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Understanding China's military might, and whether Beijing will use it

1996. The last Taiwan Straights crisis. China's was badly outmatched by the U.S. So what's the Chinese military capable of now?

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An electric vehicle charging station installed by the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. (Courtesy Massachusetts Department Of Environmental Protection)

Behind the government-backed effort to create a national EV charging network

The federal government is spending big to usher in an electric vehicle future. What ideas can make sure the money is well spent?

47:18Aug 9, 2022

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Remembering the legacies of Black pioneers Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell

From the deck of the Starship Enterprise, to the storied parquet of the NBA -- Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell changed how the world saw Black Americans. We remember the...

47:27Aug 8, 2022

An American flag flies over Point State Park in Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP)

The paradox: How democracy can lead to liberalism — or fascism

In a truly open society, all ideas can flourish -- even those that tear down democracies. New technologies help those ideas spread. So, are fragile democracies the norm?

46:43Aug 5, 2022

A health worker leads a mother and her child to an examination room at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Rebroadcast: The mental health crisis among American children of color

Youth suicide has been on the rise across the United States. And for young people between the ages of 5 and 12, the suicide rate for Black children is nearly...

47:31Aug 4, 2022

California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with 7th grade students at James Denman Middle School on October 01, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

What happens when American teens get more sleep

The typical teen body clock and the typical school start time are out of synch. California is pushing back the start of the high school day. Other districts already have....

47:16Aug 3, 2022

Monarch butterflies are pictured on December 10, 2008, at the Sierra del Chincua sancturay in Angangueo, in the Mexican state of Michoacan. (Mario Vazquez/AFP/Getty Images)

First person: Thinking globally, acting locally to save the monarch butterfly

Jose Luis Alvarez, co-founder of Forests for Monarchs, and Martha Askins, a retired lawyer, discuss the beauty of the monarch butterfly, and conservation efforts to save them.

11:22Aug 2, 2022

A monarch butterfly rests on a plant at Abbott's Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. Farming and other human development have eradicated state-size swaths of its native milkweed habitat, cutting the butterfly's numbers by 90% over the last two decades. It is now being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

How to save the endangered monarch butterfly

The fragile beauty of the monarch butterfly. Can they be saved?

47:28Aug 2, 2022

Prozac is pictured at a company facility in Plainfield, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Behind the new study changing how doctors view depression

You’ve seen the pharma ads saying depression may be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. But for years, doctors have known that's not entirely true. A big new...

47:10Aug 1, 2022

'On Point Live' from KPCC: A conversation with The Black List founder Franklin Leonard

In a web exclusive, Franklin Leonard joins Meghna Chakrabarti for a special live event at KPCC in Pasadena, California.

68:18Jul 29, 2022

Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) preside over a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images)

Unpacking bipartisan efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act

A new bill proposes critical updates to the Electoral Count Act of 1887, but is it enough to prevent another Jan. 6th?

47:22Jul 29, 2022

A man waits in line to recieve the Monkeypox vaccine before the opening of a new mass vaccination site at the Bushwick Education Campus in Brooklyn on July 17, 2022, in New York City. - New York, on the US East Coast, has already either administered or scheduled 21,500 vaccines and hopes to speed up the process, promising more than 30,000 jabs for the whole state. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

The COVID lessons we didn't learn for the monkeypox outbreak

Monkeypox is spreading across the country, with numbers rising. COVID was supposed to be a wake up call for American public health. So how did this happen?

47:34Jul 28, 2022

After the city issued an eviction notice Sanitation department workers clean up remainders of what started as an Abolish ICE protest camp, near City Hall, in Center City Philadelphia, PA, On July 31, 2018. Mayor Jim Kenney announced last week to not renew a contract of the city that ends a program known as PARS
(Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Amid rising violence, a look inside the possible return of stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia

There were more than 560 homicides in Philadelphia last year. Now, some elected officials are calling for the return of a controversial policing tactic: stop-and-frisk.

47:32Jul 27, 2022

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 25: A man reads a newspaper at a table outside White Castle in Sunnyside, Queens during the coronavirus pandemic on May 25, 2020 in New York City. Government guidelines encourage wearing a mask in public with strong social distancing in effect as all 50 states in the USA have begun a gradual process to slowly reopen after weeks of stay-at-home measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Americans are avoiding the news. What can journalists do?

