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Consider This from NPR

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  • The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday.

    Support NPR and get your news sponsor-free with Consider This+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/considerthis
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  • How today's college protests echo history

    How today's college protests echo history
    Apr 29 2024
    Protests against Israel's war in Gaza on college campuses have expanded across the country. They're the biggest student protests, since college students demonstrated against the Vietnam war in the late sixties and early seventies.

    What do the campus protests of today have in common with those of the sixties? How might they affect the policies of their universities and the US government?

    Thirty years ago, South Africa became an emblem of a multiracial democracy. Decades on, how is that legacy holding up?

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    12 mins
  • With the end of apartheid South Africa became an emblem of democracy. Is it still?

    With the end of apartheid South Africa became an emblem of democracy. Is it still?
    Apr 28 2024
    Three decades ago, South Africa held its first democratic election, closing the door on the apartheid era.

    And Nelson Mandela was elected its first Black president.

    Today, the country is still led by Mandela's political party - the African National Congress. But polls show that voters are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the party's leadership, and next month's national elections could lead to the ANC having to share power with opposition parties.

    Thirty years ago, South Africa became an emblem of a multiracial democracy. Decades on, how is that legacy holding up?

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    13 mins
  • This Former NIH Chief Went Public With His Prostate Cancer To Help Others

    This Former NIH Chief Went Public With His Prostate Cancer To Help Others
    Apr 26 2024
    During the early days of the pandemic, former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins became a familiar voice steering the country through an unprecedented public health crisis.

    Now, he is going through his own health crisis, an aggressive form of prostate cancer. By talking about it publicly he hopes to draw attention to routine screening.

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    13 mins
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