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Phil Cousineau: Turning travel into pilgrimage

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Barak Ravid: Israel and Hamas closer to perpetual war than a ceasefire

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Karthick Ramakrishnan: AAPI voters could tip the scales

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Shawn Fain: The fight against corporate greed

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Viet Thanh Nguyen: Defiant storytellers and scholars of memory

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Tim Heaphy and Sen. Eric Schmitt: Balancing safety and free speech in the public square

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Kaitlyn Schiess: America's Bible-haunted history and the way ahead

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Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei: A brand new presidential race

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Alex Thompson: A newly unified GOP

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Noah Feldman: What it means to be a Jew today

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Jeff Rosen: SCOTUS's dramatic vision of judicial supremacy

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Maha Jweied: Businesses must lead on second chance hiring

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Alloysius Attah: Helping small-scale farmers thrive

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Reshma Saujani: Using AI to put moms first

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Rich Buery: Fighting poverty with AI

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Sec. Jena Griswold: Protecting elections officials from violent threats

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Ed Yong: Birding for a fulfilled life

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Steve Young: What private equity could do for the NFL

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Fei-Fei Li: AI's new possibilities for robots

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Rep. Miller-Meeks: The GOP can lead on climate change

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Sue Bird: "Society finally caught up" with women's basketball

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Avril Benoît: Is ignoring humanitarian law the new norm?

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Duncan McIntyre: Electrifying school bus fleets

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Anna Hehir: Banning the most dangerous autonomous weapons

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Alondra Nelson: AI chatbots get elections info wrong

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Sen. Joe Manchin: What's at stake when we lose the center

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Lee Saunders: Flexing union muscle

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Dr. Sara Naseri: Menstrual blood as a diagnostic tool

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Sharif El-Mekki: Building the Black teacher pipeline

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Victor Pickard: A new business model for journalism

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Helen Fisher: How we choose who we love

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez: Inside the Evangelical MAGA vote

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Sean Daniels: Using humor on stage to combat addiction

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Songyee Yoon: Transforming gaming using responsible AI

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Fawn Sharp: The world needs Indigenous leaders

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Noah Feldman: Cracks in the Constitution

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Misty Copeland: Ballet as activism

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2023: The year China's economic miracle ended

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Daniel Lubetzky and Lonnie Ali: Fighting hate with humanity

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Dr. Fredi Otto: Attributing extreme weather to climate change

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Harjeet Singh: Getting rich countries to pay up for climate change

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Laurie Santos: Finding connection in lonely times

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AI's big year and the tools changing our lives

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Chloe Akers: Bringing politics back to the middle

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Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy: social media and America's youth crisis

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José Andrés: Food as a tool of war and peace

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Introducing "1 big thing", a new podcast from Axios

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Hunter Biden’s indictment and a government shutdown on the horizon

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The political gap between Protestant clergy and their congregations

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McCarthy goes after Biden

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Inside the eye of a hurricane

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Morocco earthquake kills thousands

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Low-risk campaigns for the 2024 frontrunners

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Maui’s new message to tourists

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Schools grapple with COVID safety as cases rise

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Why voting could look different for you in 2024

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New narratives take shape for GOP candidates

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Another scary freeze for McConnell and the GOP

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WVU language cuts stoke fears nationwide

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DOT slaps American Airlines with a record-breaking fine

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A reality check on inflation and the economy

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Trump surrenders in Georgia

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Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin listed aboard deadly plane crash

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How much will the first GOP debate matter

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Why middle-class Americans are saddled with the most medical debt

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America’s teacher shortage continues

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How China is exporting authoritarianism to Africa

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The campaign and court collision for Trump

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Hawaii braces for a crushing death toll

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Protecting child social media influencers

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"A criminal enterprise": Trump and allies indicted in Georgia

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Georgia takes the spotlight among Trump’s legal woes

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The largest natural disaster in Hawaii's history

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How AI giants are losing Americans’ trust

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A tough new era for electric vehicles

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Ohio's anti-abortion blueprint

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FDA approves the first postpartum depression pill

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GOP candidates burning through campaign cash

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A new high tide of antisemitism in America

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Trump faces his third indictment

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How extreme heat makes hunger in America worse

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Democrats' divide on voting rights litigation

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A Spanish warning sign for the GOP

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The Fed hikes interest rates for the 11th time

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How courts are driving U.S. immigration policy

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What extreme heat reveals about climate change

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"Barbie" makes history at the box office

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U.S.-China tensions threaten the island of Okinawa

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Women's World Cup shows women's soccer is bigger than ever

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Another possible Trump indictment and what sets it apart

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Why life is about to get more expensive for millions of Americans

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U.S. urges Israel to uphold democratic values

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The push for an independent ticket in 2024

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Slowing inflation shows up in our daily lives

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Northeast flooding puts the spotlight on rainfall data

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A new chapter in Earth's history

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Biden's inside voice

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The politics of social media

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How witnessing daily gun violence affects kids

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How Americans are feeling about abortion