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Tens of thousands of dockworkers are striking from Boston to Houston
The port of Mobile, Ala., is one of 14 along the Gulf and East Coasts where dockworkers went on strike at midnight. The union is demanding a 77% wage increase.
Israel let some wounded children leave Gaza for treatment, leaving thousands behind
by Jane Arraf
For the first time in almost two months, Israel has allowed a small group of kids to leave Gaza for medical treatment. Aid groups say the move came after U.S. pressure and a court challenge in Israel.
An insider’s look at how Biden preps for a debate
NPR'S Juana Summers speaks with Bob Bauer, the personal lawyer to President Biden, who stood in for Trump and Bernie Sanders in 2020 during mock-debates for the president to prep.
Barry Jenkins' 'The Underground Railroad' enters Criterion Collection
by Marc Rivers
Barry Jenkins is one of the major American filmmakers at work today. His Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad was added to the Criterion Collection on Tuesday.
Underground tours resume at Minnesota's oldest iron mine
by Daniel Kraker
History buffs and tourists get a chance to go 2,300 feet underground to visit a historic mine in Minnesota.
Israel's Supreme Court rules to draft ultra-Orthodox men for military service
by Kat Lonsdorf
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the country's ultra-Orthodox men must serve in the army. This controversial move could threaten the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Journalist explores the history of communist China through his family’s heritage
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York TimesAt the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China."
Rulings argue that Biden's student loan repayment plan is too generous
by Cory Turner
Two new rulings have frozen much of Biden's newest student loan repayment plan, arguing that the plan is too generous and setting up another possible student debt reckoning before the Supreme Court.
Will calling gun violence a 'public health crisis' change the political conversation?
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a “public health crisis.” NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Cedric Dark, an emergency physician at Baylor College of Medicine about the report.
The latest on Julian Assange's plea deal
by Ryan Lucas
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S. government. He's expected to plead guilty to conspiring to obtain and disclose information related to the national defense.
A look back at the start of the Zionist movement and its founder
NPR's history podcast, Throughline, goes back to the late 19th century to meet the people who organized the modern Zionist movement.
How one Brazilian city is tackling the surge of dengue cases
In Brazil, year-round epidemics of what is known as “breakbone fever” are becoming the norm, weighing heavily on healthcare systems and pushing leaders to look for new solutions to combat the disease.