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1 day ago | kalw.org | Quil Lawrence |Tom Bowman

As many as 9,000 Afghan refugees are at risk of deportation, as the Trump administration has ended the temporary protected status (TPS) that allowed them to stay in the U.S. legally. The White House says their country is no longer dangerous for them, a contention that confounds Afghanistan watchers. "It's a death penalty for them if they return," said Zia Ghafoori, who worked as an interpreter in combat with U.S. Army Special Forces from 2002 to 2014.

2 days ago | kalw.org | Hana Baba

This interview aired in the May 13, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents. Click the button above to listen! Many of us grew up not seeing people who look like us in books at school, in libraries. Lack of diversity has been an issue in literature for a long time. And for today’s kids, with book bans and attacks on diverse literature happening nationwide, the need for books and stories that tell all our stories is crucial.

3 days ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet series, we discuss Trump’s so-called "minerals deal" with Ukraine, which grants the US priority access to Ukrainian minerals and sets up an investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Then, we look at a new study, published in the journal Science, showing that three out of every four of the 500 North American bird species are in decline, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly.

4 days ago | kalw.org | Willem Marx

GENEVA — Officials from the United States and China began trade-related talks here Saturday, marking the first face-to-face conversations since President Trump placed new tariffs of 145% on Chinese goods. The meetings in a Swiss city known for its discretion and conflict resolution represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets in recent weeks, and caused billions of dollars' worth of import disruption across both the United States and China.

5 days ago | kalw.org | Ben Trefny

Dr. Maria Su, Psy.D., is a leader in public service, education, and children and family advocacy, with over 25 years of transformative impact in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), she drives excellence and equity in education for 49,000 students. Dr. Su oversees the District’s $1.2B budget and almost 9,000 employees.