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All Things Considered
David Banks, chancellor of New York City Public Schools, testified at a House Education Committee hearing on antisemitism on Wednesday. He was joined by Karla Silvestre, president of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney with the ACLU, and Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District in California. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
A vendor holds a portrait of Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24. Achmad Ibrahim/AP hide caption
Indonesia's next president has a complicated history with the U.S.
Sperm whales have lengthy exchanges, made up of clicks, which scientists have found is more complex than previously thought. Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'
David Banks, chancellor of New York City Public Schools, testified at a House Education Committee hearing on antisemitism on Wednesday. He was joined by Karla Silvestre, president of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney with the ACLU, and Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District in California. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Republicans and K-12 school leaders clash over handling of antisemitism
Tina Riley moved to Idaho recently in search of a new career working in the clean energy transition. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Oil industry could help the Biden administration tap 'invisible' green energy
Many in Kenya are angry with the government's response after months of heavy rains
Movie Interviews
Jane Schoenbrun tells story of two outcast teens in the 1990s in 'I Saw the TV Glow'
Jane Schoenbrun tells story of two outcast teens in the 1990s in 'I Saw the TV Glow'
Many Palestinians have fled Rafah, but many others have nowhere to go
Trump's classified documents trial in Florida is delayed indefinitely
Author Interviews
Juli Min begins with the future to understand the past in her novel 'Shanghailanders'
Juli Min begins with the future to understand the past in her novel 'Shanghailanders'
Patti Garamendi (seated in blue) chairs the congressional spouses club. She recently attended a Capitol Hill reception with her husband, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., (standing above her) to tout a bipartisan project aimed at cancer prevention. Marion Meakem Photography hide caption
Bipartisan congressional spouses tackle cancer prevention, and leave politics out
From tweet to three-book deal, this author wants to transform the fantasy genre
Checking in on fast food workers and franchise owners after a month of wage increase
Medical Treatments
A drug company will stop selling lucrative medicine to keep a promise to ALS patients
A drug company will stop selling lucrative medicine to keep a promise to ALS patients
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks with reporters in Statuary Hall after meeting with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie on May 6. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption