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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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International politics professor discusses Griner’s imprisonment in Russia, chances of return to U.S.

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on August 5, 2022 · Rice University's Richard Stoll said the odds of a prisoner swap are in Griner's favor, but he remains concerned about the basketball star's well-being.

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Houston Matters

What it would take to bring Brittney Griner home, and Indian composer and violinist L. Subramaniam (Aug. 5, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 5, 2022 · On Friday's show: An international relations expert explains what it might take for the United States to arrange for Griner's release after her guilty verdict and sentencing. Then, we discuss how a recent ruling limiting the EPA's power might affect Houston. And Indian composer and violinist L. Subramaniam talks about his concert in Houston this weekend celebrating 75 years of Indian independence.

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International

A Russian court sentences WNBA star Brittney Griner to 9 years on drug charges

Bill Chappell, NPR / Rachel Treisman, NPR

Posted on August 4, 2022 · The ruling came nearly six months after Griner was detained. Russia has indicated that any potential deal or prisoner swap to secure her release would have to wait until after a verdict in her case.

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International

Brittney Griner back in Russian court on cannabis charge

Associated Press

Posted on August 2, 2022 · In an extraordinary move, Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week spoke to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, urging him to accept a deal under which Griner and another American imprisoned in Russia would go free.

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Biden moves to revoke Russia’s trade relations status amid war in Ukraine

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on March 11, 2022 · The economic restriction, one of several announced in recent weeks, is meant to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin and further hobble Russia's finances as it invades Ukraine.

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Texas Gov. Abbott and Beto O’Rourke are set for an election clash after primary wins

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on March 1, 2022 · Both Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke easily won their primaries. Texas hasn't elected a Democratic governor for more than three decades.

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Biden acknowledges his team should have done more COVID testing earlier

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on January 19, 2022 · President Biden took questions from reporters on Wednesday as his term approaches the one-year mark. "Should we have done more testing earlier? Yes. But we're doing more now," he said.

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Senate Democrats march forward on their all-but-doomed voting rights bills

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on January 19, 2022 · Democrats in the Senate will proceed to a vote on two voting rights bills Wednesday, despite lacking the votes needed to pass either measure.

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Biden calls for changes to the Senate’s filibuster to pass voting rights bills

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on January 11, 2022 · The president has been under increasing pressure to more aggressively combat threats to voting rights. And advocates say speeches are not a substitute for legislative action.

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Biden Plan Would Mandate Vaccines Or Testing For Millions Of Workers

Alana Wise, NPR / TAMARA KEITH, NPR

Posted on September 9, 2021 · The new federal rules will require that all businesses with at least 100 employees ensure that every worker is either fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing for the coronavirus.

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The Afghanistan Withdrawal

‘We Will Get You Home’, Biden Tells Americans In Kabul And Vows To Help Afghan Allies

SCOTT DETROW, NPR / Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on August 20, 2021 · President Biden on Friday redoubled his vow to oversee the safe removal of all Americans from Afghanistan and said he was committed to trying to evacuate Afghans who assisted the U.S.

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Housing

White House Calls On States To Do More After Federal Eviction Ban Expires

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on August 3, 2021 · Democratic allies have called on the Biden administration to extend the federal eviction moratorium, but the White House maintains that its hands are tied by a Supreme Court ruling.

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‘This Is A Test Of Our Time,’ Biden Says About Voting Rights Battles

Brian Naylor, NPR / Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on July 14, 2021 · The president spoke a day after Texas Democratic state lawmakers left their state in protest of GOP voting legislation.

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Donald Rumsfeld, The Controversial Architect Of The Iraq War, Has Died

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on June 30, 2021 · The Washington powerbroker was 88 years old.

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Guns

The White House Announces New Steps To Try To Curb Surging Gun Violence

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on June 23, 2021 · As part of the efforts, the Treasury Department will inform states that they can use funds allotted by the American Rescue Plan to aid in reducing gun violence.

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Juneteenth

Juneteenth Is Now A Federal Holiday

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on June 17, 2021 · June 19 is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Juneteenth

House Passes A Bill To Commemorate Juneteenth As A Federal Holiday

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on June 17, 2021 · The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.

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Politics

Biden Tells Congress His Administration Is ‘Delivering Real Results’

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on April 28, 2021 · In his first address to a joint session of Congress, the president plans to say that he and Congress must work to prove "that our government still works — and can deliver for the people."

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International

‘It’s Time To End This Forever War.’ Biden Says Forces To Leave Afghanistan By 9/11

Alana Wise, NPR / Jason Breslow, NPR / Jaclyn Diaz, NPR

Posted on April 15, 2021 · The president said he will move to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of an active U.S. military presence in the country.

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