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  • Children's Health

COVID Precautions Can Help Kids During Cold Season

Many tools and strategies learned in the fight against COVID-19 can also work to stop the spread of routine respiratory viruses kids routinely pick up and pass around.

June 12, 2021
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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  • Performing Arts

California Graduate On Making It In Theater During A Pandemic

LeRoy Graham is an actor who completed graduate school in the beginning of the pandemic. He shares what it's been like to try to start a professional career when regular productions were upended.

June 05, 2021
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Scott Simon with his daughters.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: As Kids Grow, So Do Their Parents

With the school year about to end, NPR's Scott Simon ponders how quickly children grow up and become their own persons.

June 05, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

Kamala Harris Makes History At Naval Academy Commencement Address

Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday became the first woman to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy. She addressed cyber security threats against the U.S.

May 31, 2021
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  • Tamara Keith
President Jimmy Carter signs emergency natural gas legislation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 1977. An oil crisis contributed to a period of double-digit inflation in the 1970s.

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  • Economy

Think Inflation Is Bad Now? Let's Take A Step Back To The 1970s

Prices are jumping as the economy rebounds from the pandemic, but the Biden Administration and the Federal Reserve say a return to 1970s-style inflation is unlikely.

May 29, 2021
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  • Scott Horsley
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Organized Crime Boss' Explosive Allegations Shake Turkish Politics

A convicted crime boss in exile is taking on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as well as his cabinet in the regular release of videos accusing them of corruption.

May 29, 2021
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  • Peter Kenyon
Eric Carle stands with large cutout of the iconic image from his children's book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Eric Carle Brought Light and Color To Our Lives

NPR's Scott Simon remembers children's book author Eric Carle, who died this week at the age of 91. His experiences as a teenager in Germany during World War II influenced his art.

May 29, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Bretto Jackson runs a program called Leaders Become Legends in Portland, Ore. He and a partner mentor people involved in gun violence and help them get jobs in green energy.

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  • National

Startup Helps Those Affected By Gangs And Gun Violence Find A Way Out

One small startup in Portland, Ore., is helping place former gang members and others involved in gun violence into well-paying green energy jobs.

May 29, 2021
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  • Katia Riddle

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  • Author Interviews

'The Other Black Girl' In This New Thriller May Not Be Your Friend

Zakiya Dalila Harris drew on her book-world background for her new novel, about a Black woman in publishing who thinks, at first, that she has a new ally when her company hires another Black woman.

May 29, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
At their StoryCorps interview in Las Cruces, N.M., in March 2020, Melanie Dunne, left, and Marissa Miranda remembered the late Cpl. Josh Dunne.

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  • National

Remembering A Veteran Who Put Aside His Struggles For Others

The late Marine Cpl. Josh Dunne struggled with service-related traumatic brain injury and severe PTSD. At StoryCorps, his wife and sister-in-law remember his inspiring spirit and boisterous energy.

May 29, 2021
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  • Jarrod Sport
After more than a decade away from the recording studio, Nnenna Freelon returns with <em>Time Traveler,</em> an album she describes as a love letter to her late husband.

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  • Arts & Life

Jazz Singer Nnenna Freelon Works Through Grief With New Album And Podcast

"Time Traveler," Nnenna Freelon's first new album in more than a decade, is a passionate expression of love enduring as she grieves the loss of her husband and other family members.

May 29, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Palestinian people walk past a destroyed tower. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering Lives Lost In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

NPR's Scott Simon remembers some of the more than 200 people killed during the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.

May 22, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

IRS Cracking Down On Tax Fraud

The Biden administration has ambitious spending plans — ones that rely on taxpayers to pay their share. We look at a plan to modernize the IRS to make collecting those taxes possible.

May 22, 2021
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  • Scott Hor
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Week In Politics: Biden Takes Action In Israel-Palestine Conflict

We look at President Biden's role in new — and still fragile — cease-fire between Israel and Gaza, as well as the near certain demise of the January 6 Commission.

May 22, 2021
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  • Ron Elving
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Oregon Lifts COVID-19 Mandates, Introduces Vaccination Verification Measures

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Patrick Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority, about the state's mandate to verify vaccinations before admitting people into businesses and workplaces.

May 22, 2021
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