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George Floyd's killing sparked protests around the world, even in places with few black residents. Why this moment has prompted more white people to speak out on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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The Earth is getting warmer - and some countries have made big, bold promises to conserve energy. But are they all doing their part? We'll look over carbon report cards ahead of the upcoming Climate Action Summit in New York. Plus, Iran's leaders are headed to the U.N.. Will they cross paths with President Trump? Join us for the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Greta Thunberg says she wants people to use the power of their votes to elect leaders who will work to reduce carbon emissions and slow global warming - Mhari Shaw/NPR)

Around the U.S. this summer, volunteers are driving cars equipped with sensors to map rising heat. How city planners and scientists will use those maps to bring relief for people in some of America's hottest neighborhoods. That story, plus we'll preview the Republican National Convention on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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Wearing a mask is in the collective best interest during the pandemic. But for some people, instead of health or science, it's become about individual rights. Behavioral economists explain why some are resisting masks, and what can be done to convince them to put one on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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Public health officials hoped we could tamp down COVID cases in preparation for the fall. Now they say the opposite has happened. We'll track the pandemic's next moves on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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Public health officials hoped we could tamp down COVID cases in preparation for the fall. Now they say the opposite has happened. We'll track the pandemic's next moves on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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As coronavirus spread across the country, the Army Corps of Engineers scrambled to stand up field hospitals. Most never saw a patient. A look at what happened on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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How do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justice innovators John A. Powell and Heather McGhee show how empathy, honesty, and the recognition of our common humanity can change the story to bridge the racial divides tearing humanity and the Earth apart.

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How gun politics affects suicide prevention efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That story on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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The head of U-S Customs and Border Protection said the recent hours-long questioning of Iranian Americans and legal immigrants in Seattle was an isolated incident. But you’ll hear why civil libertarians are worried it's part of a pattern on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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In the United States, Monday is Columbus Day...or is it? Some Americans have reservations about celebrating Christopher Columbus - and more cities and states are proclaiming a new holiday instead. Why Indigenous Peoples' Day is in, and Columbus Day is out on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Christopher Columbus - Sebastiano del Piombo [Public domain])

Los Angeles set up mass vaccination sites in underserved communities -- but people of color are still being vaccinated at lower rates than white residents -- that story on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo: At a Kedren Community Health Center vaccine clinic in South Central Los Angeles this month, 89-year-old Cecilia Onwytalu (center) signals she's more than ready to get her immunization against COVID-19 - Apu Gomes/Getty Images).

The COVID-19 pandemic forced students all over the country to shift to online learning in 20-20. But not everyone was able to go remote. As a new school year approaches - one that might include more distance learning - what can schools do to ensure that the millions of students who didn't have Internet access can participate?  The education system's digital divide on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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St. Louis was an epicenter for police reform efforts. But most have failed. Now, six years after Ferguson, city leaders are trying something new.

(Photo:Activist Brittany Ferrell and others march through the streets of St. Louis while protesting the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. This demonstration was in November 2014, more than three months after Brown’s killing. Credit: Sebastiano Tomada/Getty Images)

Two geographically close communities couldn’t be more distant in terms of school funding. We’ll visit one of the most racially and economically segregated places in the country.The town of Hempstead is mostly black and Latino. The neighboring town of Garden City is much wealthier and whiter. We examine how these school funding disparities came to be on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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The Seattle Music Scene… Most cities tend to have a voice, but few quite as loud or interesting as Seattle's. This is a city that gave us Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana and Pearl Jam but also the softer, more introspective sounds of Fleet Foxes, The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie.

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We’ve already seen disruptions and delays in primaries across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. On the next Fresh Air, you’ll look at how voting in November could be affected, and at the financial and political obstacles that may prevent people from voting by mail. Terry talks with Emily Bazelon, whose article Will Americans Lose Their right to Vote in the Pandemic is appearing in the New York Times Magazine. Join us.

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(Photo: Emily Bazelon - Chion Wolf file photo/via NPR)

Can Republicans and Democrats agree on how best to regulate guns? The debate reignites this week as Congress is back in session. But even current laws like background checks can leave some guns to fall through the cracks. Join us for the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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Kamala Harris' tough questioning of Brett Kavanaugh during his contentious confirmation hearings put her in the spotlight. Will her bid to become vice president affect her role in a new Supreme Court confirmation battle? Why she may not be so eager to tangle with President Trump's new nominee on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Kamala Harris - Jonathan Ernst / Pool/Afp Via Getty Images)

Voters across party lines are concerned about the high price of prescription drugs. Lowering drug prices was a major focus of Donald Trump's 20-16 campaign. Has he kept that promise as president? And how can he campaign on the issue again in 20-20?  Plus, the latest on the conflict with Iran on the next Morning Edition from N-P-R News.

