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In her new book, "A Greek Tragedy," Jeanne Carstensen investigates a deadly 2015 shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesvos, where 80 asylum seekers lost their lives. -
Lorie ShaullClinics are closing, women and girls are traveling for care, intimate partner violence has increased, and a record number of pregnant women have been prosecuted.
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This week on the QUEER POWER HOUR, we continue pride month with a live pride event at KALW's community space at 220 Montgomery.
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPRFlash flooding slammed the Texas Hill Country overnight on Friday. At least 27 girls from a summer camp next to the Guadalupe River remain missing. -
Elisabeth von Boch/StanfordThe concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement. -
Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via APNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists. -
Hargitay Family/HBOIt's natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay' tells a story that is both effective and empathetic.
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Bay MadeThis week, we’re proud to feature stories about aging from our first Podcast in Residence: Not Born Yesterday, hosted by Miriam Goodman and Lynn Winter Gross. -
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UncuffedThree stories from Uncuffed producers about finding home in unexpected places — everywhere from a treehouse to a car wreck in a canal. -
UncuffedUncuffed producer André Davis recognizes himself in Plato's allegory of the cave. -
CrosscurrentsToday, the public and private partnerships in the city’s policing. Then, a hip-hop musical about Oakland’s spirit. And, reading Plato in prison gave one man a new perspective. -
