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Rochester Drug Cooperative Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Role In Opioid Epidemic

6:15pm April 23, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gary Craig, a Democrat and Chronicle reporter, about the first major pharmaceutical distributor to face federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid epidemic.

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What's At Stake As The Supreme Court Considers Census Case

6:15pm April 23, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The census case before the Supreme Court could have major implications on how congressional seats and hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds are distributed in the U.S. over the next decade.

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Steven T. Johnson rents a bed at the PodShare in Hollywood, Calif. "When you don't own things, you don't have to keep track of them," he says. "You just show up."

The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, A Hired Desk And A Handful Of Clothes

6:15pm April 23, 2019

by Sam Sanders

Many young people participate in the rental economy. They own less stuff than their parents' generation, and they rent or share a lot more. For some it's a choice; for others, a necessity.

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For One Man, Getting A Degree In Prison Was 'Like Being Released Every Day'

6:13pm April 23, 2019

by Carrie Jung

For many people in prison, an education means a chance at a new life on the outside. One Massachusetts man got that chance, and made the most of it.

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See 200 Years Of Twists And Turns Of Census Citizenship Questions

5:20pm April 23, 2019

A citizenship question has not been included among the census questions for every household in almost 70 years. The Trump administration wants to change that with the upcoming 2020 census.

Trump Administration Faces Criticism From Left And Right On Proposed Hiring Rule Change

5:10pm April 23, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Marshall Project's Justin George about the Trump administration's proposal for a new hiring rule that has drawn criticism from criminal justice reform advocates.

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The Supreme Court justices are hearing oral arguments Tuesday over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to forms for the 2020 census.

Supreme Court Appears To Lean Toward Allowing Census Citizenship Question

4:52pm April 23, 2019

The justices are weighing whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. A decision is expected this summer, when printing of the census forms is set to begin.

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Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules 'Tire Chalking' Unconstitutional

4:22pm April 23, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Anne Gentry, director of the Downtown Development Authority for Alpena, Mich., about a court ruling that parking enforcement by tire chalking is unconstitutional.

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Silicon Valley Company Aims To Help Farmers Compare Seed Prices

4:22pm April 23, 2019

by Madelyn Beck

Major seed companies have a transparency problem. Farmers can't look up and compare prices for some seeds. Some have turned to co-ops and others to Silicon Valley to try to disrupt the practice.

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Demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court Tuesday to protest the Trump administration's proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Timeline: The Census Citizenship Question's Unusual Journey To The Supreme Court

3:03pm April 23, 2019

A trail of internal emails, memos and other court filings show how the Trump administration pushed to get a citizenship question on the 2020 census despite warnings of how it may undermine the count.