Polls show that a moderate tax on the wealthiest Americans enjoys the support of a majority of Americans — Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. We hope that candidates for President will also recognize the force of the idea and join with most Americans in supporting it. Some ideas are too important for America to be part of only a few candidates’ platforms.
Read MoreObama Adviser Valerie Jarrett joins ‘Wait, Wait’ for a humorous and quite insightful anecdotes about her time in the Obama White House as well as playing the game.
Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks at the South Carolina Democratic Convention
Read MoreOriginals, the latest posthumous release from The Prince Estate, compiles 15 previously unheard songs Prince wrote and demoed for other artists. Among the familiar titles penned by Prince are ... "Manic Monday." For the Bangles, "Manic Monday" was a career breakthrough and, according to Bangle Susanna Hoffs, the culmination of a magical series of events.
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates told lawmakers at a House committee hearing that the debate over reparations is “a dilemma of inheritance” and called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Coates told lawmakers that many of the inequalities created by slavery persist today, including in the form of economic and health disparities.
Strap on your safety goggles and hold your breath, we're diving deep into the government's drain to take a closer look at the Mitch McConnell-shaped clog that's been mucking things up for ages.
William Portwood, who died less than two weeks after NPR confirmed his involvement in the 1965 murder of Boston minister James Reeb, poses for a photograph in front of his home in Selma, Ala.
Read MoreThis Valedictorian called out her high school's staff for their lack of support and setting bad examples in this scathing grad speech.
Remarks begin @ the 3:27 mark … Bernie Sanders delivers a live response to Donald Trump's 2020 campaign kickoff in Florida immediately following the president's speech.
Read MoreWe went behind the scenes with former MythBusters star Adam Savage for his new series Savage Builds. In the first episode Adam builds a titanium Iron Man suit modeled directly from Marvel Studios, with the hopes of actually flying it.
Pallbearers carry the casket of Jimmie Lee Jackson into a church in Marion, Ala., where a sign reads "Racism killed our brother."
Read MoreOn Radiolab, travel from a voting booth in Brussels to the driver's seat of a runaway car in the Carolinas, exploring the massive effects tiny bits of stardust can have on us unwitting humans.
In 2016 … the EPA found that the air pollutant ethylene oxide, or EtO, was more dangerous than previously thought. The clear gas was ALREADY known to cause tumors of the brain, lung, breast, uterus, and lymph system as well as neurological effects, respiratory effects, and numbness of the extremities. But the report changed EtO’s classification from probable human carcinogen to officially “carcinogenic to humans” and found that cancer risk from EtO exposure was 30 TIMES WORSE THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES..
Read MoreShoshana Zuboff is the author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.” This powerful new work integrates her lifelong themes: the digital revolution, the evolution of capitalism, and their implications for humanity in the 21st century.
Read MoreAn amazing scene unfolded on a Lindblad expeditions ship in Grandidier Channel, Antarctica. In a synchronized attack, a pod of orcas attempt to knock a crabeater seal off the ice.
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