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Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA — North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe.

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Politics & Policy

Ukrainian servicemen stand next to a fragment of a Tochka-U missile with a writing in Russian
International
Military

More civilians flee east Ukraine after deadly station strike

Ukrainian authorities have called on civilians to get out ahead of an imminent, stepped-up offensive by Russian forces in the east.

3 years ago

File photo: Donald Trump Jr., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 27, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump's father lost, CNN reported Friday, April 8, 2022
Elections
Government Accountability
National

CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election

Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump’s father lost.

3 years ago

File photo: A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. The State Department says it's unable to compile a complete accounting of gifts presented to U.S. officials by foreign governments during the final year of the Trump administration due to missing White House data
Government Accountability
National

State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing

The State Department's Office of Protocol reported the missing data in footnotes to a partial list of gifts received by U.S. officials in 2020.

3 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall.
Government
Government Accountability
Public Health
Billy Penn

Workers are prepping City Hall for in-person Council session, but lawmakers are still holding off on a return

The plan includes “wireless technology” to allow for safer public participation.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris applaud Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Harris speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Government
Law

Cheers for Jackson who declares: ‘We’ve made it, all of us’

Jackson, at times speaking through tears as she thanked her family and mentors for their support, promised to follow in retiring Justice Breyer’s footsteps on the bench.

3 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy gestures while standing behind a mic
Government
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. Gov. Murphy starts second term with improved ratings

Murphy’s ratings hit an all-time high back in April 2020, when more than 70% of registered voters approved of the job he was doing.

3 years ago

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. The U.N. General Assembly scheduled a vote Thursday on a resolution to suspend Russia from the world organization's leading human rights body over allegations that Russian soldiers killed civilians while retreating from the region around Ukraine's capital. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
International
Public Safety

U.N. assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body

Russia is the second country to have its membership rights stripped at the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room, surrounded by elected officials
Government
Public Health

Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden

Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly."

3 years ago

A view of a sign for a correctional facility.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Delco takes back management of George W. Hill Correctional Facility — now it confronts ‘chronic over-incarceration’

The deprivatization of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility from GEO Group’s hands is complete — but the work addressing “chronic over-incarceration” is far from over.

3 years ago

A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian force
International
Public Safety

U.S. hits Russia with ‘war crimes’ sanctions, Europe following

Making it personal, the U.S. sanctions singled out Putin's family, targeting his two adult daughters in addition to blocking two key Russian banks.

3 years ago

A man carries a coffin next to plastic bags with corpses of civilians
International
Public Safety

Ukrainians pore over grisly aftermath of atrocities

In ruined towns around Ukraine’s capital that Russian troops recently left, investigators collected evidence documenting what appeared to be widespread killings of civilians.

3 years ago

Signage for Betty's Eddies is seen looking into a 'marijuana kitchen'
Delaware
Government
Politics

Legal weed looked like a lost cause in Delaware after March vote, but new creative approach just might fly

The measure’s sponsor has split the bill into two parts. The simple majority needed to legalize possession of less than an ounce seems to be on board.

3 years ago

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, waves to supporters during a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa
Government
Government Accountability

Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel

Bennie Thompson said that she had been answering investigators’ questions on a video teleconference since the morning and was not “chatty” but had been helpful to the probe.

3 years ago

A protester holds up a sign that says ''Cancel Student Debt''
Higher Education
National

White House to extend student loan pause through August

Student loan payments were scheduled to resume May 1 after being halted since early in the pandemic.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks to the press on April 4, 2022.
Economy
Government
International

U.S. official: U.S., allies to ban new investments in Russia

The U.S. and its European allies will impose stiff new sanctions, a U.S. official says, in retaliation for Russia’s “war crimes” in Ukraine.

3 years ago

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