Families of plane crash victims react to Boeing’s plea agreement
Families of victims of two Boeing 747 Max crashes are asking a judge to reject a plea deal with the plane maker. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to attorney Paul Cassell, who represents 15 of the families.
How to fight shrinkflation? Pay attention to unit prices at grocery stores
Companies have waged a quiet revolution in package sizing that they use to squeeze more money out of us. But there’s a weapon to help consumers level the playing field: unit prices.
Why judicial appointments by the next president are important to climate change law
Due to the litigious nature of environmental and climate law, legal experts say the next president’s judicial appointments might be their most consequential actions on climate over the next five years.
Colorado is the 2nd state to approve licenses for outdoor preschools
A new law opens up outdoor preschools to low income families in Colorado by allowing them to accept state child care subsidies. Advocates say learning outdoors has advantages over indoor classrooms.
In Philadelphia, a run club helps those recovering from addiction find purpose
We tag along up with a running club in the Philadelphia for people trying to recover from addiction.
Bloomberg gives $1 billion to Hopkins to make tuition free for most medical students
Most students pursuing medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University will receive free tuition, thanks to a $1 billion gift from businessman Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic organization.
New parents in Baltimore could get a $1,000 ‘baby bonus’ to reduce childhood poverty
Organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. The proposal is loosely modeled on a program implemented in Flint, Mich.
3 Columbia deans ousted for texts that ‘touched on … antisemitic tropes’
The three were texting each other during a panel discussion on Jewish life on campus last May, mocking and disparaging students’ complaints of antisemitism.
With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform
Despite failing to unveil a new platform in 2020, the Republican Party Monday released its policy goals and aims in its official 2024 platform, where the languages sticks close to Trump.
With a possible second Trump term looming, some DACA recipients are taking risks
DACA recipients are legally allowed to live and work in the U.S. However, the possibility of a second Trump presidency brings a lot of uncertainty for the over half a million DACA permit holders.
Rapper BG’s lyrics will face government scrutiny. Is it a violation of free speech?
NPR’s Adrian Florido speaks with attorney Alexandra Kazarian about the ways in which rap lyrics are used in the criminal justice system.
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