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Vox photo editor Kainaz Amaria thinks it's time the photojournalism world reckons with what she sees as an industry-wide culture of sexual harassment with roots in a glaring gender imbalance.

Photojournalists Are Demanding A #MeToo Reckoning

5:29pm September 16, 2018

Vox photo editor Kainaz Amaria talks about the unaddressed culture of sexual harassment in the photojournalism industry — a rampant issue she says stems from a glaring gender imbalance.

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Tropical Storm Florence: Crumbling Levee Threatens North Carolina Homes

5:21pm September 16, 2018

by Brian Mann

As tropical storm Florence lumbers west through the Carolinas, river towns face more heavy rain and rising waters. In Lumberton, N.C., officials say a deteriorating levee threatens hundreds of homes.

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Trump Administration Revokes Visas For Palestinian Envoy

5:21pm September 16, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

A Palestinian official is condemning the U.S. decision to revoke the visas of the family of a Palestinian envoy to the U.S.

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FEMA Head Under Scrutiny In Middle Of Hurricane Season

5:21pm September 16, 2018

As FEMA responds to Florence, Administrator Brock Long allegedly faces an internal investigation. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporter William Wan about the investigation.

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Botham Jean And Police Accountability

5:21pm September 16, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with criminologist and former attorney Philip Stinson about police accountability in the wake of Botham Jean's killing in his Dallas home by an off-duty officer.

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Giant 'Pac-Man' Launched To Gobble Garbage Patch

5:21pm September 16, 2018

Last Saturday, the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup dispatched a device to help clean up litter in the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Boyan Slat, the young CEO who came up with the idea.

Greg Batchelor, right, pastor at the Hoffmeyer Road Baptist Church in Florence, S.C., sings with his wife Linzie and daughters before leading the congregation in prayer.

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South Carolina Town Braces For Florence

5:21pm September 16, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

In the town of Florence, S.C., residents have been spared the worst of the flooding since Florence made landfall. But at church on Sunday, residents were on edge as flash flood warnings continued.

detail of the cover of Heartland by Sarah Smarsh

She Thought Her Family Was Middle Class, Not Broke In The Richest Country On Earth

2:57pm September 16, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In Heartland, author Sarah Smarsh explores what working class looks like in the United States while reflecting upon her own life experiences growing up in the Midwest.

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Persistent rain worsens the flood conditions in Castle Hayne. Rains have been relentless, and Florence continues to dump a "catastrophic" amount of water in its path.

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At Least 14 Dead In Carolinas And 'The Worst Flooding Is Yet To Come' In Some Areas

2:20pm September 16, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Florence is now a tropical depression, but major flooding will continue, the National Weather Service says. At least 14 people have died in the storm and its aftermath. That number's expected to rise.

Education Department Wades Into Rutgers Case Involving Critics Of Israel

10:05am September 16, 2018

The Education Department has adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that will allow it to go after anti-Israel student groups. The Wall Street Journal's Michelle Hackman talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

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