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News Articles: Weekend Edition Saturday

Adrian Consonery, Jr., and Brian Ramirez were part of a group of grassroots organizers that NPR met with at Manuel's Tavern in Atlanta on Oct. 22, 2024.

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  • Politics

Harris is reaching out to Republicans. Some progressives feel left behind

Vice President Harris has been campaigning with Republicans disaffected with former President Donald Trump. But some progressive voters aren’t loving the strategy.

October 27, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid

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Granny is going on 'The Walk' to the polls — and the whole town is invited

"Leaders are not born," Granny says. "They're made through molding and modeling." That's why she and her granddaughter and putting on their hats and coats and walking to the polls.

October 26, 2024
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  • Samantha Balaban
Autumn leaves in Bend, Ore.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Nature dazzles in autumn

NPR's Scott Simon is dazzled by the turn of the seasons, especially the color of the leaves.

October 26, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Publisher and CEO Will Lewis says the <em>Washington Post</em>' is "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," although 1988 was the last time it abstained in a general election.

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  • Media

'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s

The Washington Post declined to make an endorsement in this year's presidential race. Its editorial board has written that GOP nominee Donald Trump is unfit for office.

October 26, 2024
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks at a meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

U.S. cybersecurity chief says election systems have 'never been more secure'

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told NPR that election officials across the U.S. have made big improvements to bolster both physical and cyber security.

October 19, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Bowman and
  • Scott Simon
Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, campaigns in Waterford, Mich., on Friday. Harris made numerous stops in the state as former President Donald Trump held a rally in Detroit. Early voting begins on Saturday in Michigan.

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  • Politics

Harris and Trump hold competing rallies in Michigan

While the two candidates have been crisscrossing the swing states for weeks, this is the first time they are literally crossing paths, with each of them holding events in the suburbs north of Detroit.

October 19, 2024
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  • Don Gonyea,
  • Asma Khalid,
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams gestures after throwing out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: 'YER OUT!' Eric Adams' fashion faux pas

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, no stranger to controversy, has ignited another with a hat. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

October 19, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
(Left to right) Nimisha Ladva with daughter Himani Steingard, husband David Steingard and daughter Medha Steingard.

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  • Religion

How to pass along religious traditions (without embarrassing your teenagers)

The Hindu holiday of Navaratri involves some complicated dance moves, passed down from parents to children. But as one mother discovered, the line between passing on cultural traditions and mortifying your teenager daughters can be perilously thin.

October 12, 2024
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  • Justin Kramon
Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering Ethel Kennedy

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the legacy of Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy. She died Oct. 10 at the age of 96.

October 12, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
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  • National

A coal power plant demolition serves as a poignant historical moment for the Navajo

For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions.

October 07, 2024
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  • Adam Burke
This Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, shows a call log displayed via an AT&T app on a cellphone in Orlando, Fla.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Political texts are pinging off the rails

NPR's Scott Simon wishes we could text them back when politicians message us asking for campaign donations.

October 05, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
English actress Maggie Smith at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, London, 25th January 1962.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering the marvel, Maggie Smith

Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Violet Crawley: Maggie Smith embodied these memorable roles on stage and screen. NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of the actor, who died yesterday at the age of 89.

September 28, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Vice President Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Sept. 27, 2024.

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  • Politics

At the border in Arizona, Harris lays out a plan to get tough on fentanyl

Vice President Harris is trying to shore up one of her biggest political liabilities. She focused her border security remarks on disrupting fentanyl smuggling.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Fidel Martinez raises a quarter-acre of chile at his ancestral home in Chimayo, but he only gives it away to family and friends.

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  • National

A rare treat getting rarer: Chimayo Red, New Mexico's 'holy chile'

A beloved heirloom variety of New Mexico red chile commands high prices because of its scarcity. Finding farmers to continue cultivating it has become a challenge.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • John Burnett
<em>Reservation Dogs</em> is Eric Deggans' pick for Best Comedy. Above, Bear (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), right, Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor) and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) in Season 3.

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  • Television

Ahead of the Emmys on Sunday, NPR’s TV critic presents The Deggy awards

Each year, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans throws out the Emmys rulebook and chooses his own awards for the best shows on television. Here are this year's Deggys.

September 15, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
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