How the U.S. became a ‘backsliding democracy,’ according to a European think tank
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Annika Silva-Leander, the lead writer of the International IDEA’s report that designated the U.S as a “backsliding democracy.”
South Korean semiconductor makers are giving the U.S. data, but with some concern
The White House is enlisting allies in its efforts to rebuild U.S. manufacturing capacity in the high-tech sector. South Korean semiconductor makers are playing along, but with some misgivings.
Listeners remember loved ones lost to COVID-19, who will be missed at Thanksgiving
More than 750,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. On Thanksgiving Day, family members remember the roles and memories that their loved ones left behind.
A different type of COVID-19 vaccine is about to roll out around the world
Whatever happened to Novavax and Sanofi’s COVID-19 vaccines? Many people thought at the beginning of the pandemic that these were the two most likely vaccines to succeed.
A new website promises better Thanksgiving dinner conversations
A new website is designed to alleviate the “Thanxiety” surrounding fraught arguments at the Thanksgiving day table by trying to start better conversations.
Native American tribes are gathering in Plymouth to mourn on Thanksgiving
Thursday’s National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, will honor Indigenous people who’ve suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment. It’s the 52nd year the event has been observed.
Brunswick pastor discusses the guilty verdicts in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery
What do the guilty verdicts of three men for killing Ahmaud Arbery mean for Brunswick, Georgia? NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks Dr. John Perry, senior pastor of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church.
South Dakota’s Supreme Court rules against legalization of recreational marijuana
The justices upheld a lower court’s ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational use.
Hit hard by COVID, Native Americans come together to protect families and elders
Indigenous Americans suffer disproportionate effects of COVID, including the mental health impact. But a collective mindset has helped them find creative solutions to buffering the stress.
Biden nominates 2 women of color to lead the OMB
Shalanda Young has been tapped to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Nani Coloretti as its deputy director.
A man who was wrongfully convicted of 3 murders in 1979 is now free
“Joy, sorrow, fear. I am trying to figure out how to put them together,” Kevin Strickland said after he was released. He was jailed for more than 40 years after a wrongful murder conviction.
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