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Consider This from NPR, page 18
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Six months of 'shock and awe' on immigration enforcementSix months into Trump’s second term, the episode argues immigration enforcement has shifted toward high-visibility “shock and awe” tactics, expanded detention capacity, and aggressive interior…23 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 6 chapters
A civil rights organization declares a 'state of emergency' in the U.S.Mark Morial, president/CEO of the National Urban League, discusses the group’s 2025 report “State of Emergency: Democracy, Civil Rights, and Progress Under Attack,” arguing that Trump administration…22 Jul 2025 · 10 min · 6 chapters
Is Emil Bove the face of a new MAGA judiciary?The episode discusses the Senate Judiciary Committee vote to advance DOJ attorney Emil Bovee’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, amid a partisan fight.21 Jul 2025 · 9 min · 5 chapters
With plea deals canceled, what happens next with the Guantanamo 9/11 trials?The status of the Guantanamo Bay 9/11 military commission case after plea deals were canceled, and what that means for whether the “Guantanamo 9/11 defendants” will ever be tried.20 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 5 chapters
Florida: The front line of Trump's immigration crackdownNPR’s Consider This examines Florida as a “laboratory” for Trump’s immigration crackdown, including increased ICE raids, detention overcrowding, and family separation, with claims that enforcement is…19 Jul 2025 · 12 min · 5 chapters
Trump says no one cares about Epstein. Why won't his base let it go?Why Trump supporters keep pushing Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy claims despite DOJ/FBI saying Epstein died by suicide and there’s no client list; focus on demands for transparency and Trump’s own past…18 Jul 2025 · 9 min · 4 chapters
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public mediaNPR CEO Katherine Marr reacts to a congressional vote, at the White House’s request, to eliminate all federal funding for public media.18 Jul 2025 · 2 min · 1 chapter
Will air traffic control's $12.5 billion update fix employee morale?Whether a $12.5 billion FAA air traffic control modernization will improve safety and employee morale amid staffing shortages and recent high-profile failures.17 Jul 2025 · 9 min · 5 chapters
Tariffs are a tax. Are you already paying it?The episode argues that Trump’s 2025 across-the-board import tariffs function like a “sneaky tax” paid largely by Americans via higher prices, while the government collects large tariff revenue…16 Jul 2025 · 10 min · 5 chapters
Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here's how to stay safeClimate change is increasing flash-flood risk by making the atmosphere hold more moisture, leading to heavier rain in shorter periods; meanwhile, preparedness and flood-mapping tools lag behind.15 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 6 chapters
Trump threatens Russia over Ukraine. Will it make a difference?The episode explains shifting U.S. policy on the Russia-Ukraine war after a brief pause in weapons shipments, then Trump’s renewed threats and promises to arm Ukraine, asking whether it will change…14 Jul 2025 · 7 min · 3 chapters
What do we know about what's driving political violence?Rise in politically motivated violence in the U.S., what drives it, and how threat analysis and law-enforcement systems should adapt.13 Jul 2025 · 7 min · 4 chapters
Inside the Diddy trial: why it felt like a watch party at the courthouseInside NPR reporters’ courthouse coverage of the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, focusing on the “watch party” feel created by influencer livestreaming, overflow-room dynamics, and the ethics of reporting…12 Jul 2025 · 13 min · 6 chapters
When old oil wells become 'orphans,' that's a problemAging “orphan” oil and gas wells in the U.S. that no one is legally responsible for are leaking methane and other chemicals, harming air, land, and water; the episode follows what it takes to plug…11 Jul 2025 · 8 min · 4 chapters
A harrowing journey to find food in GazaSevere hunger in Gaza and the deadly process of trying to obtain food under Israel’s blockade; focus on NPR producer Anas Bhabha’s firsthand trek to a new distribution site run by the Gaza…10 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 5 chapters
After devastating floods a Central Texas community comes togetherAfter catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas (more than 100 deaths), a Central Texas community organizes to feed thousands of residents and first responders.10 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 5 chapters
The U.S. birth rate is falling fast. Why? It's complicatedThe U.S. total fertility rate has fallen to about 1.6 (below the 2.1 replacement level), raising political debate over whether and how to reverse declining births, and what it means for aging, the…8 Jul 2025 · 10 min · 4 chapters
Flooding is common in Texas Hill Country. This was differentThe NPR “Consider This” episode reports on the sudden, extreme Guadalupe River flooding in Texas Hill Country (Kerr County/Centerpoint) and explores how climate change may have contributed.7 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 4 chapters
When it comes to vaccines, how are pediatricians restoring trust?The episode examines how changes to U.S. vaccine policy and the CDC’s advisory process under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.6 Jul 2025 · 12 min · 4 chapters
The songs that define AmericaHow multiple American songs function as “anthems” that unite and challenge the country—especially through civil rights, war-era patriotism, protest, and personal searches for meaning.4 Jul 2025 · 13 min · 5 chapters
The Trump domestic policy megabill is set to become lawNPR’s “Consider This” explains how President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed the House on a 218–214 vote and is set to be signed July 4, despite GOP and Democratic opposition.3 Jul 2025 · 9 min · 4 chapters
Saving history one story at a timeThe episode links Edward R. Murrow’s early CBS reporting from Buchenwald to today’s Holocaust memory crisis, then centers on a USC Shoah Foundation reunion between a Holocaust survivor and an…2 Jul 2025 · 11 min · 5 chapters