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This year's Grammys will recognize a new merit award: best song for social change

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to singer-songwriter Maimouna Youssef about the Grammy's new merit award for best song for social change, and why a Persian song is the leading contender to win.

November 08, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Wednesday a challenge from Texas and several families who have adopted Native American children who are challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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  • Law

Supreme Court considers fate of landmark Indian adoption law

At issue is whether the the Indian Child Welfare Act — aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their tribes — is tribal protection or racial classification.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Signs indicate the location of an early voting polling site at Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

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  • Elections

Politicians need to mobilize Black male voters ahead of the midterms, experts say

Just like with any voting bloc, there's still a vast array of diverging opinions, ideologies and issues that are important among Black voters in races.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Mail-in ballots sit in a secure area of the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse in Pittsburgh on Nov. 3. Pennsylvania state law does not allow election officials to start processing mail ballots for counting until 7 a.m. ET on Election Day.

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  • Elections

Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states

Some states, like Pennsylvania, may be slower to report election results because of laws that don't allow officials to start preparing mail ballots for counting until Election Day.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

Folgers is trying to be cool — but it has a problem with its reputation

Folgers is the biggest seller of ground coffee in the U.S., but it has to confront a painful realization: its reputation isn't great. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 2, 2022.)

November 08, 2022
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  • Alina Selyukh
A mine railway operator in Eastern Ukraine waits as workers disembark. Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted global supplies of fossil fuels and led to more reliance on coal for electricity in some countries. The future sources of energy around the world are major topics at climate negotiations underway in Egypt starting this week.

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  • Climate

FAQ: What's at stake at the COP27 global climate negotiations

World leaders are meeting in Egypt for the next two weeks to talk about reining in climate change and paying for its deadly effects. Here's what you need to know.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer,
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Many midterm voters are concerned about abortion but inflation is the top issue

A look at how two key issues this election season — inflation and the fight over abortion — are informing voters' midterm votes.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Martin,
  • Asma Khalid,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

How royalties from the extraction of oil and gas are helping a Texas university

The University of Texas, which is making millions from land it leases for oil and gas drilling, is getting close to overtaking Harvard University as the school with the largest endowment.

November 07, 2022
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  • David Gura
Michigan's only current Black member of Congress, Democrat Brenda Lawrence, is retiring, leaving an open seat to represent much of Detroit.

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  • Elections

For the first time in about 70 years, Detroit won't have a Black Democrat in Congress

Detroiters could elect a Black Republican to the U.S. House. But GOP candidates face a skeptical voting bloc in the Democratic stronghold.

November 07, 2022
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  • Quinn Klinefelter
People crowd the steep banks of the Green River near Saluda, N.C., to watch participants in the Green Race, an event that organizers claim is the largest extreme kayak race in the world.

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  • National

Extreme kayaking on North Carolina's Green Narrows draws thousands of spectators

The only way to watch the Green Race kayak race in person is to hike down a two-mile steep ravine - a trek so strenuous that it parallels the vertical waterfalls the kayakers embark in.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rolando Arrieta
From left: Democrat Jay Chen and Republican Rep. Michelle Steel are battling for California's 45th Congressional District, home to the largest Vietnamese community in the nation.

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  • National

Why a Southern California congressional race hinges on Asian American voters

A congressional race in Orange County has become one of the most closely watched contests this election cycle, and will likely trigger a rethink for politicos on how Asian Americans vote.

November 07, 2022
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  • Melissa Chan
Wes Moore, the Maryland Democratic nominee for governor, speaks The Adele H. Stamp Student Union Center for Campus Life at the University of Maryland College Park, Md., on Oct. 26, 2022.

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  • National

Wes Moore looks to make history as Maryland's first Black governor

Along with an otherwise historic Democratic ticket, Wes Moore, a businessman, philanthropist and political newcomer, has a chance to be Maryland's first Black governor.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Economy

This song is nearly 5 decades long but its subject still hits home

The Planet Money team got a cassette tape in the mail with a 47-year-old song about a timely topic: inflation.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah Gonzalez and
  • Erika Beras
Workers attach siding to a house at a new home construction site in Trappe, Maryland, on October 28, 2022. Rising interest rates could mean slowing job growth in construction and manufacturing.

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  • Economy

U.S. hiring cooled slightly in October. That could help to ease inflation

Hiring slowed modestly in October, as employers added 261,000 jobs. That might take some of the upward pressure off inflation.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Technology

Elon Musk expected to begin mass Twitter layoffs

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington Post technology reporter Will Oremus about layoffs at Twitter and the implications for people who use the platform.

November 04, 2022
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