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Multi-disciplinary
How the Extraterrestrial Inspired Some of the Mojave's Great Landmarks
Alien sightings and contacts have inspired the continuing allure of the Mojave Desert's great landmarks: Giant Rock and Integratron.
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Gaafar Touffar: Arabic Rapper by Night, Delivery Man by Day
“I had three choices growing up in the northeast area of Lebanon: joining the Lebanese army, joining Hezbollah or becoming a drug dealer.”
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Bringing the Public Back to Public Art: Betty Yu, Charlotte Cohen, Amin Husain
If we all agree that arts and creativity are important ingredients of life, are we doing all we can to support the artists in our midst?
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Artist Profile: Writer Nasri Atallah of Beirut
Nasri Atallah is a writer, blogger and online publisher.
Culture & Society
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Saru Jayaraman: We the People: Workers Rising for Fair Wages
Innovative, award-winning labor leader Saru Jayaraman says that, if we join together, we can end economic inequality in America.
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Lawmakers Grill EPA's Scott Pruitt On Capitol Hill
Michael Brune of the Sierra Club and Emily Atkin of The New Republic discuss how EPA Scott Pruitt was grilled by lawmakers Thursday on Capitol Hill.
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Jeremy Narby: Beyond The Anthropo-Scene
The renowned “anthropologist under Amazonian influence” considers the intelligence of living beings and wrestles with his own culture’s anthropocentric concepts.
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E13: Jakarta - Art Defying Moral Conservatism
Episode 13
In Jakarta, a feminist singer, a visual artist, a transgender performance artist and the country’s first female Muslim stand-up comedian, all struggle to preserve the increasingly restrictive space for free expression.
Environment
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Adaptation to Water Shortages
Harvesting Fog to Address Drought At Edge of the Sahara
At the edge of Morocco's Sahara region, a new way of harvesting water has the potential to deeply impact a culture.
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Adaptation to Water Shortages
Central Valley Turns to Technology to Address Contaminated Water
California's Central Valley is home to 19 percent of food production in the world yet about 100,000 of its residents have lived without clean drinking water for decades.
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100,000 Residents In Bountiful Central Valley Still Lack Access to Clean Water
Today, roughly 100,000 people in Central Valley cannot drink the water that flows from their taps, for it is contaminated with high levels of toxins.
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San Francisco Builds On Land Most Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise
San Francisco's developers are building expensive real estate on floodplains as officials try to heed expert future sea level projections.
News & Analysis
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Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinian Protesters As U.S. Opens Embassy In Jerusalem
At the time of our broadcast, the Israeli military had killed at least 30 Palestinians, and least 1,000 had been injured in protests against the U.S. Embassy’s opening in Jerusalem.
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Taking Down the Confederacy — Symbol by Symbol
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has proclaimed April as Confederate Heritage Month, and many are protesting. Laura speaks with actress and activist Aunjanue Ellis about her organization Take It Down America.
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May Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Protesters with Pepper Spray and Tear Gas
In Puerto Rico, thousands marked May Day by joining a general strike in the capital of San Juan to protest austerity measures, from the closing of public schools to increases in university tuition.
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Earth Day Theme: Ending Plastic Pollution By 2020
Of the nearly 300 million tons of plastic sold each year, about 90 percent ends up in landfills, in the oceans — and in our bodies.
