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2435 - 'If You Can Keep It': The Separation Of Church And State
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  • 2435 - 'If You Can Keep It': The Separation Of Church And State

    Donald Trump's new Commission on Religious Liberty met last week for the first time.

    When Trump signed the executive order in May establishing the group, he marked the occasion by saying, "We're bringing religion back to our country, and it's a big deal."

    But isn't the separation of church and state guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution? Can the president just "forget about it" even once?

    We discuss the complicated answer.

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    Mon, 23 Jun 2025
  • 2434 - The Aftermath Of US Strikes On Iranian Nuclear Sites

    With strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, President Donald Trump has brought the United States into Israel's war with Iran.

    Israel began its campaign against Iran 10 days ago with what it called a "preemptive strike." Now, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi warned on social media that Iran "reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interest, and people."

    Iran has so far retaliated only on Israeli sites. Some 40,000 American troops on the ground across the Middle East are on alert.

    We discuss the latest and look ahead to what could happen next.

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    Mon, 23 Jun 2025
  • 2433 - The Effect Of Climate Policy Changes On Your Life

    In his first six months back in the Oval Office, President Trump rolled back decades of U.S. climate policy.

    So far, he's scaled back regulations that help keep our air and water clean, delayed critical protections for endangered species, withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for a second time, and cut staffing and federal spending on critical environmental agencies and programs – among other changes.

    Trump's commitment to increase oil and gas production will escalate the effects we're already seeing from global warming as humans continue to burn fossil fuels.

    We discuss what changes to U.S. environmental policy could have the greatest impact on the fight to curb climate change.

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    Fri, 20 Jun 2025
  • 2432 - Who Gets To Decide What School Means For Students?

    What's your most vivid school memory? Do you remember it as a time of exploration? Was it a place where you could figure out who you were and what you wanted to become?

    Or did it feel like it wasn't made for you? Did it feel constricting, or like a place with lots of rules about how you had to act and what you couldn't do?

    Your experience of schools likely depended on the administrators, who your teachers were, how your city or state set up the curriculum, and the resources your school received. Writer Eve L. Ewing argues that experience could also be shaped by who you are.

    What has school meant for students, and who influenced how schools function the way they do? And what are alternatives for how school could work for students?

    We sit down with Ewing to talk about her new book, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism."

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    Thu, 19 Jun 2025
  • 2431 - Behind The Dramatic Drop In Overdose Deaths

    Drug overdose deaths have been increasing steadily for over two decades in large part due to opioids. That's until recently. Now, new data from the Centers for Disease Control found that 2024 saw the largest one year decline ever recorded. And that 24% decline was felt across the country. Every state except two saw a drop in overdose deaths.

    The drop comes after an aggressive public health response from both the Biden Administration and local efforts, including making the overdose reversing drug Naloxone available over the counter and in communities. But the crisis is far from over. Drug overdoses are still the leading cause of death for people aged 18 to 44.

    We discuss what we can we learn from looking at the recent decline in drug deaths and what federal cuts could mean for that progress.

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    Thu, 19 Jun 2025
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