How Drug Companies Are Controlling How Their Drugs Are Covered By Medicaid
NPR’s Alison Kodjak and The Center for Public Integrity have been looking at all the ways the drug industry tries to keep Medicaid money flowing. Here they examine how the drug industry’s massive lobbying effort in every state has blocked efforts to co…
Midwest Facing A Skilled-Worker Shortage As Warehousing Boom Continues
Southwest Ohio is in the midst of a warehousing boom, with new, often high-tech distribution centers opening around the region. It’s part of the state’s economic development strategy to lure companies like Amazon. The influx of jobs is a boon to many O…
Physicists Go Small: Let’s Put A Particle Accelerator On A Chip
A tiny accelerator could be useful in medicine as well as basic science. Instead of speeding up beams of electrons through giant tunnels, the aim here is to build accelerators on semiconductor chips.
‘Lifeline’ Stretch Of California’s Highway 1 Reopens Months After Massive Mudslide
The road in the rugged Big Sur area is back in business 14 months after more than 1 million tons of earth collapsed. Motorists can now drive uninterrupted along the coast between LA and San Francisco.
‘Alternatives To Detention’ Are Cheaper Than Jails, But Cases Take Far Longer
The Trump administration faces the same challenge as its predecessors: if you cannot detain immigrant families, how do you ensure they show up for hearings and deportation?
Furnishing Homes For A New Life After Domestic Violence
Interior designer Julie Davis says she wants domestic violence survivors to “feel like somebody cared, and … feel like they have hope.”
Financial Costs Are Mounting As HHS Tries To Reunite Families
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Mark Greenberg, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, about the cost of housing and reuniting families separated at the border.
Maria Butina Was In Contact With Russian Intelligence, Feds Say In New Documents
A Russian woman charged this week with serving as an unregistered agent also “offered sex” in exchange for a job in an organization she targeted, prosecutors allege.
Alabama’s GOP Rep. Martha Roby Wins Primary Runoff
She faced a number of primary challengers last month over a pledge she made in 2016 not to vote for then-candidate Trump. The president endorsed her in the runoff against challenger Bobby Bright.
Empowering Kids In An Anxious World
Teen depression and anxiety rates have been rising for years, and two new books offer advice to parents and caregivers.
News Brief: Trump Walks Back Comments, Russian Student Charged, Migrant Detentions
President Trump takes that Helsinki comment back. Another thread in the story of alleged Russian influence in U.S. affairs. And disturbing stories from migrant detention facilities, from those inside.
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