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A Family, A Traffic Ticket And A 2-Year Lie

4:52am May 07, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear about a few problems, including a family cover-up over a sister's ticket.

The Muslim "identity matrix" reduces and commercializes at the same time.

I Am Not Your Muslim

4:36am May 06, 2017

by Nesrine Malik

An "identity matrix" is a trap that presents itself as the answer to broad-brush generalizations about Muslims as terrorists or radicals, but actually ends up being similarly simplistic.

Week In Politics: House Passes American Health Care Act

4:31pm May 05, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor for National Review and columnist for Bloomberg View. They discuss the House passing the American Health Care Act and President Trump's executive order on religious liberty.

A right wing activist holds a sign during a rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park on April 27, 2017 in Berkeley, California. Protestors are gathering in Berkeley to protest the cancellation of a speech by American conservative political commen

Hate Speech And The Misnomer Of 'The Marketplace of Ideas'

4:03pm May 03, 2017

by David Shih

The belief that more speech is the remedy for "bad" speech can be a principled stance. But racist hate speech may not be doing what free speech defenders think it is.

President Barack Obama laughs with Frank Deford as he awards him the 2012 National Humanities Medal for transforming how we think about sports, during a ceremony in the East Room of White House on July 10, 2013.

Sports

Deford Says Thanks For A Good Game, Drops Mic

11:46am May 03, 2017

by Frank Deford

Frank Deford bids farewell to the Ringling Brothers Circus and has some further thoughts on taking a final bow.

Queue Listen Now

President Donald Trump addresses a "Make America Great Again" rally in Harrisburg, Penn., on Saturday, marking Trump's 100th day in office.

Trump Stars On Stage He Built Himself, Far From Washington

11:45am April 30, 2017

by Ron Elving

This president speaks from platforms of his own choosing, apart from the usual venues of power. Creating a split-screen on his 100th day in office, Trump could inhabit and speak to a separate reality.

Health & Safety

The Surprising Wishes Of India's Sex Workers

7:00am April 30, 2017

by Abraar Karan

A researcher found that some of them don't want to be "rescued." And that in one community, sex work is a traditional occupation for married women.

Arts

Is Facebook Real Life Or Is It Just Fantasy?

10:00am April 29, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear from a woman in an "emotional affair" with a college friend on Facebook.

Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez gives a victory speech during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.

Politics & Government

What The Hell's Behind All This Cursing?

7:10am April 29, 2017

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon observes an uptick in the number of profanities uttered by politicians speaking in official capacities, and muses about what the strategy is, and the effect it's having.

Those ubiquitous drug ads are selling cures to ills we'll probably never have.

Those TV Drug Ads Distract Us From The Medical Care We Need

5:00am April 29, 2017

by John Henning Schumann

Doctors spend lots of time answering questions about the latest drug ad, and that means less time answering questions that could really help your health, a primary care physician says.