Sarah Handel
Stories
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Sports
The U.S. Women's Soccer Team Struggle For Equal Pay Featured In New 'LFG' Documentary
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with director Andrea Nix Fine and soccer player Jessica McDonald about their new documentary "LFG," which follows the U.S. Women's Soccer Team struggle for equal pay rights.
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Science
Correlation, Not Causation: Brood X Cicadas And Regional Bird Deaths
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Brian Evans from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center on the recent deaths of regional birds who ate Brood X cicadas.
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National
Hail To The Cicadas
Brood X cicadas delayed a plane carrying reporters covering President Biden's first trip overseas Tuesday night. President Biden, meanwhile, had his own cicada confrontation.
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National
Illinois Poised To End Criminalization Of HIV Exposure
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly chats with Timothy Jackson, director of government relations at AIDS Foundation Chicago, about a law to repeal criminal penalties for potentially exposing others to HIV.
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Remembering Hak Phlong, A Survivor Of The Cambodian Genocide Who Died Of COVID-19
Hak Phlong was a survivor of the Cambodian genocide and a beloved member of Chicago's Cambodian American community. She died of COVID-19 in December 2020.
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National
Vaxxed & Waxed, Booked & Busy: Post-Vaccination Beauty Salon Boom
After a tough financial year for the beauty industry, salons are seeing a much welcome boost in bookings now that more adults in the U.S. are vaccinated.
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Health
Why Americans Should Care That Other Countries Are Still Struggling With COVID-19
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security about the COVID-19 pandemic from a global perspective.
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Animals
Margaret Atwood Reads Her Erotic Poem About Cicadas
Margaret Atwood reads the poem "Cicadas" from her recent book of poetry called Dearly.
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Music
For Philadelphia Band Low Cut Connie, Music Became A Pandemic Support Group
Last year, cooped up at home, the band Low Cut Connie began to stream performances. Before long, they turned into a musical support group for fans coping with the pandemic.
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Sports
The Olympics Are In 10 Weeks, But Many In Japan Don't Want Them
The Tokyo Summer Olympics are 10 weeks away. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with The New York Times' Motoko Rich in Tokyo about the games' unpopularity in Japan, where the pandemic is still out of control.