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  • The fate of Ukraine hangs in the balance as Trump sides with Russia

    The fate of Ukraine hangs in the balance as Trump sides with Russia
    Feb 20 2025
    Earlier this week, President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia.

    Three years ago Russian troops poured over Ukraine's border, and Russian missiles and drones continue to bombard Ukrainian cities.

    Besides being untrue, the comments echoed a popular Kremlin talking point. And Trump's comments signaled a seismic shift in decades of U.S. foreign policy. Supporters of Ukraine and its allies, both here and abroad, were left shaken.

    NPR's Joanna Kakissis and Greg Myre discuss Ukraine's future as Russia-U.S. relations thaw.

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    8 minutos
  • Is the U.S. headed for autocracy?

    Is the U.S. headed for autocracy?
    Feb 19 2025
    Is the United States headed toward autocracy?

    That's a question prompted by a steady stream of executive orders seeking to consolidate power in the White House and upend long held policies and norms.

    New York Times Opinion writer M. Gessen lived through much of Russia's slide into autocracy, and wrote a book about it.

    They argue that one of the ways Vladimir Putin consolidated power... was by making a series of arguments that seemed outrageous at the time — like the idea that the LGBT population was a threat to Russian sovereignty.

    President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by a string of policy proposals that would have been unthinkable in any other administration.

    Even if they don't go anywhere, they're reshaping the boundaries of our democracy.

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    10 minutos
  • Will New York's mayor survive widening scandal?

    Will New York's mayor survive widening scandal?
    Feb 18 2025
    New York Governor Kathy Hochul, along withother top officials spent much of Tuesday weighing whether to use her power to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office.

    It's a power that no New York Governor has ever used before.

    Adams faces growing calls to step down over allegations of corruption - and criticism that Adams' deepening ties with the Trump administration have compromised his ability to govern independently.

    The nation's biggest city has been all but paralyzed by the legal and political problems of its Mayor. What's next for Eric Adams, and what does the scandal tell us about the Trump Justice Department?

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    10 minutos
  • Why are Israel's deals to exchange hostages so lopsided?

    Why are Israel's deals to exchange hostages so lopsided?
    Feb 17 2025
    An Israeli delegation is in Cairo to hash out details for the second phase of a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

    Under the first phase of the deal, Hamas agreed to release a total of 33 Israeli hostages – and Israel said it would free around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

    NPR's Jerome Socolovsky looks into why Israel has long accepted lopsided deals to bring back abducted citizens.

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    10 minutos
  • After weeks of chaos, the future is uncertain for thousands of federal workers

    After weeks of chaos, the future is uncertain for thousands of federal workers
    Feb 16 2025
    Across the country and around the world, tens of thousands of federal workers face uncertainty amid an unprecedented reduction and restructuring of the federal workforce.

    President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders — freezing hiring, ordering teleworkers back to the office, reclassifying employees and dismantling wide-ranging DEI programs.

    What will mass layoffs mean for federal workers and the government services they provide?

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    14 minutos
  • Bonus Episode: The Aphasia Choir

    Bonus Episode: The Aphasia Choir
    Feb 15 2025
    There are at least two million people in America who have thoughts and ideas they can't put into words.

    People who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken.

    But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain, and people with aphasia can often sing. Today in our bonus episode, in partnership with the podcast Rumble Strip, we meet a member of The Aphasia Choir of Vermont.

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    9 minutos
  • Ousted Kennedy Center president says artists must feel "welcome and safe"

    Ousted Kennedy Center president says artists must feel "welcome and safe"
    Feb 14 2025
    President Donald Trump is now chairman of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Trump replaced 18 members of the board with allies who then elected him into the position.

    There is no precedent for this move – most presidents have been hands-off with the cultural center since it opened in 1971 – including President Trump himself during his first term.

    Already, artists affiliated with the center have departed and performers are canceling shows.

    For a decade, Deborah Rutter served as President of the Kennedy Center. This week, she was ousted from that position. In her first interview since then, she speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the abrupt end to her tenure.

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    9 minutos
  • In Panama economic needs threaten to erase a way of life

    In Panama economic needs threaten to erase a way of life
    Feb 13 2025
    Panama has been looking for solutions to a long-term problem. Every time a ship passes through the Panama Canal, more than 50 million gallons of fresh water from Lake Gatun pour out into the ocean.

    Nobody ever thought Panama could run out of water. It is one of the rainiest countries in the world. But a couple years ago, a drought got so bad that the canal had to reduce traffic by more than a third - which had a huge impact on global shipping.

    The Panama Canal needs more water. Authorities have decided to get it by building a dam in a spot that would displace more than 2,000 people along the Rio Indio.

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    9 minutos