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News Articles: Weekend Edition Saturday

A supporter of former President Donald Trump displays a "Let's Go Brandon" hat before a campaign event for Terry McAuliffe, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress

No one is really cheering on a guy named Brandon. Instead, the phrase is being used in conservative circles in place of a more vulgar message directed at President Biden.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Wynne Davis and
  • Scott Simon
Trump Tower's new wine and whiskey bar, 45, includes enormous pictures of the former president, in and around the White House.

Tagged as: 

  • National

Trump's businesses and brand still suffering from his polarizing rhetoric

Trump's business continues to suffer losses: fewer tenants, lost government contracts, bailing business partners. But some observers say things aren't as dire as they seem for the former president.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Bernstein
Helado Negro, performing at Coachella on April 20, 2018, in Indio, Calif.

Tagged as: 

  • Music

Helado Negro's meditative new album, 'Far In,' is one he's always wanted to hear

Roberto Carlos Lange, who performs under the moniker Helado Negro, shares his thoughts on his new album, astrology, and the beauty of nature.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon and
  • Evie Stone
Children wear face masks to protect them during the pandemic while trick-or-treating on Halloween night in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 31, 2020.

Tagged as: 

  • Opinion

Opinion: Timely Halloween costumes

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon

Tagged as: 

  • Author Interviews

You can do it: Elizabeth Warren makes a pinkie promise to girls

Polly is tired of being told "that's not what girls do." Then she meets a woman running for President, who makes a pinkie promise with her to always remember that girls can do anything.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
Maria Laura Rojas, a climate activist from Bogota, at the outskirts of the city.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

From a place of privilege, she speaks the truth about climate to power

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Dan Charles
A protester unleashes a smoke grenade in front of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.

Tagged as: 

  • Technology

How the 'Stop the Steal' movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection

Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

October 24, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Bobby Allyn
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Author Interviews

Katie Couric goes behind the scenes in the cutthroat world of morning TV news

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the veteran broadcast journalist and former Today show anchor about her new memoir, Going There, which chronicles her decades in TV news as well as her personal life.

October 24, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon,
  • Ian Stewart,
  • and 2 more
Jeff Tweedy, Nick Offerman and George Saunders at Glacier National Park.

Tagged as: 

  • Author Interviews

Nick Offerman on why he finds solace in the outdoors

The actor and author has a new book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about why walking in the woods makes him feel better and how to experience nature in a city.

October 23, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Plates depicting what two juveniles on Death Row ate for their final meals, painted by artist Julie Green.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Artist Julie Green, who depicted humanity of death row inmates, has died

NPR's Scott Simon remembers artist Julie Green, who died this week. Green's painted plate project, "The Last Supper," depicts the final meal of death row inmates.

October 23, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Scott Baisley holds his son Sullivan, who was delivered shortly before his mother died of COVID-19.

Tagged as: 

  • Health

Despite higher COVID risk, most pregnant Americans remain unvaccinated

Only a third of pregnant Americans are vaccinated for COVID-19, despite being at far higher risk for complications and death.

October 23, 2021
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By:
  • Victoria Hansen
Halyna Hutchins at the SAGindie Sundance Filmmakers Reception in January 2019.

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  • Movies

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot by a prop gun, was a rising star

Celebrated as a rising star by colleagues and collaborators, Hutchins grew up on a military base, and had a taste for filming herself doing extreme sports.

October 23, 2021
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Z The Author submitted the song "Khali's Interlude" to the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest.

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  • Music Interviews

Meet Z The Author, a standout artist from the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest

Each year, the Tiny Desk Contest attracts thousands of impressive unsigned artists from across the country — including Z The Author, who sent in a song inspired by 2020's Black Lives Matter protests.

October 16, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon and
  • Ned Wharton
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Student lawsuit claims Liberty University's culture fostered sexual violence

In a lawsuit, more than a dozen women say Liberty University put them at risk in part because of its code of conduct emphasizing sexual purity. Their lawyer says more women are coming forward.

October 16, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Louise Penny (left), a best-selling author, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, paired up to write <em>State of Terror</em>, a new novel that they say is meant to serve as a cautionary tale.

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  • Author Interviews

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny tackle nuclear war and diplomacy in new crime novel

The former secretary of state and the best-selling author say their new book, State of Terror is meant to serve as an entertaining yet cautionary tale that deals with the perils of the "vast silence."

October 16, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon,
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
  • and 1 more
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