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Even In Isolation, Rhye Makes Music For Us To Come Together

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Home: It's where a lot of us have been spending our time since March 2020. For Mike Milosh, leader of the R&B music collective Rhye, the word has taken on new meaning — he's gone from life on the road to a more permanent idea of home at his house outside Los Angeles, where he created his latest studio album. But the sound of this record was conceived well before the pandemic: It began with the idea of wanting to include a choir, which led to Milosh inviting the Danish National Girls' Choir to come to the U.S.

Asylum Seekers Hope Biden's Pledge To Welcome Immigrants Includes Them

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President Biden is promising kinder, more welcoming immigration policies – and raising hopes for asylum seekers throughout the hemisphere.

Earlier this week, Guatemalan police beat back a caravan of thousands of Hondurans who were beginning the long trek to the U.S. border. Moreover, conditions driving people from their home countries — crime, violent spouses, joblessness and hurricane destruction — are not going away.

And this is what makes Texas border mayors nervous.

Canadian Officials React To Biden Revoking Keystone XL Permit

By • 9 hours ago

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The Trump administration all but shut down the process of claiming asylum in the U.S. The task of untangling those policies and figuring out what is next will be a daunting one for the new administration. Meanwhile, there's huge pent-up demand for protection, which has caused anxiety among officials of the southern border. They worry a new surge of asylum-seekers could provoke another humanitarian crisis. NPR's John Burnett reports.

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Mass Vaccination Efforts Thrust Pharmacies To Center Of COVID-19 Fight

By • 9 hours ago

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The Trump administration all but shut down the process of claiming asylum in the U.S. The task of untangling those policies and figuring out what is next will be a daunting one for the new administration. Meanwhile, there's huge pent-up demand for protection, which has caused anxiety among officials of the southern border. They worry a new surge of asylum-seekers could provoke another humanitarian crisis. NPR's John Burnett reports.

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Biden Lifted Trump's Travel Ban. Here's How That Affects Refugees

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The Trump administration all but shut down the process of claiming asylum in the U.S. The task of untangling those policies and figuring out what is next will be a daunting one for the new administration. Meanwhile, there's huge pent-up demand for protection, which has caused anxiety among officials of the southern border. They worry a new surge of asylum-seekers could provoke another humanitarian crisis. NPR's John Burnett reports.

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Atlanta Dream, Co-Owned By Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Is Close To Being Sold

By • Jan 21, 2021

Ever since former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler denounced the WNBA's support for Black Lives Matter last summer, players have been pressuring the league to force her to sell her stake in the Atlanta Dream basketball team.

Now, according to the WNBA, a deal for the sale of the team "is close to being finalized." The league did not release any further details.

On A New Anthology, Dusty Springfield's Take On Southern Soul Gets Another Look

By • Jan 21, 2021

In 1968, Dusty Springfield — then an established pop star in the U.K. — flew across the pond to conquer the U.S. by signing what was meant to be a long-term deal with Atlantic Records. The label sent Springfield down to American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tenn., hoping to impart some of the Southern soul magic that had worked so well for Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin. Those sessions are now collected in the new anthology Dusty Springfield: The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971.

'The Separate and Unequal Health System' Highlighted By COVID-19

By • Jan 21, 2021

On a recent Friday afternoon, the critical care charge nurse at a South Los Angeles hospital tries to send another nurse off to grab lunch. Maria Arechiga is interrupted by the beeping of an alarm, the vitals of a patient declining, organs failing.

She dons a surgical gown and unzips a plastic tarp that hangs from the doorway of a hospital room — a makeshift isolation room on this floor temporarily transformed into a larger intensive care unit to make space for the patients that just keep coming. She slips inside.

NPR Critic Reviews TV Coverage Of Inauguration Day

By • Jan 20, 2021

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A Look At Biden's 1st Day In Office

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Hopes For The Next 4 Years: Devoted Catholic Wants People To Do More Good

By editor • Jan 20, 2021

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As a new president is inaugurated, we're hearing from people who were on this program during the past four years to find out what they hope for in the next four years.

Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Performs Poem She Completed After Capitol Riot

By editor • Jan 20, 2021

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And we close tonight with the words of Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. Gorman recited her poem "The Hill We Climb" on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Here is part of that reading.

Biden Expected To Work To Repair U.S. Relations With Palestinian Leadership

By • Jan 20, 2021

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What Europe Expects From The Biden Administration

By • Jan 20, 2021

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Joe Biden assumes the presidency at a time of historic domestic challenges - international challenges too, as the president addressed this afternoon.

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Los Angeles Voters On Their Hopes For New Administration

By • Jan 20, 2021

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In today's program, we are hearing from Americans across the country. And so we turn now to NPR national correspondent Adrian Florido, who is in Los Angeles, a Democratic stronghold and also the home of Vice President Harris.

Hi, Adrian.

Biden Becomes 46th U.S. President In Inauguration Ceremony Unlike Any Other

By editor • Jan 20, 2021

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Today, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States in an inauguration ceremony unlike any other in this country's history.

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Celebrations Abound In Nation's Capital On Inauguration Day

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Howard University's Marching Band To Perform During Inauguration

By editor • Jan 19, 2021

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When Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was on the campaign trail in 2019, she loved entering events with the energy of a drum line.

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How Trump's Businesses Benefited During His Presidency

By editor • Jan 19, 2021

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As Trump Leaves Office, Anti-Trump Activists Try To Form New Agenda

By • Jan 19, 2021

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Farewell To Our Senior Arts Editor Tom Cole

By • Jan 18, 2021

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That report was produced by NPR senior arts editor Tom Cole, which we would not normally mention, except Tom is retiring this week after 33 years at NPR. Congratulations, Tom. Our critic Bob Mondello has thoughts.

For Many Areas, Count Of Homeless Population Is Canceled, Or Delayed

By • Jan 18, 2021

Every January, in the middle of the night, thousands of volunteers and outreach workers spread out across the country to count the nation's homeless population. They search highway underpasses, wooded areas, abandoned buildings and sidewalks to locate those who are living outside.

But this year, because of the pandemic, the annual street count has been canceled or modified in hundreds of communities, even as the nation's unsheltered population appears to be growing.

About 80% Of Japanese Think Olympic Games Should Be Canceled Or Postponed, Poll Shows

By • Jan 18, 2021

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Every January, in the middle of the night, thousands of volunteers and outreach workers try to count the nation's homeless population. They search highway underpasses, wooded areas, abandoned buildings, sidewalks for those living outside. Due to the pandemic, this year's street count has been canceled or modified in hundreds of communities, even as the numbers appear to be on the rise. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Merkel's Political Party Picks Armin Laschet As New Leader

By • Jan 18, 2021

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Extremism Researcher On How Biden Might Confront Far-Right Terrorism

By editor • Jan 17, 2021

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The Things I'll Miss Most On An Inauguration Day Unlike Any Other

By • Jan 17, 2021

I was thinking about the inauguration this week. I've been a journalist a long time, which means I've been to more inaugurations than I can count. And I'm talking about the gamut — I'm talking county council to president. I'm talking boxed Pepperidge Farm cookie and coffee-urn affairs where you mix and mingle with the newly elected official's mom, to the not quite front-row tickets within arms length of famous people events, complete with fancy party invitations.

Gospel Singer Looks Forward To Virtual Inauguration Day Concert

By editor • Jan 17, 2021

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Let's talk more about the inauguration now. Even though the festivities are pared back this year, some people are still finding ways to honor the incoming administration.

Civil Rights Attorneys On Biden Administration Plans For Law Enforcement Reforms

By editor • Jan 16, 2021

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When An Ambitious White House Agenda Meets A Split Senate

By editor • Jan 16, 2021

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A Measles Outbreak Offers Lessons In Public Health Messaging

By • Jan 16, 2021

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President-elect Joe Biden has compared the challenges he faces coming into office to those faced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he became president in 1932. And like FDR, Biden wants to meet the moment with bold action and an ambitious legislative agenda that includes most urgently passage of his proposed $1.9 trillion pandemic economic relief package.

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