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California's 'Bum Blockade'

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Anya Steinberg |Cristina Kim

The story of the Los Angeles police chief who, faced with one of the largest internal migrations in American history, tried to close California's borders to stop it. GuestsBill Lascher, author of The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees. Mark Wild, professor of history at California State University, Los Angeles. Elisa Minoff, director of economic security and senior fellow in policy history at the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
California's 'Bum Blockade' : Throughline

1 week ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Anya Steinberg |Cristina Kim |Casey Miner |Julie Caine | +2 more

California's 'Bum Blockade' Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249919763/1269278090" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The story of the Los Angeles police chief who, faced with one of the largest internal migrations in American history, tried to close California's borders to stop it. Guests Bill Lascher, author of The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees.
Motherhood

2 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah |Cristina Kim |Julie Caine

Baby bonuses, childless cat ladies: the rhetoric around motherhood is politically charged right now. And the fantasy of an ideal mother remains powerful, even as real-life parents struggle to reconcile its demands. Today on the show, three myths of motherhood, and the people who have fought to break them down. This episode originally ran in 2023 as The Labor of Love.
Motherhood : Throughline

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah |Cristina Kim |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Anya Steinberg | +4 more

Baby bonuses, childless cat ladies: the rhetoric around motherhood is politically charged right now. And the fantasy of an ideal mother remains powerful, even as real-life parents struggle to reconcile its demands. Today on the show, three myths of motherhood, and the people who have fought to break them down. This episode originally ran in 2023 as The Labor of Love.
The origins of the Alien Enemies Act

2 weeks ago | kedm.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:President Trump has recently invoked an 18th century law, the Alien Enemies Act, to justify rapid deportations. There's now a legal battle over whether they can continue. But where did this law come from, and why is it still on the books? Those are perfect questions for Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, co-hosts of NPR's Throughline. RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, BYLINE: The Alien Enemies Act was drafted in 1798, more than a decade after the end of the Revolutionary War.
The origins of the Alien Enemies Act

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah

Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei from NPR's talk with Daniel Tichenor, a professor of political science at the University of Oregon, about the origins of the Alien Enemies Act.
The origins of the Alien Enemies Act

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah

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The Deadly Story of the U.S. Civil Service

3 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah |Julie Caine |Cristina Kim

When James Garfield won the Presidency in 1880, Charles Guiteau got ready to accept his new government job. No one had actually offered him a job – but he'd campaigned for Garfield, so he assumed he'd be rewarded. That was the spoils system, and it was how the government worked. But President Garfield didn't hire him. Guiteau was furious. And on July 2, 1881, he followed Garfield to a Washington D.C. train station and shot him.
The Deadly Story of the U.S. Civil Service : Throughline

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah |Julie Caine |Cristina Kim |Lawrence Wu |Devin Katayama | +2 more

The Deadly Story of the U.S. Civil Service Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1246832478/1269205844" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Hulton Archive/Getty Images Hulton Archive/Getty Images When James Garfield won the Presidency in 1880, Charles Guiteau got ready to accept his new government job.
The Alien Enemies Act : Throughline

4 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Cristina Kim | +2 more

In March 2025, President Trump issued an executive order invoking a centuries-old law: the Alien Enemies Act. The Act allows a president to detain or deport citizens of foreign adversaries to the United States, but only in the case of a "declared war" or "invasion." Now, the Trump administration and the courts are locked in a battle over whether the president's use of the Act, under which people have already been deported, is legal.