Every afternoon, WBEZ’s Lisa Labuz joins the hosts of NPR’s All Things Considered to help you consider the major stories of the day in less than 15 minutes. Featuring a mix of local and national stories, Consider This goes beyond the headlines with a quick, but thorough, take on the news.
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Juneteenth, the celebration to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States, is the newest federal holiday after President Biden signed it into law on Thursday. It’s another example …
Last month, President Biden laid out an ambitious goal: to get 70% of adults in the U.S. at least one vaccine dose by July 4. With less than three weeks to go, that goal may too ambitious, Harvard …
Remote learning simply didn’t work for many children with disabilities. Without the usual access to educators, therapists and in-person aides, the families of these children, and many like them, say …
Wednesday will be President Biden’s first meeting with one of America’s greatest adversaries. Drawing a contrast with his predecessor is the least of what the commander-in-chief hopes to accomplish …
From computer chips to rental cars to chicken breasts, a complex global supply chain is straining under pent-up post-vaccine demand. NPR’s Scott Horsley explains what’s going on — and why Biden …
About two months after the coronavirus began spreading in the United States, groups of Americans began to protest the quarantine lockdown measures in their states. At some of these anti-lockdown …
The story made waves in Washington, D.C., this week: The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax. ProPublica obtained private tax data from …
For Americans who were able to work from home at the start of the pandemic, what felt like an extended snow day at first has now turned into 15 months and counting of Zoom calls and logging onto …
More than half of U.S. adults have been fully vaccinated, and case rates are at their lowest point since the pandemic began. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the future of the …
Democratic proposals for immigration reform, gun control, infrastructure and voting rights are stalled in Congress. Standing in between Democrats and much of their progressive wish list is one of …
