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3 Oprah's Book Club Picks I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time

Oct 3, 2024 | purewow.com | Sarah Stiefvater |Gabriel García Márquez |Imbolo Mbue

booksMy faves of her 107 selectionsPureWow editors select every item that appears on this page, and the company may earn compensation through affiliate links within the story. All prices are accurate upon date of publish. You can learn more about the affiliate process here. Tom Williams/getty imagesOprah Winfrey started her eponymous book club way back in 1996 as a segment on her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show.
"The Rise Of Digital Repression" By Steven Feldstein

Jul 16, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Steven Feldstein |Bob Kustra |Ilyon Woo |Imbolo Mbue

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired October 2021. The world is undergoing a profound set of digital disruptions that are changing the nature of how governments counter dissent and assert control over their countries. While increasing numbers of people rely primarily or exclusively on online platforms, authoritarian regimes have concurrently developed a formidable array of technological capabilities to constrain and repress their citizens.
Survey: While some Western states lag, vast majority of Americans believe climate change is real

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Imbolo Mbue

Results of a recent national survey show strong majorities of Americans believe climate change is real, human-caused and a cause for concern. When asked if global warming is happening, 74% of over 1,000 people surveyed said yes, with most expressing high confidence. Just 15% said it wasn’t. Those are some of the key results from Climate Change in the American Mind, a years-long joint project of Yale University and George Mason University.
Abortion access could continue to change in year 2 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Selena Simmons Duffin |Imbolo Mbue

From the moment the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was leaked last spring, researchers and pundits began to predict the consequences. A year later, data is beginning to bring the real-life effects into focus. Over a dozen states have near total abortion bans, with several more state bans in the works. At least 26 clinics have closed. In Texas, nearly 10,000 more babies were born in the state since its 2021 "heartbeat bill" took effect.
Joseph Pedott, man behind the ch-ch-ch Chia Pet, dies at 91

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Kai McNamee |Imbolo Mbue

Joseph Pedott, the advertising executive who popularized the Chia Pet, died June 22 at age 91.
Israeli forces attack militants in a crowded Palestinian refugee camp

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Daniel Estrin |Imbolo Mbue

Israel has launched an attack on militants in the crowded Jenin refugee camp that's on a larger scale than any operation in the West Bank in decades - leaving several Palestinians and dozens wounded. Copyright 2023 NPR
States face obstacles in making farmworkers eligible for overtime pay

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Andrea Hsu |Imbolo Mbue

Due to a Jim Crow era exemption in federal law, most farmworkers in the U.S. do not have the right to overtime pay. Some states are trying to remedy that, but challenges stand in the way. Copyright 2023 NPR
Postcard from the McGill Drugstore Museum

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Jeff Whittington |Imbolo Mbue

In a tiny town on a lonely stretch of Nevada highway, a glowing neon drugstore sign beckons as cars and loaded semi-trucks thunder past. You're among the few travelers who stop – maybe intrigued by the vintage soda fountain visible through the window. Then you see that the store, and everything in it, is almost exactly as it was on the day it closed – more than 4 decades ago.
Remembering Oscar-winning actor and British Parliament member Glenda Jackson

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Terry Gross |Imbolo Mbue

TERRY GROSS, HOST:This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today we're going to remember Glenda Jackson, who died June 15 at the age of 87. Jackson had two careers. She was an Oscar-winning actress who left acting to become a member of British Parliament, where she served for 23 years. She was elected in 1992 and stepped down in 2015.
Neil Diamond: The 'Fresh Air' interview

Jul 3, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Terry Gross |Imbolo Mbue

TERRY GROSS, HOST:This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're going back into our archive to listen to our 2005 interview with Neil Diamond. His life is the subject of the current Broadway musical "A Beautiful Noise," which features his songs. In 2018, Diamond revealed he'd been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Neil Diamond started out writing songs for a music publishing company in the hopes that someone would record them.