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How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to 'save civilization' with more babies

Date
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - 3:05 AM
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What do conservatives like JD Vance and tech executives like Elon Musk have in common? They, like other pronatalists, want to “save civilization” by having more American babies. But it wasn’t that long ago that some people wanted to save the world by

Unpacking the Trump administration's immigration raid in Chicago

Date
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 3:05 AM
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After midnight on September 30th, helicopters hovered above a large Chicago apartment building, and heavily armored agents rappelled from the choppers onto the roof. What unfolded became a spectacle that swept up both undocumented migrants and U.S

Racist slurs, naughty words, and how dictionary editors define them

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 3:05 AM
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How do we define slurs like the N-word? Whether it’s heated debates about racist or ableist slurs, arguments about gender, or even new kinds of profanity, dictionary editors have been at the center of these fights for a long time. We're joined by

What does Israel mean to American Jews?

Date
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 3:00 AM
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Even since before October 7, 2023, American Jews have found themselves grappling with what it means to speak out against Israel and the rifts in their communities over their political views. And despite a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and

Stacey Abrams on how voter suppression threatens democracy

Date
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 3:00 AM
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Stacey Abrams is one of the most high-profile voting rights activists in the U.S. She says whether we have an actual democracy might literally depend on protecting voting rights in the next election cycle or two. How to prevent that? Keep an eye on

Voting rights are at risk. Here's why.

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Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 3:00 AM
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Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears a case that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act, which was passed to ensure fair districting and voting practices across different racial groups. Meanwhile, lawmakers across states are taking other paths

Why Malala Yousafzai is a hero in the West but not back home

Date
Wednesday, October 01, 2025 - 9:55 AM
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Why is Malala Yousafzai so revered in the West while being much less popular in her home country of Pakistan? On this week's Code Switch, we unpack how Pakistani skepticism of Malala extends from a suspicion of U.S. and other foreign interests.Learn

Is the American dream a scam?

Date
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 3:00 AM
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This week on the pod: author Edgar Gomez talks about what it was like growing up poor, queer, and Nicaraguan Puerto Rican in Florida. His new memoir, Alligator Tears, chronicles his dreams of making it big, the various mini-scams he got into along

The stakes of calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 3:05 AM
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This week: why the term "genocide" matters when talking about Israel's actions against Palestinians in Gaza. On Tuesday, a UN commission said it found that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, as more people, groups and countries are

How calls for mass deportations went mainstream

Date
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 3:00 AM
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Calls to ban “third world immigration” in favor of “remigration” -- or, mass deportation -- went from fringe ideas in far right circles to ones pedaled by mainstream conservatives. Now, those ideas are mirrored in government policy. On this week's Co