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Since World War II, inequality in the U.S. has gone through two, dramatically different phases.

A growing number of states are passing laws banning abortion in the early stages of pregnancy in hopes of rolling back Roe v. Wade.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Rita Chahal, executive director of the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council, about the spike in migrants crossing the border from the U.S. into Canada.

Thousands of South Koreans demonstrated in Seoul on Sunday, protesting the expansion of a U.S. military base a few miles south of the city. U.S. forces currently stationed near the demilitarized zone and in Seoul will be transferred to the larger facility in Pyongtaek, a city of 350,000 people. Twenty people were arrested in the largely peaceful demonstration.

In Jerusalem, talks are under way between United Nations and Israeli officials on the possibility of a cease-fire in the weeklong violence between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah. U.S. Marines helped Americans evacuate the region between Israel and Lebanon.

On September 7, 2021, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked southwest Mexico.

Tim O’Reilly, who coined the phrase “Web 2.0,” explains what’s gone wrong with the web.

Restaurants across the U.S. continue to struggle during the pandemic. Owners are banking on the holiday season and dine-in and carryout options to see them through. We discuss the restaurant industry’s survival skills as they could be facing another winter of discontent.

Earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court decided to leave the Affordable Care Act intact and now the health care program is experiencing record enrollment this year. We’ll get the latest on the Affordable Care Act and how it’s working today.

Rapidly rising COVID cases and hospitalizations across the U.S. due to the delta variant are accelerating a nationwide push for vaccine mandates.We talk with experts about the myriad legal and ethical questions surrounding vaccine mandates.