President Trump spoke in front of the UN today for the first time. The President had pointed words for North Korea, Iran and Venezuela -- and stressed the importance of sovereignty for the United States and every United Nations member state.

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12:001 hour ago

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is seen at Heads Up Football skills clinic for youth football players from the Northeast Ohio Pop Warner Leagues in Berea, Ohio, back in 2013. Two mothers of deceased former youth football players have filed a lawsuit against Pop Warner and the NFL's youth football program. (Tom E. Puskar/AP for NFL Network)

The Lifelong Risks Of Youth Football

Dr. Robert Stern is out with a study on what happens to the brains of people who played tackle football before they were 12 years old.

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15:012 hours ago

Immigration Checkpoints Beyond The U.S. Border

We'll take a closer look at the 100-mile border zone and what that means for civil liberties.

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22:012 hours ago

U.S. Customs And Border Protection; Football Study

Host Meghna Chakrabarti analyzes President Trump's speech to the United Nations General Assembly. We also talk to the division chief for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Swanton, VT and the ACLU on border patrol. And the author of a new study looking at youth tackle football and impaired behavior and cognitive abilities later in life.

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50:135 hours ago

Should Hollywood Embrace Sean Spicer?

Trump's former press secretary made a cameo appearance at the Emmy Awards, where he made a joke about the size of the crowd at the ceremony.

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05:30Sep 18, 2017

'The Diversity Bargain': How Students View Affirmative Action

In her book, "The Diversity Bargain," Natasha Warikoo, associate professor of education at Harvard, explores the views of affirmative action among students at three elite colleges.

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15:02Sep 18, 2017

Dr. Willie Parker, at WBUR. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Dr. Willie Parker On Faith And Choice

Parker's new book is "Life's Work: A Moral Argument For Choice."

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28:31Sep 18, 2017

Dr. Willie Parker; Affirmative Action

Host Meghna Chakrabarti talks to Dr. Willie Parker on his new book, "Life's Work: A Moral Argument For Choice." We also talk to Natasha Warikoo about her interviews with students at elite universities to explore how they view affirmative action. Plus: The Boston Globe's Ty Burr on the Emmys late night.

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50:12Sep 18, 2017

Week In Review: NH Attack And DACA

Our panelists, Jennifer Nassour and Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, look at the week's biggest headlines.

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24:31Sep 15, 2017

A Meeting Of Land And Sea, by David R. Foster. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

To See The Future Of Martha's Vineyard, Look To Its Past

David Foster's new book is "A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha's Vineyard."

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09:59Sep 15, 2017

A sign promoting a ballot question to eliminate the cap on charter schools is seen outside a polling station in Dudley Square in Boston, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

Unmasking Dark Money Behind Charter School Ballot Question

The state's office of Campaign and Political Finance levied its largest ever penalty, more than $425,000, on a dark-money organization that was a massive player in last year's battle over ballot Question 2, the proposal to raise the charter school cap in the state.

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14:31Sep 15, 2017

Week In Review; Dark Money

Host Meghna Chakrabarti reviews the week's biggest headlines with our panel. And we speak to Director of the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, Michael Sullivan, about dark money in politics. Plus: The changing face of Martha's Vineyard and how to protect its iconic landscape.

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50:13Sep 15, 2017

Chinese workers at a robot factory in Shenzhen, China. (Asma Khalid, WBUR)

The Rush To Automate In China

Asma Khalid talks about her whirlwind reporting trip to China, where she explored the connections between Boston-based robotic companies and China.

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08:24Sep 14, 2017

Tuesday's vigil in Claremont, organized by local residents, drew a crowd from across the area. (Britta Greene/NHPR)

Family Of Alleged Victim In Lynching-Style Attack Speaks Out

We speak with the father and uncle of an 8-year-old boy who they allege was the victim of a racially motivated lynching-style attack.

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15:32Sep 14, 2017

Reexamining Sexual Assault Policies On Campus

We reached out to two experts for an honest discussion about whether changes need to be made to the way most schools handle sexual assault allegations.

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21:32Sep 14, 2017

NH Attack; Sexual Assault On Campus

Host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks to the uncle of the boy who was wounded after a hanging-style attack in New Hampshire. And we talk about Education Secretary Besty DeVos' changes to campus sexual assault rules. Plus: BostonomiX reporter Asma Khalid briefs us on her trip to China.