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NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, about high bond yields and the September jobs report.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Garland, artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, a company where he was once principal dancer and that he is taking back to the African continent for the first time since the 1990s.
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The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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Google has launched an experimental satellite that will test the feasibility of putting AI data centers in space.
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Car crimes have plunged in San Francisco over the last four years. The city credits, in part, Flock cameras. We investigate the claim.
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Since the 2024 election, Black voters have led a surge in Democratic voter enthusiasm by responding to a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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School districts that drive long distances are navigating record high diesel prices in different ways. Some have transitioned to electric or propane buses to ease the pinch.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Randy Spivey, a lawyer representing a death row inmate who survived two lethal injections, about Tennessee's handling of executions.
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The family of a woman killed during an immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is filing two civil suits against the federal government.
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Fifty-five years ago, Soul Train began broadcasting nationally. The show's dance coordinator speaks with a dancer about the show's legacy, as part of StoryCorps' Brightness in Black project.