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It’s well known that the flu dies down in warmer months. But will the coronavirus do the same thing? Why researchers say the answer is complicated on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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On the next Morning Edition, will the United States and China call a truce in their trade war at the G-20 Summit in Japan this week?  Also, a song written by two men becomes an anthem for female empowerment. Hear the news, plus stories you'll talk about all day on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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At the Supreme Court - a major challenge to abortion rights. For the justices, the question is whether to start backtracking on nearly a half-century of precedent. That story and more on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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There is growing concern about a government plan to scale back a program that protects military family members from deportation. That story and more on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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Will Toldeo’s band Car Seat Headrest has evolved a lot over the years, never making the same type of album twice. What started as a bedroom project in 2010 has consistently expanded in scope – Their latest album, Making a Door Less Open, is one that embraces dance music wholeheartedly. Today, Toledo talks with host Stephen Kallao about what pushed the band’s sound in this new direction, and we’ll hear about his alter-ego, named Trait. Coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Car Seat Headrest - Courtesy of the artist)

William Fitzsimmons returns to the show with his gentle, insightful sound (some compare him to Gregory Alan Isakov, Bon Iver, and Sufjan Stevens). Also with us: young Raye Zaragoza, who is already an established singer, songwriter, and performer as well as a Native American activist. Plus we’ve got a heartwarming eChievement Award story about a California man who is reducing waste while helping young patients heal, all by recycling crayons. All, this week . . . in eTown.

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Jimbo Mathus (via Facebook)This week on Beale Street Caravan we have Willie Farmer and Jimbo Mathus at Bar DKDC in Memphis, TN. We also catch up with the blues men for in-depth interviews. 

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Listen for music from That’s Life, the latest by Willie Nelson, and By Request from AJ Croce.

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Willie Nelson has just released his 70th (!!!) studio album, First Rose of Spring. The living legend walks us through some of the songs on the record, and talks about getting older, playing music with his kids, and how he’s kept himself – and other musicians – busy during quarantine on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo by Pamela Springsteen/Courtesy of the artist)

This special encore broadcast is from our “eTown on the Road” series. Visiting with us is legendary outlaw country artist Willie Nelson, who features great songs from the stage at Denver’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater. Willie has a candid conversation with Nick (direct from Willie’s tour bus!). Also on the show is first-time eTown visitor Kacey Musgraves, who’s been on an astronomical trajectory as one of country music’s rapidly rising stars since winning Album of the Year at the Grammy’s in 2018 for her breakout ‘Golden Hour’.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Nick & Willie – Courtesy of eTown)

The winners of NPR's Student Podcast challenge – young broadcasters from a Brooklyn, New York high school – talk about climate change and racial justice, around the country and in their own neighborhood on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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It’s that time of year, when the days are shorter and the nights are colder. Warm up to our sounds for the season. Classic songs to celebrate the winter holidays plus a visit to South Louisiana’s Christmas Eve bonfires lighting the way for Papa Noel along the Mississippi River.

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The landscape of Richmond, Virginia has transformed. Along a broad, tree-lined avenue, Confederate statues that had stood untouched for a century have been removed. Now,  a space where Black Americans once felt unwelcome is being reclaimed. A closer look at Monument Avenue then and now on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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On the next Fresh Air -- As Downtown Abbey the movie opens in theatres, we feature Dave Davies’ interviews with the series creator Julian Fellowes, who also co-wrote the film, and with MAGGIE SMITH, who plays the tart-tongued Dowager Countess of Grantham. Join us.

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On the next Morning Edition, is a workforce that's gone remote a hacker's paradise? Steve Inskeep talks with a cybersecurity expert about a surge in cyber-attacks as many around the country work from home. Also, a profile of musician Stefon Harris. The modern master of the vibraphone wants to do more than play swinging jazz - he wants to use his instrument to create empathy. Listen for all kinds of stories on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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Iran insists it was defending its own airspace after shooting down a U-S military surveillance drone. The U-S says it was an unprovoked attack. Is Iran's latest strike a test of America's temperance? Or is the tension between the two countries destined to boil over? Join us for the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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After more than three and a half years of political chaos, the United Kingdom is finally leaving the European Union. Why Britain voted for Brexit - and the impact that decision has already had. Plus, David Greene and Rachel Martin are in Iowa talking to voters ahead of next week's caucuses on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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Colleges around the United States are reporting hundreds of new COVID-19 cases on-site -- and with no national guidance on how to handle outbreaks, each school has had to devise its own strategy to keep the virus in check. Are students and staff comfortable with their school's plan? Coronavirus on campus on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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On the next Fresh Air, a doctor and a nurse who were on the frontlines of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980’s. A talk with Dr. Paul Volberding and nurse Cliff Morrison who worked at San Francisco General Hospital.  They are featured in the new documentary titled 5B which is about the unit they worked on treating AIDS patients. Join us.

