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Nov 24, 2025
On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff.
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Nov 24, 2025
Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood -- an assassination the group calls a "red line."
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Nov 24, 2025
The number of hunters in the U.S. continues to drop. Some states run events to get more kids interested in the sport. We join a pheasant hunt in Connecticut.
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Nov 24, 2025
Democrats are highlighting concerns over health care costs in Wisconsin, a key swing state. The Trump administration says they have a plan of their own coming together to address health costs.
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Nov 24, 2025
Many states and school districts now ban or restrict the use of cell phones in schools. But what do the kids think about this? Student journalists in New Jersey brought this question to their classmates and teachers.
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Nov 24, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. James Campbell, an expert on childhood infectious diseases, about the CDC's new messaging on the relationship between vaccines and autism.
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Nov 24, 2025
Researchers have uncovered DNA and forensic evidence that answers centuries-old questions about the killing of a 13th century Hungarian duke.
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Nov 24, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jennifer Levin, author of Generation Care, about the roughly 10 million millennials working as family caregivers, often before they've fully formed their own lives.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders."
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Nov 24, 2025
The U.S. has officially labeled Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles, allegedly led by President Nicolás Maduro and top officials, a foreign terrorist organization.
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Nov 24, 2025
Ukrainians feel relief after Geneva talks helped soften the U.S.-proposed peace deal seen as siding with Russia.
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Nov 24, 2025
Palestinian novelist Bassem Khandaqji won Arabic literature's top prize while in Israeli prison for a deadly Tel Aviv bombing. He was freed last month in the hostage-prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel.
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Nov 24, 2025
Pakistanis are protesting a recent constitutional amendment that gives the country's army chief new powers and legal immunity for life.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Pew Research Center's survey of Latinos show majorities disapprove of the president, especially his policies on the economy and immigration.
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Nov 24, 2025
The judge's decision on the appointment of Lindsey Halligan marks a significant setback to efforts to go after the president's perceived political enemies.
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Nov 24, 2025
The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come.
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Nov 24, 2025
Drinks infused with cannabis' buzzy compound THC are wildly popular and available in many states. But a year from now, the hemp-based products could be banned under a newly approved federal law.
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Nov 23, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials are negotiating a contentious peace plan in Geneva that would require major concessions from Kyiv.
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Nov 23, 2025
Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal explains why he thinks that the U.S., Russia, and China have entered a new nuclear race.
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Nov 23, 2025
NPR's Stephen Thompson and Kathryn Fink talk about the movies their families return to every holiday season and why those traditions stick.
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Nov 23, 2025
Hakeem Oluseyi, host of NOVA and GBH's podcast Particles of Thought, breaks down how his show tackles some of science's biggest and strangest questions.
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Nov 23, 2025
After Zohran Mamdani's win in New York, many are asking if charismatic, progressive mayors can save the Democratic Party. Looking at Michelle Wu's record in Boston, along with Mamdani's campaign, offers some insights into what is energizing voters.
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Nov 23, 2025
Matthew Davis, author of a Mount Rushmore biography, explains how four presidents ended up on a mountain that was never meant to honor them.
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Nov 22, 2025
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning after a break with President Trump made a primary fight inevitable, says Georgia Public Broadcasting reporter Sarah Kallis.
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Nov 22, 2025
Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels.
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Nov 22, 2025
This week a CDC website briefly suggested a vaccine-autism link, prompting experts to urge the public to rely on credible medical guidance.
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Nov 22, 2025
The New York mayor-elect's unexpected victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
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Nov 22, 2025
Education reporter Holly Korbey and writer Elizabeth Matthew explore why some schools are scaling back homework and whether it helps or hurts students
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Nov 22, 2025
Bionic and the Wires is a band that makes music by turning the electrical activity of fungi into playable sounds.
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Nov 22, 2025
NPR's Jonaki Mehta and Matt Ozug talk about what producers actually do on the radio and how they shape the news listeners hear every day.
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Nov 22, 2025
Brett Eagleson, whose father died on 9/11, discusses how families of the victims reacted to the Saudi crown prince's visit to the United States.
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Nov 22, 2025
Ukraine is under increasing pressure to agree to a peace deal American and Russian negotiators developed.
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Nov 21, 2025
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.
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Nov 21, 2025
President Trump met Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office after weeks of fiery rhetoric. Mamdani called the meeting productive.
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Nov 21, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country must choose between "dignity" and U.S. support as peace deal deadline looms.
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Nov 21, 2025
The Coast Guard is reacting to reports that it had downgraded swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols in its new harassment manual. A new policy debuted overnight.
