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The next disaster is coming. Are you ready?

May 17, 2022 Current Events, Environment

Juliette Kayyem, a lecturer at Harvard and faculty director of the Homeland Security Project and the Security and Global Health Project, discusses her approach to crisis management.

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Vladimir Putin

What do we really know about Vladimir Putin?

May 11, 2022 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

UCLA political scientist Daniel Treisman discusses Putin’s rise from spin doctor to tyrant – and about who makes up his inner circle now as the world watches for his next moves.

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Psychedelic drugs are back — here’s what’s different this time around

May 5, 2022 Culture, Current Events

Zoe Cormier discusses how Big Pharma has entered the psychedelics game – and these drugs’ new-found champions in Silicon Valley.

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Beyond the numbers: The impact of one million U.S. COVID deaths

May 2, 2022 Current Events, Health, Politics

Josh Fischman discusses the after-effects of the COVID-19 death toll, including financial repercussions, effects on children and the new strain on social safety nets.

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The last abortion clinic on the Texas border

April 18, 2022 Current Events, Health, Race/Identity

Maya Cueva discusses her PBS documentary following three Latinx people and their connection to the last reproductive health clinic on the Texas side of the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The end of Roe v. Wade wouldn’t end abortions

April 14, 2022 Current Events, Health, Politics

Jessica Bruder examines networks of “community providers” – those who perform abortions outside the medical establishment and how they’re preparing for the fall of Roe v Wade.

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The pros and cons of letting Putin off easy

April 12, 2022 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

Tom McTague argues that Russian aggression must be seen in a larger geopolitical light, with China and its threat to democracy closely linked.

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How could anybody think Sandy Hook was fake?

April 11, 2022 Current Events, Politics

Elizabeth Williamson discusses how the baseless conspiracy theories around Sandy Hook have developed, and how the families of Sandy Hook are fighting back.

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Texas is spending border security funds far from the border

April 7, 2022 Current Events, Economics, Politics

Perla Trevizo discusses their investigation into Gov. Greg Abbott’s claims that 11,000 criminals have been arrested at the border, and where those border-security dollars and efforts are actually going.

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Kids’ mental health struggles didn’t start with Covid

April 6, 2022 Current Events, Health, Mental Health

Judith Warner explains the complex issue of child and adolescent mental health, and why the problem has been mounting for years before the pandemic.

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How cancel culture is holding writers back

March 30, 2022 Culture, Current Events, Literature

Writer Sarah Hepola examines the ways she has muted herself and contemplates what cancel culture means for writers.

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The life of Madeleine Albright

March 25, 2022 Current Events, History, Politics

We revisit our 2017 conversation with Madeleine Albright, who passed away this week. Albright made history as the first woman to serve as the U.S. secretary of state.

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