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Dinah Kirgo Says Les Moonves Damaged Her Career After She Rebuffed Him

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Dinah Kirgo, a writer, who’s one of the women who accused Les Moonves of sexual misconduct in the recently published article by Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker.

‘Quiet Skies’ TSA Surveillance Program Targets Americans Without Warrant

The Boston Globe reports TSA air marshals are surveilling ordinary Americans not suspected of any crime. NPR’s Michel Martin asks law professor Jonathan Turley about the legality of such a program.

The Myth Of The Self-Made Millennial

A couple news stories about millennials and money have gone viral in recent weeks. NPR’s Michel Martin talks with Jia Tolentino of The New Yorker about “millennial financial resentment.”

3 Dead And 7 Injured In New Orleans Shooting; Suspects Still At Large

Two suspects shot into a large crowd of people at a New Orleans strip mall Saturday night. The suspects fled on foot and police are asking the public for help identifying the pair.

Moved By The Family Separation Crisis, Volunteers Step Up To Help In Reunification

The work of unifying families separated at the U.S./Mexico border continues although court-imposed deadlines to reunite them have past. In El Paso, the crisis has inspired citizens to get involved.

To Keep Women From Dying In Childbirth, Look To California

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.

The State Of The ‘Alt-Right’

As we approach a year since the deadly rally in Charlottesville, NPR’s Renee Montagne asks George Hawley of the University of Alabama about the state of the “alt-right.”

Voices Of Migrants

Elena Santizo was released from an immigration detention center this week just in time to meet the court-imposed deadline. Her destination after release was Tennessee to be reunited with her family.

Priest Who Says He Was Victim Of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Reacts To Resignation

Desmond Rossi says Theodore McCarrick, who just resigned as a Catholic cardinal, sexually harassed him. NPR’s Renee Montagne asks Rossi for his reaction to McCarrick’s resignation.

Death Toll In Northern California’s Carr Fire Rises To 5

The massive wildfire in has claimed the lives of three more people, and displaced at least 37,000 since it started on Monday.

Nostalgia, National Security Drives Trump’s Economic Policies

Do President Trump’s trade policies and tariffs amount to picking the economy’s winners and losers? The Wall Street Journal’s Greg Ip joins NPR’s Michel Martin to put the trade deals in perspective.

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