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Nov 21, 2025
For their new album, the expansive jazz group Snarky Puppy collaborated with Metropole Orkest. The live recording is the band's grandest feat yet.
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Nov 21, 2025
What if moving felt better than scrolling on your phone? NPR's Life Kit explains how to get there.
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Nov 21, 2025
A young reporter from Sports Illustrated Kids asked Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla a question about having fun. His answer got people talking.
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Nov 21, 2025
A bipartisan group in the House is looking to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks as part of an effort to increase accountability in Congress.
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Nov 21, 2025
The Washington Spirit takes on Gotham FC on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
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Nov 21, 2025
Washington Spirit and Gotham FC fans are showing up for their teams at the NWSL finals on Saturday in San Jose, Cal., with chants and songs like "Free DC" and "Gotham Roads." What do these songs and chants express about the teams?
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Nov 21, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Atlantic staff writer Nick Miroff about the increasing role of Customs and Border Protection officers in immigration enforcement operations.
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Nov 21, 2025
A new NPR poll shows trouble for Republicans as President Trump's message and approach appear to fracture independent voters.
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Nov 21, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Laura Morowitz, art history professor at Wagner College, about the incredible back story behind a Gustav Klimt painting that set a record at auction.
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Nov 20, 2025
The U.S. has proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine, but the EU has already indicated it won't accept the deal.
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Nov 20, 2025
U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, but hiring was weaker than expected. That's according to a new report from the Labor Department, which was delayed because of the government shutdown.
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Nov 20, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have lost their legal right to stay in the U.S., among them an amateur astronomer sharing his love of stargazing as he tries to secure a visa.
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Nov 20, 2025
Alaska owns dozens of crumbling rural schools. But now it wants cash-strapped districts to take on ownership of those buildings in exchange for funding to fix them.
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Nov 20, 2025
Wicked: For Good is out this weekend, and while the prequel-sequel may not feel quite as worthwhile as Part 1, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are two powerhouse voices.
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Nov 20, 2025
Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations.
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Nov 20, 2025
The U.S. hardwood lumber industry is struggling because of past tariffs and a recent export ban to China. Now the industry says, just like soybean farmers, they need help.
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Nov 20, 2025
Government data indicates that Americans aren't throwing dinner parties as much as they used to, but there are good reasons to host them — and ways to ease the pressures of hosting.
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Nov 20, 2025
Across the country, districts are reckoning with school closures. At many schools, enrollment is low, and funding depends on students. We look at public education and what's leading to low enrollment.
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Nov 20, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene rose to prominence as one of President Trump's most outspoken allies. But in recent months she's begun to criticize him. What is driving the shift?
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Nov 19, 2025
House lawmakers have collected enough signatures to force a vote on a bill that would nullify President Trump's executive order terminating collective bargaining rights for most federal workers.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Catholic Church is facing aging congregations, fewer priests and financial strain. In many places, this has meant closing parishes. But in Philadelphia, they're trying something different.
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Nov 19, 2025
Chicago is no longer the main focus of the federal immigration crackdown. For one neighborhood group, the intense enforcement activity was a test of resistance tactics they developed eight years ago.
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Nov 19, 2025
President Trump has been announcing new trade deals with foreign countries. But these frameworks are NOT binding — leaving businesses with lots of uncertainty.
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Nov 19, 2025
Is the trillion-dollar AI investment boom completely irrational? Google head Sundar Pichai thinks so, telling the BBC that there are "elements of irrationality" — yet Wall Street continues to invest.
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Nov 19, 2025
German surfers are "bummed" they have lost one of the world's largest inland waves. A city dredging project in Munich made the wave disappear.
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Nov 19, 2025
More cracks emerged in the DOJ's prosecution against former FBI Director James Comey at a hearing WEdnesday.
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Nov 19, 2025
Ultra-processed foods are a key driver of chronic disease around the world, and governments need to act now, according to new papers published by an international team of health researchers.
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Nov 19, 2025
New military standards for grooming and appearance have some worried about religious and racial discrimination, particularly the guidance that men must be clean shaven.
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Nov 19, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Malala Yousafzai talks about the advice from her parents she's glad she ignored.
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Nov 19, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Betsy Cooper, a cybersecurity expert at the Aspen Institute, about this week's major Internet outage and the world's reliance on a handful of web services companies.
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Nov 19, 2025
We usually associate twangy voices with our favorite country singers. Now researchers from Indiana University found that twangy voices do project better over noise.
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Nov 19, 2025
Companies are testing autonomous big rigs on highways in Texas right now. The goal is to replace human truck drivers for at least some routes.
