All Things Considered
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Ports' strike ends, as dockworkers reach agreement on wages
The International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing ocean carriers and port operators, agreed to extend the contract and continue bargaining over all other issues.
Many Palestinians have fled Rafah, but many others have nowhere to go
by Aya Batrawy
Aid groups in the southern Gaza city of Rafah are trying to maintain services for people unable to leave amid an Israeli assault there. People who can leave Rafah are unsure where to go.
From tweet to three-book deal, this author wants to transform the fantasy genre
by Kathryn Fink
A new young adult novel called Blood at the Root follows a Black teen learning to harness his ancestral magic. Before it was a novel, it was a failed TV pilot. Before that, it was a tweet.
200-year-old elite London men's club votes to accept women
by Fatima Al-Kassab
The Garrick, a drinking and dining den tucked away on a side street in London, has long been a haunt of Britain's top politicians, actors and lawyers. Women have not been allowed to join — until now.
Noncompete clauses could soon be gone under a new federal ban
by Andrea Hsu
With the federal ban on noncompetes set to take effect in 120 days, workers bound by such agreements are starting to wonder whether they are free to pursue work that they otherwise couldn't do.
The implications after President Biden put a hold on a shipment of bombs for Israel
President Biden put a hold on a shipment of bombs for Israel. We look at the implications for the war in Gaza — and politics at home.
What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'
by Lauren Sommer
Revisiting our talk about the podcast 'You Didn't See Nothin,' now a Pulitzer winner
The podcast You Didn't See Nothin' has now won a Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting. We revisit a conversation with the reporter behind the project, Yohance Lacour.
Colm Toibin vowed to never write a sequel. Until 'Long Island'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island. His main character opens her front door to a stranger who accuses her husband of having an affair with his wife.
Student protestors worry how school disciplinary actions will affect their futures
by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Hundreds of college students across the U.S. have been arrested, and many suspended and expelled, for participating in pro-Palestinian protests. Some students reflect on their actions and punishment.