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Mar 28, 2019 • 2min
Coming Next Week: How It Ends
Now that ISIS has lost its territory, what happens to all the people from around the world who ran off to join it? Their governments don't want them. But their families do. We follow them as they try to get their loved ones out.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 21, 2019 • 25min
After The Storm
For months, officials claimed fewer than 100 people died from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Then, all of a sudden, the official estimate rose to nearly 3,000 deaths. How did that happen? We have the story of one family that helps make sense of it.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Nov 1, 2018 • 34min
The Hearing
This is a story about who is allowed to vote... and who is not. In Florida, the ultimate swing state, 1.5 million people cannot vote, because they have a past felony on their record. And there is one way to try and get that right back: Ask the governor directly.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 17, 2018 • 36min
Trump Stories: The Apprentice
Omarosa Manigault Newman has a new book. What about those tapes? We re-visit an episode from our "Trump Stories" season.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 4, 2018 • 35min
The Waiver
President Trump's travel ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court. People from the seven banned countries can still come to the U.S. if they get a special "waiver." So far, few people have gotten them. We follow one Yemeni family as they try to get a waiver to escape a civil war. Supreme Court audio in this episode comes from Oyez.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jun 27, 2018 • 37min
The Red Line
From 2011-2013, Kelly covered the war in Syria, where people would ask, "Why won't the U.S. intervene?" Then came a chemical attack, ordered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, that killed more than 1,000 people, and the U.S. almost intervened, but didn't. Now, a new book tells why.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jun 21, 2018 • 38min
Police Videos: North Miami
Police shoot the wrong guy. A collaboration with WNYC Studios and their podcast Aftereffect.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jun 14, 2018 • 41min
The Apology Broker
This week, an episode from NPR's Rough Translation podcast.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jun 1, 2018 • 23min
Coal Stories 5
It's been a year and a half. Gary, Kyle, and Brad move on.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 25, 2018 • 27min
Coal Stories 4
We meet someone new. Derek.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
