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Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas was a world-renowned thinker on modernity and democracy who helped shape German post-war and post-reunification political discourse.
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While Illinois is trying to keep the team in Chicago's suburbs, Indiana lawmakers are offering a plan to finance a new stadium
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The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.
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The man who attacked a synagogue in Michigan lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown share their views on his actions.
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NPR's Jane Arraf reports on developments in the war in the Middle East.
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When was the last time you saw a payphone? For most people it's probably been a while. In California, there are more than 2000 working payphones. A game challenges the public to find them.
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Host Adrian Ma speaks with restaurant industry veterans Kenji Lopez-Alt and Hannah Selinger about ways to fix the toxic work culture in many restaurant kitchens.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Columbia Law professor Tim Wu who makes the case for what he sees as the weak spots in the Paramount Warner-Bros. merger.
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Leven Kali brings the funk in his new album LK99. The Netherlands-born artist shares his inspiration and drive with NPR's Adrian Ma.
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Sara Bode of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio speaks with NPR's Emily Kwong about why many pediatric centers have started screening kids for literacy skills.
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