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On Point News analyst Jack Beatty explores Donald Trump's appeal to voters who see their dignity aff

For 20 years, President George W. Bush’s emergency AIDS relief plan for Africa has saved millions of

Electric vehicles are the elephants in the room as the United Auto Workers strike for better pay and

By the end of this century the Pacific Ocean could rise more than 6 feet, threatening 1,200 miles of

Ice and minerals on the Moon could help humanity travel to space’s distant planets and asteroids. Bu

Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past t

There’s growing momentum for what could be a historic Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal. But why now?

Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.

More than 100 million people in America have medical debt. Some of those trying to help have to reso

This year more than a third of Yellowstone’s bison have been removed from the herd – most of them sh

2021 was a good year to invest in cryptocurrency. But then came 2022 and the trillion-dollar crypto

In the '60s, some advocates wanted everyone to have access to psychedelics. Not everyone agreed. Now

There's a troubling trend in medicine -- increasing cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50. But

In this weekly podcast, Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current

HGTV is a channel for dramatic remodels and dreamy properties. But is HGTV popularizing cookie cutte

$24 billion of pandemic-era child care funding expires at the end of this month. What can providers

Some estimates say artificial intelligence could replace hundreds of millions of jobs in the not-too

Award-winning sci-fi writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck talk with Meghna Chakrabarti about the wor

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution bars from office any public official involved in

Observers are asking whether the conflict in Ukraine has reached a stalemate. Could the Korean Armis