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Andrew Bird has a new record that some might not consider to be Christmas material at all! The collection of holiday classics and original songs is warm, thoughtful – And unconventional. It’s called HARK! Andrew joins host Raina Douris today to share a festive live performance, and we’ll find out what classic Christmas album inspired this one. That’s coming up, on a special holiday edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Andrew Bird - Amanda Demme/Courtesy of the artist)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! The champagne has been popped, the shrimp rings have been eaten, the resolutions have been made and… you know 2021’s GOTTA be better than 2020. Ring in the New Year with a whole playlist of songs about new beginnings. It’s your New Year’s Day soundtrack, on the next World Cafe.

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Singer and songwriter, Will Marsh, started Gold Connections back at The College of William & Mary when he connected with Car Seat Headrest’s, Will Toledo. They played on each other’s records, but eventually Marsh went his own way. The latest EP from Gold Connections is called Like a Shadow, and we’ll hear a live performance of the songs today, plus his story of signing with Fat Possum Records. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe with host Stephen Kallao.

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(Photo: Courtesy WNRN)

World Cafe says goodbye to London today with a showcase of some of the city’s best indie acts. We’ll hear live music from The Amazons – a rock ‘n’ roll band with incredible style and charisma – along with the moody sound of Another Sky and their lead singer Catrin’s unique voice. It’s all live from a club called Omeara, built by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons. He'll explain how he turned an old railway arch into a gorgeous soundproof venue, and why it’s important to him to give back to London’s music community. A grand Sense of Place finale with host Talia Schlanger, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: The Amazons – Courtesy of the artist)

It’s World Cafe’s final look back at the best interviews of the year today…And Lizzo had a pretty remarkable 2019. We’ll hear her live performance of songs from Cuz I Love You, and she talks about self-love, writing her hit “Juice,” and collaborating with Prince. Then in the second hour, Robbie Robertson tells stories about scoring Martin Scorcese’s new film, The Irishman, forming the group that would become The Band, and getting booed every night while backing Bob Dylan on his first electric tour. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Lizzo performing live at The TLA in Philadelphia - Lissa Alicia/WXPN)

World Cafe’s Sense of Place series continues with the legendary Nile Rodgers, who you might know from Chic. He’s also the writer, producer and musician behind some of the biggest hits of the last four decades, including “We Are Family” and “I’m Coming Out”. Host Talia Schlanger joins him at Abbey Road studios in London where he’s currently the Chief Creative Advisor, in between tour dates with Chic and Cher. He tells the story of how he completely transformed David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” and he plays us the very first demo of the song. On the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Nile Rodgers - Adam Kissick for NPR)

World Cafe’s Sense of Place series in London continues with the vibrant and funky band, Ibibio Sound Machine. Lead singer Eno Williams was born in England, but grew up in Nigeria, where her family spoke Ibibio. Thanks in part to her grandmother, Eno eventually realized that the rhythms and melody inherent in the language were perfect for songwriting – We’ll hear about that today. And Ibibio Sound Machine perform songs from their debut album, Doko Mien, live. On the next World Cafe with host Talia Schlanger.

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(Photo: Ibibio Sound Machine – Dan Wilton/via NPR)

The band Ranky Tanky is from Charleston, South Carolina, and their music draws on the culture of slave descendants from the region known as the Gullah <GUHL-uh>. We'll learn how the group came to be – And a bit of musical history, on the background of Gullah music and the importance of Alan Lomax. Plus, some incredible live performances, anchored by the powerful voice of Quiana Parler. Coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Ranky Tanky - Courtesy of World Cafe)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross talks with Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the World Champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.  She helped lead them to 2 world cups and an Olympic gold medal.  She was one of the first high-profile athletes to take the knee following NFL star Colin Kaepernick's original protest in 2016. She has a new memoir.  Join us.

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(Photo: Megan Rapinoe - Lorie Shaull/CC BY-SA 2.0)

On the next Fresh Air, repairing the human wreckage of World War II. Historian David Nasaw tells the story of more than a million people stranded in defeated Nazi Germany - some felt they couldn’t return to home countries now under Soviet control. Others were Jewish survivors who had no homes to return to. Nasaw’s book is The Last Million. I hope you’ll join us.

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(Photo: The Last Million, by David Nasaw – Book cover)