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Judiciary Chief, Backed By Supreme Leader, Wins Iran Presidency
Iran has elected hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi as its next president. Raisi has the strong backing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini.
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Violent Threats Targeting 2020 Election Officials Continue
According to the Brennan Center, 1 in 3 election officials feel unsafe because of their job. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt about the threats he's received.
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Extreme Drought Hits Farmers Hard In Central Oregon County
An historic drought is hitting the western U.S. Phil Chang, a commissioner for Deschutes County, Oregon tells NPR's Sarah McCammon about how his community is coping.
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The Politics Driving The U.S. Voting Rights Fight
Voting rights has become the latest partisan fight on Capitol Hill. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to election law expert Spencer Overton about how we got here and what's at stake in the debate.
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Your Life Advice For NPR's 50th Birthday
In honor of NPR's 50th birthday, we asked listeners who have reached that milestone for some life advice. Hundreds answered.
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Delta Variant Drives New Cases, Hospitalizations In Southwest Missouri
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth in southwest Missouri, about the current surge in coronavirus cases in his region driven by the Delta variant.
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The U.S. Is Importing Historic Amounts Of Stuff — And It's Causing Cargo Ship Jams
The U.S. trade deficit is hitting record highs — and it's fueled by a surge in demand for imports, mostly from East Asia. On both land and at sea, the shipping industry is struggling to keep up.
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Presidential Race Looming, France's Regional Elections Will Show Status Of Parties
Regional elections in France this June will indicate the relative strength of the country's political parties ahead of next year's presidential election. The far right appears to be gaining.
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Recent Polling Data Shows Why Nearly 2/3 Of Americans Oppose Cash Reparations
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Tatishe Nteta of University of Massachusetts, Amherst about his poll showing that nearly 2/3 of Americans oppose cash reparations for the descendants of enslaved people.
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Business As Usual Or Taking The Day Off: Workplace Recognition Of Juneteenth Varies
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery, as June 19 was the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. Now a federal holiday, the actual practices for marking the day still vary widely.
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Biden Tells Putin To Crackdown On Ransomware. What Are The Odds He Will?
The president says the U.S. will respond if it keeps getting hit with cyber attacks linked to Russia. But Putin has shown little interest in combatting cyber crimes called 'ransomware-as-a-service.'
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Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The Pandemic
A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.