Morning Edition
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Episodes
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Activist who inspired Fair Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter, dies at 86
A trailblazer of gender pay equity, Lilly Ledbetter has died. Her legal fight against a former employer brought attention to the issue, and paved the way for the Fair Pay Act of 2009.
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Tensions between Canada and India have escalated dramatically
The Canadian government has expelled six diplomats in response to alleged criminal activities by Indian government agents. Canadian officials link the agents to homicides and acts of violence.
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Real-estate marketplace Zillow to show climate risk data on home listings
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with "Washington Post" business reporter Hannah Ziegler about a new feature on Zillow that will include climate risk ratings for new home listings.
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Farmers blame delays by U.S. Postal Service for birds dying during shipments
For more than a century, the United States Postal Service has shipped baby birds through the mail. Breeders, hatcheries and customers blame postal slowdowns and delays for birds now dying in transit.
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How a new concert series at the Kennedy Center is revamping chamber orchestra music
Jennifer Koh is shaking up the long-established chamber music program at the Kennedy Center. An example of that is her collaboration with pianist-composer Missy Mazzoli.
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Morning news brief
Israel considers a plan involving moving civilians from northern Gaza. Vice President Harris pushes to court Black voters -- specifically men. Zillow will now show climate risk data on home listings.
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Songs That Move You: 'Ojalá Que Llueva Café' by Juan Luis Guerra
Alt.Latino has a new story in its series, Songs That Move You. Listener Claudia Cruz is reminded about Afro-Caribbean New York City in the 1980s.
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Nobel Prize in Economics goes to 3 American economists who study global inequality
The prize is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago. They will split the prize money of 11 million Swedish krona or about $1.058 million.
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Life in a war zone: Israel ordered people in southern Lebanon to leave. Did they?
Southern Lebanon is being pounded by the Israeli air force. By some estimates, about a million people have left their homes. We her from some who have remained.
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As Election Day nears, presidential candidates take different approaches to voters
Kamala Harris has been appealing to non-MAGA Republicans. Donald Trump isn't softening his message. In an interview that aired on Fox News, he cast his ideological opponents as threats to the country.
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The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe
Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it.
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In the U.S. it’s Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's Thanksgiving in Canada
Canada celebrates its Thanksgiving holiday in mid-October, and that's just one of many differences with its American counterpart.
