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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Gabino Iglesias |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
Reading Edwidge Danticat's We're Alone is like sitting down to listen to an old friend. Personal, touching, rich in observations, smart, resonant, vibrant and complex, the eight essays that make up this collection open a door into Danticat’s past and present, her history and the history of Haiti, her relationship to worldly things and to the work of timeless writers.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Luke Garrett |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
It's happened before: In 2004, two candidates prepped for the second presidential debate, moderated by ABC. Leading up to the political face-off, the Republican presidential campaign accused the Democratic candidate of flip-flopping on policy. That race for the White House was between then-President George W. Bush and then-Sen. John Kerry. During the October debate in St. Louis, Bush attacked Kerry for his shifting stance on the Iraq War.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | "the Rise |Gary Gerstle
SAINT-DENIS, France — This time, it really is au revoir. A summer sporting bonanza which started under pouring rain on July 26 with a remarkable opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the Seine River ended Sunday with the Paralympics closing ceremony at a rain-soaked Stade de France. It lowers the curtain on successful back-to-back Games that captivated fans and raised the bar high for others to follow. Good luck Los Angeles in 2028.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | John Otis |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Steve Inskeep |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
What do presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump need to deliver during their first debate this week? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks two veteran White House speechwriters.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | "the Rise |Gary Gerstle
The Lava Ridge Wind Project, a proposed large-scale wind farm in southern Idaho, faces yet another challenge. In a letter released Friday, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation said it could not guarantee the project would not harm a local historic site and states it would no longer work with the Bureau of Land Management to ensure it complies with National Historic Preservation Act requirements.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Deepa Shivaram |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
It’s been more than 20 years since Kamala Harris first started preparing for political debates. But the parallels between that first race and this current run for the White House have some striking similarities. When Harris ran for district attorney of San Francisco in 2003, she faced a short election timeline in the primary race. She was up against two opponents, including incumbent Terence Hallinan, who were more well-known than she was.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Rose Conlon |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
Teenagers spend nearly five hours a day, on average, on social media. And there's growing consensus that it's a big problem for their mental health.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Alina Selyukh |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
Are greedy corporations to blame for inflation? Ariane Navarro thinks so. She recently pulled up her budgeting spreadsheets from 2021 and was shocked by how much her family's grocery bill has skyrocketed. She's not imagining it: From February 2020 to this July, grocery prices grew a cumulative 25.6%. That's higher than overall inflation, which was 21.6% during that same period. "We have no other choice — we have to buy groceries," says Navarro, who lives in Houston. "That's a basic need.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Elena Moore |"the Rise |Gary Gerstle
Vice President Harris will face off against former President Donald Trump Tuesday for the first time since becoming the Democratic nominee. The playing field is different than it was two months ago when President Biden’s dismal debate performance spurred a wave of concern over his ability to defeat Trump, the Republican nominee. Since then, a lot has happened.
