"Overall, it's a good thing," said B. Seventy years ago, Mao Zedong appeared on a balcony overlooking Tiananmen Square and conjured a new country into being. In the wake of ongoing protests for racial justice, young people in America are demanding change from their schools. Of course we know our kids will change in fundamental ways. In the past, most presidents have leaned on the intelligence community for guidance and context — but Trump has made plain his differences with the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency.

"He has a longer streak, but I'm the only one who's never missed a single vote," said Collins in a recent interview in her office, referring to Grassley missing votes early in his Senate career. And there were moments when I really questioned my sanity to allow myself to be sort of pulled along by these fantasies about someone I didn't even know. And so began the competition for who could be the meanest, baddest Bogle. Police try to gather every bit of evidence they can use to catch the robbers and make the case stick. In her new book Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness, Roth investigates the widespread incarceration of the mentally ill in the U.S., and what she sees as impossible burdens placed on correctional officers to act as mental health providers when they're not adequately trained. And yet I find such relief in the thought that I don't have to expect myself to stay the same... WIZENBERG: ...And also a great relief in acknowledging that the people close to me will keep changing, too. All rights reserved. By a final vote of 51-48, the Senate approved a budget resolution that sets the stage for broad swaths of the Affordable Care Act to be repealed through a process known as budget reconciliation. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Alzheimer's, like so many other diseases, disproportionately affects Black and brown communities. WIZENBERG: Yeah. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Executive Office for Immigration Review are considering stripping asylum status from immigrants who won it years ago. Singer Richard Butler says this time, the band made it on its own terms. Now, 29 years after the group's last album, the Psychedelic Furs is back with a new record called Made of Rain. With more than 20 years in the spotlight, the Chicago-hailing rapper, actor and activist has worn his heart on his sleeve publicly for years and won plenty of accolades for it. A kind of comfort object that could keep you company all day long. Looting, fires, vandalism and the National Guard on the streets — for many, the unrest of 2020 evokes memories of the destructive riots of 1992 in Los Angeles. WIZENBERG: I think I was afraid of that. I felt, like, changed by this crush. In the industrial city of Dongguan, China, the effects of the trade war on the Chinese economy are measured in idled machinery and empty bar stools. Madison Holleran ran track at the University of Pennsylvania. It used to be a simple question of which album sold the most physical copies, but now Billboard needs to consider things like Spotify plays and mp3 downloads. And so Ash is now, you know, in the constellation, too. Common is no stranger to showing emotion. Copyright 2019 NPR.

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That was the case for Fiona Apple, the celebrated singer and songwriter who released her first album in eight years this month. TIM WATTERS: (Imitating Bill Clinton) My name is Bill Clinton. No matter how hard she tried, it was a desire she could not will out of existence. Copyright © 2020 NPR. She broke her left one when she was running in high heels to the Senate chamber because she so desperately refused to miss a vote. Friday is April 20, a day that some people celebrate by smoking marijuana.

His cries went unanswered and he died in police custody. The Police Department in Lawrence, Kan., is preparing for this week's pot holiday by sending safety tips via their official Twitter account, run by officer Drew Fennelly. A sports editor at The Kansas City Star retweeted it, and Fennelly says it became the account's first tweet with national reach. He represents the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old black man who was pursued by three white men and then fatally shot while jogging in a South Georgia neighborhood in February. Then, one day, Eberhardt's parents announced the family was moving to the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood. Listen at the audio link and read on for an edited version of their conversation. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Chris Molanphy, a chart analyst and pop critic at Slate, about the significance of this change. Copyright 2018 NPR.

The state's governor, Republican Doug Ducey, in May lifted a stay-at-home order he put in place in March so the economy could begin reopening. When Eberhardt arrived there, she told NPR's Ailsa Chang, she noticed something strange: She could no longer tell people's faces apart. It was Memorial Day, May 25th, 2020. As Congress prepares to adjourn for the holidays, one piece of legislation that's still on the table is a bipartisan criminal justice bill known as the First Step Act.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Molly Wizenberg about her new memoir, The Fixed Stars. 5 Steps To Confirmation, Trump Supporters Gather Near Capitol To Witness Inauguration. And in many ways, we express that through the care and work that we put into raising a child as co-parents. Incarcerated people outside prison walls are considered potential flight risks. NPR's Ailsa Chang reports. But at the same time, I couldn't not talk with him about it, even though there was so much energy behind this crush that I was very much afraid of what it would do to us, that no matter what happened, I was going to burn down our marriage whether I wanted to or not. 5 Steps To Confirmation. Or will it just enrich shareholders who are mostly rich already? But the bill also contains a less controversial provision: a ban on shackling pregnant women. In the past, most presidents have leaned on the intelligence community for guidance and context — but Trump has made plain his differences with the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency. That's when the party in power deliberately redraws district lines to keep control of the legislature. And very important. WIZENBERG: Yeah. Now What? A couple years ago, author Gabrielle Moss was feeling "worn down by the world" and found herself impulse buying an entire crate of "Sweet Valley High" books on eBay for $25.