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Coming up on today’s show Masha Gessen, The New Yorker staff writer and the author of Surviving Autocracy (Riverhead Books, 2020), talks about Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Gaza. Louisa Chafee, director of the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO), a non-partisan source of information on the budget and economy, talks about their review of the Mayor’s…

You can feel it coming on — your face flushes hot, maybe your fists clench, your heartbeat speeds up and blood pressure rises. It’s rage — and it can go from zero to red-hot in a matter of seconds. Best-case scenario, it disappears just as fast. Worst-case scenario — it completely takes over. It’s normal…

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg walks in a protest against plans to increase private jet flights, at Farnborough Airport in Farnborough. HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images The 2024 Super Bowl was the most watched television event in history with over 123 million viewers. Many eyes watching were trained on Taylor Swift as she made the…

Thursday on the NewsHour, Kansas City reels after a deadly shooting at its Super Bowl celebration parade. A New York judge denies former President Trump’s request to delay a criminal case that stems from hush money paid to an adult film star. Plus, shelling and air strikes between Israel and Hezbollah escalate, endangering civilians living…

While history looks back on both Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X as revolutionary figures in their own rights, their ideological roots led them to pursue different visions for Black American liberation. Peniel Joseph, professor of history and public affairs and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the…

Cisco, the communications infrastructure giant, is planning to cut lots of jobs. It’s the latest high-profile company to do so. Meanwhile, we keep getting positive indicators about the labor market, like today’s data on falling jobless claims. We’ll explain the disconnect on today’s show. Also: What rising import prices mean, tracking shipments on freight trains…

The Israeli army says it has evidence the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis was being used by armed groups. Show more The Israeli army says it has evidence the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis was being used by armed groups. Also on the programme; we hear from Avdiivka in Eastern Ukraine which has seen of…

This month we hear from the makers of the 5 films nominated for the Academy Award for best feature documentary. Today, writer and director Kaouther Ben Hania talks about her film which explores the life of a Tunisian mother and her four daughters.     →Check out the interviews with all the nominees. Read the full article here

WNYC is celebrating Black History Month with a week of special programming dedicated to the African American experience, including a live, two-hour special national broadcast of Notes from America with Kai Wright called Plague from the Shadows, which will explore the early history of the HIV and AIDS epidemic and will feature voices from Kai’s…

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week’s event, plus news that the mayor is suing social media companies over declining teenage mental health, and also being sued by the Legal…