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Only 10% of the plastic we send for recycling actually gets recycled. KQED’s Matthew Green went to check out a startup in California’s Bay Area that is trying to fix that. This article was originally ...
The Trump administration is withholding $7 billion in funding for schools that was approved by Congress and set to be distributed this week. Justine McDaniel, national news reporter with The ...
The Pentagon is halting the delivery of some U.S. weapons to Ukraine that are crucial in its battle against Russia. This comes at a time when Russia has stepped up its attacks against Ukraine.
Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...
Up until a few years ago, the municipal transfer station in Plympton, Massachusetts, had a problem: The residents of the small town were producing so much trash that it was bankrupting the local ...
President Trump is signing the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to implement his policy agenda on Independence Day, as he was hoping for.
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, about how the Big Beautiful Bill Act will figure into democratic messaging in the midterms.
Endless Thread hosts Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson talk with a Hong Kong activist, now living in exile, about what the crackdown has meant for speech and protest, especially on social media ...
A provision in President Trump's mega spending bill defunds Planned Parenthood. The organization says 200 clinics may close. Most are in states where abortion is legal.
Here & Now ‘s host Robin Young speaks with Reuters legal affairs correspondent Jan Wolfe about a consequential immigration case an appeals court panel is now weighing, about President Trump’s use of ...
A group of swimmers is campaigning for the Avon to get bathing status by the British government, which would mean the water would be regularly tested for pollutants.
Here & Now ‘s Scott Tong speaks to Ed Stierli, the mid-atlantic senior regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association, which includes Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, about the ...