Amanda Ripley is a journalist, and even she, like millions of Americans, decided to turn off the news. So what needs to change? Ripley has an answer, and it begins...

47:34Jul 26, 2022

IN SPACE - JULY 12: In this handout photo provided by NASA, a landscape of mountains and valleys speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula, on July 12, 2022 in space. Captured in infrared light by NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via Getty Images)

James Webb Space Telescope: Humanity's deepest glimpse into the universe yet

The James Webb Space Telescope has sent back its first images. We'll discuss the deepest glimpse into the story of the universe human kind has ever had.

47:23Jul 25, 2022

Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) (2-R) presents evidence during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 12, 2022 in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence related to the January 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol for almost a year, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building in an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for Joe Biden. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

What the Jan. 6 committee learned about the Capitol attack, 18 months later

As its series of hearings wraps up, what has the Jan. 6 committee revealed about Donald Trump and the attack on the Capitol?

47:00Jul 22, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to leaders from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) after seeing the first image from the new Webb Space Telescope in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium on July 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. According to NASA, the telescope images are the highest-resolution images of the infrared universe ever captured. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A 'transition candidate': Where is America headed next?

During the 2020 Presidential campaign, Joe Biden called himself a “transition candidate.” But transition to bring America where?

46:56Jul 21, 2022

Members of the Proud Boys march in Manhattan against vaccine mandates on November 20, 2021 in New York City. A U.S. Circuit Court granted an emergency stay to temporarily stop the Biden administration's vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

The political marriage between the GOP and militias

In several countries, elected politicians are making deals with violent militias. Is America next?

47:23Jul 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: The U.S. Supreme Court building on the day it was reported that Associate Justice Stephen Breyer would soon retire on January 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, Breyer has been on the court since 1994. His retirement creates an opportunity for President Joe Biden, who has promised to nominate a Black woman for his first pick to the highest court in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The un-separation of church and state

In decisions involving state funding for religious schools and prayer on a high school football field the conservative majority on the Supreme Court says it is defending religious liberty. But...

47:07Jul 19, 2022

Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

How to navigate the current stage of the COVID pandemic

Omicron BA.5 is the new dominant COVID strain in the U.S. New mutations. A new set of questions.

47:04Jul 18, 2022

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Understanding China's military might, and whether Beijing will use it

Behind the government-backed effort to create a national EV charging network

Remembering the legacies of Black pioneers Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell

The paradox: How democracy can lead to liberalism — or fascism

Rebroadcast: The mental health crisis among American children of color

What happens when American teens get more sleep

First person: Thinking globally, acting locally to save the monarch butterfly

How to save the endangered monarch butterfly

Behind the new study changing how doctors view depression

'On Point Live' from KPCC: A conversation with The Black List founder Franklin Leonard

Unpacking bipartisan efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act

The COVID lessons we didn't learn for the monkeypox outbreak

Amid rising violence, a look inside the possible return of stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia

Americans are avoiding the news. What can journalists do?

James Webb Space Telescope: Humanity's deepest glimpse into the universe yet

What the Jan. 6 committee learned about the Capitol attack, 18 months later

A 'transition candidate': Where is America headed next?

The political marriage between the GOP and militias

The un-separation of church and state

How to navigate the current stage of the COVID pandemic

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Understanding China's military might, and whether Beijing will use it

Behind the government-backed effort to create a national EV charging network

Remembering the legacies of Black pioneers Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell

The paradox: How democracy can lead to liberalism — or fascism

Rebroadcast: The mental health crisis among American children of color

What happens when American teens get more sleep

First person: Thinking globally, acting locally to save the monarch butterfly

How to save the endangered monarch butterfly

Behind the new study changing how doctors view depression

'On Point Live' from KPCC: A conversation with The Black List founder Franklin Leonard

Unpacking bipartisan efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act

The COVID lessons we didn't learn for the monkeypox outbreak

Amid rising violence, a look inside the possible return of stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia

Americans are avoiding the news. What can journalists do?

James Webb Space Telescope: Humanity's deepest glimpse into the universe yet

What the Jan. 6 committee learned about the Capitol attack, 18 months later

A 'transition candidate': Where is America headed next?

The political marriage between the GOP and militias

The un-separation of church and state

How to navigate the current stage of the COVID pandemic