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News Articles: Perspective

Madeleine Albright is pictured in 2018 on the set of <em>Madam Secretary.</em>

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  • Perspective

The gift Madeleine Albright leaves is showing us what's possible

Today, as Ukraine defends itself against military forces from Russia, Albright's journey is especially important.

March 24, 2022
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  • Kevin Drew
This year's Oscar nominees for best international feature film: <em>Hand of God; Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom; Flee; The Worst Person in the World; Drive My Car</em>

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  • Movies

The case for nixing the Oscars' best international feature category

In the extraordinary new age of subtitled streaming and globalized filmmaking, the Oscar category is becoming a caricature of itself as a relic of the past.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Bilal Qureshi
Nina Feldman, a reporter for member station WHYY in Philadelphia, had COVID-19 symptoms that persisted into what she calls "medium COVID."

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  • Health

People with 'medium COVID' are caught in a gray area of recovery with little support

Even if you don't have long COVID, it can still take weeks to recover — much longer than the isolation period implies. Millions of Americans are finding that this still majorly disrupts their lives.

March 18, 2022
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  • Nina Feldman

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  • Children's Health

Bubbles, breathwork or bribery? If your kid has needle phobia, try these tips

With flu shots and COVID vaccines looming on the horizon for many kids, a doctor shares techniques that worked for her when dealing with her own child's fear of needles.

March 08, 2022
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  • Grace Farris
Mohammed al Refai.

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  • National

Seven years after meeting Moh, I waited to hear: Was he now an American citizen?

I knew that Monday, February 14 would be a landmark day for Mohammed al Refai. It would also be a major turning point in a story that I had started following more than six years ago.

February 16, 2022
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  • Ari Shapiro
NPR's Daniel Estrin, left, with Lusia Kuznetsova, center, and her son Sergey Kuznetsov. Lusia is Estrin's grandfather's first cousin. Their extended families in the U.S. and Soviet Union went for decades without contact.

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  • Perspective

In a twist of fate, a family straddles the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Daniel Estrin discovered while reporting from Ukraine that the current geopolitical drama touches his family's history in unexpected ways.

February 13, 2022
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  • Daniel Estrin
Podcaster and comic Joe Rogan, who also serves as a mixed martial arts commentator, looks on at a UFC fight in 2015.

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  • Race

I have a name for what fueled Joe Rogan's new scandal: Bigotry Denial Syndrome

Joe Rogan doesn't think of himself as a racist. But that doesn't mean his language isn't harmful.

February 10, 2022
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  • Eric Deggans
GPB News NPR

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  • Sports

Shawn Harrington of 'Hoop Dreams' fame is back on the court, teaching young players

Scott Simon speaks to Shawn Harrington, who appeared in the 1994 basketball documentary "Hoop Dreams." He began teaching in Chicago this week after being the victim of a drive-by-shooting in 2014.

February 06, 2022
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  • Scott Simon
Demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 01, 2021. Experts believe a ruling on this case could undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade.

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  • Health

Americans are divided on abortion. The Supreme Court may not wait for minds to change

Public opinion remains bitterly divided on the issue, but an imminent Supreme Court decision could overturn or dramatically undercut Roe v. Wade.

January 21, 2022
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  • Julie Rovner
15th September 1980: Sidney Poitier , the American actor and film director.

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  • Race

Sidney Poitier: actor, activist, and trailblazing heartthrob

Tributes have cascaded in since Sidney Poitier died. And so they should have. He was an unparalleled actor, a committed activist, and a beloved family member. He was also, frankly, a heartthrob.

January 13, 2022
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  • Karen Grigsby Bates

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  • Health

When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges

Over the last two years, many have experienced a kind of ambiguous loss as we have lived with isolation and uncertainty in the pandemic. Author and therapist Pauline Boss explains how to move forward.

January 05, 2022
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  • Graison Dangor

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  • Health

Why your doctor may be quilting and your nurse may have a podcast

You could call them hobbies. But for some health workers facing burnout, creative outlets provide more than solace — they give a sense of meaning and community.

December 29, 2021
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  • Grace Farris
Khadija Mbowe

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  • Race

Talking race, pop culture and YouTube with Khadija Mbowe

The singer-turned-YouTuber is using their platform to take on everything from race- and queer-baiting in Bridgerton to the scrutiny of Black women's bodies to the history of dog-whistle politics.

December 22, 2021
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By:
  • Aja Drain
Author and cultural critic bell hooks poses for a portrait on December 16, 1996 in New York City, New York.

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  • Arts & Life

With the death of bell hooks, a generation of feminists lost a foundational figure

A groundbreaking feminist thinker, writer and activist, bell hooks was clearly uninterested in being safe, respectable or acceptable, and charted a career on her own terms.

December 17, 2021
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  • Lisa B. Thompson

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  • Health

We're not dying of metastatic breast cancer. We're living with it

Getting diagnosed with incurable breast cancer didn't end this reporter's life — it just marked a new chapter. She and others with the diagnosis have insights that might help you, too.

December 12, 2021
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  • Ina Jaffe
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