Leila Fadel
Stories
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Politics
Survivors Of The Trinity Nuclear Test Weren't Warned — Then Were Lied To After
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Lesley Blume about the struggle of the survivors of the Trinity nuclear test in 1945 — one locals didn't know was coming and caused serious health issues.
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Politics
Plan To Widen Highway In South Carolina Would Cut Through Black And Brown Communities
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Omar Muhammad, executive director of the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities, on communities in North Charleston, S.C., facing displacement for a highway project.
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Politics
Some Schools In Afghanistan Are Back, But Only For Boys. Girls Have Been Told To Wait
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Nyamandi, Country Director of Save The Children in Afghanistan about a restriction on girls' education and other threats to children's welfare under the Taliban.
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Books
Richard Powers' Book 'Bewilderment' Explores Life On And Beyond Earth
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with novelist Richard Powers about his new book, Bewilderment, about a widowed father and his son trying to make sense of the world.
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National
A U.S. Strike Recently Killed Afghan Civilians, But It's Far From The First Time
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Neta Crawford, co-director of the Cost of War Project, about civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan at the hands of U.S. military strikes.
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National
Louisiana Power Provider Shares How — And When — The Company Will Repair Outages
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Rod West, vice president of Entergy, which provides power to New Orleans and throughout Louisiana. He discusses the city's power outages and how long they may take to fix.
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Science
Johnson & Johnson Says A Booster Shot For Its Vaccine May Have Big Benefits
The company said that when study participants were given a second jab after six months, their antibody levels were nine times higher than they were 28 days after a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Politics
Lawmakers In The House Narrowly Approved A $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint
The approval of the budget resolution follows an impasse between House leaders and centrist Democrats that threatened to derail progress on the vast majority of President Biden's domestic agenda.
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Sports
A Look Back At A Weird Summer Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics have officially ended. It was one of the strangest Olympics ever with most venues completely empty of fans during the pandemic.
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Sports
Countries Step Up To Fill Empty Olympic Venues With Fanfare
The pandemic has kept the venues at the Tokyo Olympics mostly empty of spectators. But team officials and athletes are allowed to attend and countries have found creative ways to amplify the cheering.