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A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado.

To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

5:43pm November 18, 2017

by Luke Runyon

The recent drought in the West forced people to take a hard look at how they use water. In Colorado, some farmers tried an experiment: make their water more expensive without hurting business.

Roy Moore, GOP candidate for Senate in Alabama, waits to speak during an event with supporters Thursday. Moore, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, has refused to drop out.

11 Scenarios For How The Roy Moore Saga Could Play Out

2:10pm November 18, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

Republican power brokers in D.C. are devising lots of schemes to try to edge out Roy Moore, the GOP Senate nominee in Alabama who has been accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assault.

Kachka: The Word That Saved A Family During WWII And Inspired A Chef

12:18pm November 18, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

It took until adulthood for Bonnie Morales, the daughter of immigrant Russian Jews, to appreciate the food of her childhood. Now she owns a popular Oregon restaurant and has released a new cookbook.

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From left, sisters Sue, Mary and Jane in 2009. Jane says Mary's death at Sandy Hook is "a weight you kind of drag around in your life."

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After A Mass Shooting, Families Feel 'A Pain That Will Never Go Away'

9:16am November 18, 2017

After the vigils and the reporters move on to the next mass shooting, the families are left to deal with the grief. "I feel like it never ends," says Jane Dougherty, who lost her sister at Sandy Hook.

A third of Native Americans say they have experienced discrimination in the work place when seeking jobs, getting promotions and earning equal pay, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard TH Chan school of public

As Native Americans Face Job Discrimination, A Tribe Works To Employ Its Own

8:20am November 18, 2017

by Graham Lee Brewer

About a third of Native Americans say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace when seeking jobs, or when getting promotions or earning equal pay, according to a new poll by NPR

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Reckoning With Sexual Harassment

8:19am November 18, 2017

Rebecca Traister of New York Magazine talks with Scott Simon about this post-Weinstein moment, in which many of us are considering how we've been complicit in, and affected by, sexual harassment.

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The Texas Coast, After Harvey

8:19am November 18, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mayor Jimmy Kendrick of Fulton, Texas, about the recovery efforts in his small coastal town after being devastated by Hurricane Harvey more than two months ago.

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Trump Franchise Hotel To Open In Small Mississippi Town

8:19am November 18, 2017

by Jackie Northam

The Trump Organization is unveiling a new line of four-star hotels. The first one is due to open soon in a tiny Mississippi Delta town.

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The Nonhuman Rights Project Advocates For Zoo Animals

8:19am November 18, 2017

Scott Simon talks with Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project, a legal advocacy group for animals. They're arguing in Connecticut Superior Court that three zoo elephants are legal persons.

'The Longevity Economy': What Does It Mean To Be Old?

8:19am November 18, 2017

A new book called The Longevity Economy argues businesses are failing to design things that older consumers want to buy because they're relying on outmoded ideas about what it means to be old.