Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we’re nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.
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Protesters want schools to divest from Israel. How would that work?
College campuses nationwide are erupting with protests against Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. A consistent theme among these actions: a call for university endowment “divestment.”
Today, we unpack what that means and how divestment would work. Plus, we hear from an expert who explains why divestment might not have the effect that many believe.
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Want to understand America’s labor movement? Head south
If you go by headlines, the last 12 months have delivered major wins to organized labor.
But despite well publicized victories the rate of U.S. union membership fell to a record low in 2023. Just 10%.
And in southern states, the push to unionize can still be a grinding, uphill battle.
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Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic?
Canada has one of the world’s lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country.
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Rappers took the White House. Now what?
A new documentary, Hip-Hop and the White House, considers rap’s association with presidential politics — and in so doing, reveals a persistent misunderstanding of how both operate.
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Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45
Dean’s family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.
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Ryan Gosling is ‘The Fall Guy’ in this cheerfully nonsensical stuntman thriller
Though it might have benefited from tighter editing, there’s no denying the pleasure of this gloriously overwrought film.
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Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces ‘chaos’ and hate speech
President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say
Officially, only one person has caught the illness during the current outbreak. But with limited testing, cases could be flying under the radar.
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NYC mayor says ‘outside agitators’ are co-opting Columbia protests—students disagree
In an NPR interview, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he had a ‘gut reaction’ that outside agitators were leading Columbia anti-war protests. Students beg to differ.
