial SNAP food benefits -- even though millions of people will be without aid starting tomorrow.
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Main Character of the Week: Mr. Fantasy
NPR's Mia Venkat explains to All Things Considered host Scott Detrow who the internet has been obsessed with this week.
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Prince Andrew loses his royal titles and has to leave Windsor mansion
King Charles begins the formal process to strip Prince Andrew of titles. He'll be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
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ACA 'window shopping' for health care costs begins as shutdown fight continues
"Window shopping" has begun for some people buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act -- and some patients could see big increases in their premiums.
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Sen. Peter Welch on efforts in Congress to fund SNAP amid the shutdown
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont about his support for a bill to provide SNAP benefits to recipients in spite of the shutdown.
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International Committee of the Red Cross president on transporting remains and delivering aid in Gaza
Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, discusses how the ICRC operates amid renewed violence in Gaza and works to uphold humanitarian principles during the fragile ceasefire.
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Companies like Amazon are betting they can slow hiring and still maximize profits
Amazon is laying off 14,000 workers -- about 4 percent of its workforce. This is part of a larger trend by American companies. They're betting that they can grow without growing their workforces.
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Nearly 42 million Americans could lose SNAP benefits due to shutdown
The Trump administration now says it won't use a contingency fund to pay SNAP benefits to about 1 in 8 Americans in November.
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Leon Thomas on his new EP 'Pholks'
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with R&B musician Leon Thomas, who describes his new EP Pholks as a collaboration of polymaths inspired by multi-talented artists like Prince and Quincy Jones.
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'Racebook' author Tochi Onyebuchi misses the old internet
Remember when the internet was simple? A little less violent? In his new book Racebook, Tochi Onyebuchi hearkens back to the early days of the internet, how fun it was, and when everything changed.