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1. What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill'. Low-income children and families would be among the groups hit hardest by Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
While the bill would be a boon to wealthy Americans, it would scale back resources for the nation's poorest households, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned in a recent letter to lawmakers. Read the story.
— Cory Turner, Education Correspondent, NPR
2. U.S. will review social media for foreign student visa applications. In yet another twist for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S., the State Department says it will resume processing student and visiting scholar visa applications for foreign citizens but plans to review their social media accounts as part of the process. Read the story.
— Kat Lonsdorf, General Assignment Reporter, NPR
3. Inside a school that's working to fix the U.S. shortage of air traffic controllers. Facing a severe shortage, the FAA is racing to hire thousands of air traffic controllers. But training them can take years. We visit a school in Florida that's trying to get them on the job faster. Read the story.
— Joel Rose, National Correspondent, NPR
4. Screen addiction and suicidal behaviors are linked for teens, a study shows. The study, published in JAMA, followed teens for years and evaluated addictive behaviors, as well as suicidality. Read the story.
— Rhitu Chatterjee, Health Correspondent, NPR |
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Meet the women shaping the future of abortion
In the last few years, abortion restrictions in the U.S. have grown. In response, women are finding ways to end their pregnancies without a clinic.
On The Network, a new three-part series from NPR’s Embedded podcast and Futuro Media, witness how a network of activists and midwives, grandmothers and friends changed abortion access as we know it.
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From the Student Podcast Challenge ... |
Announcing the 2024 NPR College Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions!
It's a wrap! The fourth annual NPR College Podcast Challenge received nearly 300 entries from students in more than 30 states and the District of Columbia. Back in March, we announced our 10 finalist entries, and last month, we shared the lovely story of Jo Strogatz, grand prize winner of the 2024 contest. Beyond these entries, though, we also received 11 podcasts that our judges thought had a strong story to tell. Here are the honorable mentions. |
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And here's something to make you smile... |
Esther Ngumbi with her parents, Bertha and Harrison — both teachers. They were determined to give an education not only to their son but to their four daughters — even though neighbors told Harrison not to spend money on school for his daughters since they'd grow up, marry and leave the family.
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People told my dad not to bother educating his 4 daughters. He didn't listen.
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, wrote this about her father for NPR’s Goats and Soda blog:
In rural Kenya, where we grew up, fathers were not expected to educate their daughters. Girls were to be married off – and not pursue an education and a career. The value of a girl was measured by her dowry, not a diploma.
My father, Harrison Ngumbi, was different. He and my mom had five children — one son and four daughters. As he would say to us, "I choose to educate you, my girls."
His peers would ridicule him. They'd ask why he was wasting his money on school fees for his daughters when they'll just get married and leave.
I wanted to better understand his drive to educate us, so I called him up.
Read more about Ngumbi’s conversation with her father here.
As always, thank you for reading and listening!
— The NPR Education Team
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