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Illinois Issues: Alaina Hampton On Life After Speaking Out
The woman who blew the whistle on Michael Madigan's silence in her #MeToo case is still searching for a job and closure.
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Student-Led Climate Strike Planned For U of I Campus
Students across the globe plan to walk out of class on Friday to draw attention to climate change. On the University of Illinois Urbana’ campus, hundreds of high school and college students will converge on the campus quad.
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To Combat Climate Change, Do We Need The Nuclear Option?
Future? In Massachusetts, nuclear power is history. Last spring, Massachusetts' last nuclear power plant — Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station — shut down after nearly 50 years. Repairing the aging plant was too expensive, and it couldn't compete against cheap natural gas.
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States Are Adding Mental Health Training In Schools, But Is It Enough?
Schools are often on the forefront in spotting mental health issues in children. But historically educators have received little training in this area.
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TV Weathercasters Who Are Shifting Public Opinion On The Climate Crisis
The broadcasters – often among the most trusted voices in their communities – are connecting the dots between extreme weather and climate science, and shifting public opinion.
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How Reporters From Across The U.S. Cover The Climate Emergency
Across the world, journalists are stationed from Antarctica to the Amazon covering how climate change is impacting people’s lives.
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UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure Against Climate ‘Emergency’
The United Nations Secretary General says that he is counting on public pressure to compel governments to take much stronger action against what he calls the climate change “emergency.”
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Cooking With Kudzu, The So-Called ‘Vine That Ate The South’
Kudzu, an east Asian vine, was introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s as an ornamental plant and an erosion-control technique.
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‘The Personification Of Human Decency’: Nina Totenberg Remembers Cokie Roberts
Our newsroom is in tears. My phone and email are bursting with more tears. The country has lost a great journalist. But I and so many thousands of others have lost a great friend. Yes, thousands of others.
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Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies at 75
Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died. She was 75.
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