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Nov 19, 2025
The latest NPR, PBS News, Marist poll shows approval ratings tumbling for Republicans and low confidence in both major political parties.
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Nov 19, 2025
It's trendy in some circles to replace drinking with consuming cannabis. But can it help people with a drinking problem cut back? Scientists set up a bar in the lab to find out.
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Nov 18, 2025
A federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit alleging that Meta had stifled competition by buying up its rivals.
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Nov 18, 2025
A federal court has blocked the Republican-led redistricting of the congressional map in Texas, dealing a blow to President Trump's effort to shape the landscape for next year's midterm elections.
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Nov 18, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered talks with Washington as President Trump refuses to rule out sending troops into the country, raising tensions across the region.
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Nov 18, 2025
A scientist in Australia discovered a new species of native bee, which she named Lucifer because it has horns. Many things are unknown about native bees, and it's unclear what purpose the horns serve.
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Nov 18, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Chip Cutter, who recently spoke with a bunch of the longest-tenured employees at a range of companies, all in different fields.
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Nov 18, 2025
Louisiana state police are under scrutiny in light of new evidence in the case of a Black LSU football star who died by suicide after being charged with negligent homicide in a deadly accident.
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Nov 18, 2025
Olive ridley turtle populations appear to have rebounded in India after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last?
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Nov 18, 2025
Technology can make big rigs more comfortable and easier to drive. But will new tech improve drivers' jobs, or eliminate them?
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Nov 18, 2025
Warner Brothers Discovery is accepting bids this week, sparking concerns among theater owners who hope the potential buyer will prioritize making movies for cinemas.
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Nov 18, 2025
The House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would compel the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 18, 2025
The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would compel the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 18, 2025
As President Trump expands his aggressive immigration crackdown to major cities across the country, U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents have been detained or arrested, sometimes held for days.
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Nov 18, 2025
Millions of displaced Syrians are looking to return home after a civil war ended last December. The problem in some cases? Other people are still living in their homes.
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Nov 18, 2025
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is visiting the White House. Greeted with military planes and a procession, he and Trump were friendly with each other as they spoke to reporters in the Oval Office.
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Nov 18, 2025
The World Cheese Awards were held in Switzerland last week. More than 5,000 cheeses from dozens of countries fought for the top spot.
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Nov 18, 2025
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider died on Friday. He was 59 years old. For over three decades, Snider helped shape alt-country music and the East Nashville scene he represented.
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Nov 18, 2025
A federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit alleging that Meta had stifled competition by buying up its rivals.
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Nov 18, 2025
Opponents of the changes say Congress explicitly located some of these offices inside the Education Department, and the White House cannot legally move their work without Congress' approval.
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Nov 18, 2025
Mostly they're charmed. Some witches we talked to couldn't wait for the new Wicked release. But some worry that the films have helped move the secret, spiritual art of witchcraft into the mainstream.
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Nov 17, 2025
Since the Gaza ceasefire began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received a boost from President Trump, and is gearing up to run for reelection.
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Nov 17, 2025
In an exclusive Washington Post story, reporter Warren Strobel describes a CIA operation in Afghanistan over the course of about a decade. The goal was to degrade the country's opium crop.
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Nov 17, 2025
Where might we look for inspiration for new cancer therapies? Some researchers say the bowhead whale may offer clues.
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Nov 17, 2025
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan in February, curling superfans turn out in Sioux Falls, S.D., for trials to determine which U.S. team will compete in "chess on ice" against the world.
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Nov 17, 2025
Abortion is supported by three out of four Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care is being shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration.
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Nov 17, 2025
There's a new celebrity in town and it's... a comet. Much of the attention has to do with an astrophysicist's grandiose suggestions that 3I/ATLAS could contain alien life. Other scientists disagree.
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Nov 17, 2025
Ailsa Chang speaks with David Braun, an archeologist, about his team's discovery of a site in Kenya that suggests human ancestors built tools continuously much earlier than previously thought.
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Nov 17, 2025
DOJ records show that more than 600 arrests in Chicago's recent immigration enforcement operation may have violated a federal consent decree. And of those arrested, fewer than 3% had criminal records.
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Nov 17, 2025
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests.
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Nov 17, 2025
When farm crops are harvested, there is often food left in the fields. That's where gleaners come in — gathering lettuce, potatoes and other crops that are still good and giving them to needy people.
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Nov 17, 2025
A dozen Latina grandmothers ages 73 to 86 formed a folklórico dance group in San Antonio known as Las Abuelitas De Oro, with a goal of sharing their cultural heritage with newer generations.
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