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Barbershop: Latest Sexual Harassment Allegations

6:42pm November 25, 2017

To talk about the recent round of sexual harassment allegations, NPR's Michel Martin is joined by Steven Petrow, contributor to the Washington Post; Farajii Muhammad, host of For The Culture on member station WEAA in Baltimore; and Jack Marshall president of ProEthics, an ethical training and consulting firm.

Ben Jealous was the NAACP's youngest president and one of Bernie Sanders' earliest supporters. Jealous then became a venture capitalist investing in startups. Now he is seeking office in Maryland.

The Left-Wing Tech Investor Running For Governor

5:48pm November 25, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

A man with an eclectic career — youngest president of the NAACP, Silicon Valley tech investor — wants to be the governor of Maryland. NPR spent two days with him on the campaign trail.

LGBTQ people of color are twice as likely as their white counterparts to say they've been discriminated against because they are LGBTQ in applying for jobs and interacting with police.

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For LGBTQ People Of Color, Discrimination Compounds

4:32pm November 25, 2017

by Deena Prichep

LGBTQ people of color are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to say they've been discriminated against because they are LGBTQ in applying for jobs and interacting with police.

In the 1944 film Gaslight, Gregory (Charles Boyer) slowly tricks his wife, Paula (Ingrid Bergman), into believing she is insane.

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Gaslighting: How A Flicker Of Self-Doubt Warps Our Response To Sexual Harassment

11:47am November 25, 2017

by Kat Chow

From a teenager's encounter to today's revelations about Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Rose and so many more, a writer wrestles with the ways women are taught to doubt their own experiences.

The moon is high as twilight descends on the hills and woods on the outskirts of the small Idaho mountain town of Stanley. On a clear night, the galactic dust of the Milky Way is visible overhead.

Idaho Dims The Lights For One Of The Best Night Skies Anywhere

11:35am November 25, 2017

by Matt Guilhem

Central Idaho hopes to land on a very short list of the best places on Earth to see the Milky Way at night.

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Donald Trump holds a copy of Time magazine in January 2016 in Winterset, Iowa. His golf clubs have displayed fake Time covers featuring Trump.

Trump Says He Passed On Being 'Person Of The Year.' 'Time' Says He's 'Incorrect'

11:14am November 25, 2017

by James Doubek

The president went on Twitter to say Time magazine "probably" was going to name him Person of the Year but he would have had to do a photo shoot and interview. Time said that's not the case.

A machine coined "The Enrober" provides the "Willy Wonka moment" of MoonPie-making, when the treats are propelled under a gooey chocolate waterfall.

Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

9:18am November 25, 2017

by Melanie Peeples

Though the marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker treat began a century ago as a coal-miner's snack, it is still made by the same Chattanooga bakery and has since become a cultural icon of the South.

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LGBTQ People Of Color And Discrimination

8:00am November 25, 2017

by Deena Prichep

A new poll shows that LGBTQ people of color were at least twice as likely as white LGBTQ people to report discrimination because of their sexuality and gender identity.

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Hospitality Workers And Sexual Harassment

8:00am November 25, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Karen Kent, president of the Chicago chapter of the hospitality workers union Unite Here, about their efforts to protect hotel employees against sexual harassment.

Research Finds Racial Disparities In Prison Sentences

8:00am November 25, 2017

Georgetown law professor Paul Butler talks with NPR's Scott Simon about racial disparity in federal sentencing. The average sentence is nearly 20 percent longer for black men than white men.