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How undocumented families are navigating the looming threat of ICE

Date
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 3:05 AM
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Today on the show, NPR immigration reporter Jasmine Garsd takes us into the dimly lit living rooms of immigrant families — families trying to figure out how to stay safe as they navigate the overwhelming fear of being detained by ICE. These fears

Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat

Date
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 3:00 AM
Description
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College has classes on everything from Native American studies to gardening to equine sciences to the Hidatsa language. Like other tribal colleges and universities (aka TCUs), it's a space where students can get their degrees

The hidden history of demonizing SNAP recipients

Date
Saturday, November 08, 2025 - 3:00 AM
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Around 42 million people in the United States get SNAP benefits each month to cover basic needs like eggs, bread, and infant formula. Because of the government shutdown, most of those benefits have lapsed, and despite a judge's ruling that the Trump

Freedom of speech has never been for everyone

Date
Wednesday, November 05, 2025 - 3:05 AM
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Fights over free speech have taken up a lot of space in the zeitgeist lately. People on both the left and right claim to be the defenders of free speech, while pointing fingers at the other side for censorship and encroachments. So what is actually

How Zohran Mamdani is scrambling establishment Democrat's brains

Date
Saturday, November 01, 2025 - 3:00 AM
Description
Zohran Mamdani has become one of the most popular and polarizing politicians in the last year. How did the New York City mayoral candidate go from a relatively unknown Democratic Socialist to becoming the frontrunner in the election for the U.S.'s

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

Date
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - 3:05 AM
Description
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

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Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 3:05 AM
Description
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

Date
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
Description
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