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Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban (2021)
Isabel Seliger

Throughline

Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban (2021)

How did a small group of Islamic students go from local vigilantes to one of the most infamous and enigmatic forces in the world? The Taliban is a name that has haunted the American imagination since 2001. The scenes of the group's brutality repeatedly played in the Western media, while true, perhaps obscure our ability to see the complex origins of the Taliban and how they impact the lives of Afghans. It's a shadow that reaches across the vast ancient Afghan homeland, the reputation of the modern state, and throughout global politics. At the end of the US war in Afghanistan we go back to the end of the Soviet Occupation and the start of the Afghan civil war to look at the rise of the Taliban.

Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban (2021)

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8 books to enjoy at the beach this summer
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Books

8 books to enjoy at the beach this summer

From light romance and short fiction to thrillers, here's a list of books that are perfect companions as you retreat to the beach or pool to catch a break from the summer heat.

8 books to enjoy at the beach this summer

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Travel the world without leaving your home with these 10 books
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Books

Travel the world without leaving your home with these 10 books

From Lahore's red-light district and the streets of Mexico to a fantastical underwater land of Korean fable, here are some picks that can immerse you in worlds wholly unlike your own.

Travel the world without leaving your home with these 10 books

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Thursday

Culture

Encore: Exhibit takes visitors closer to the National Museum of the American Latino

The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington won't be finished for a decade. For now, a pop-up exhibit at the National Mall highlights Latino history. (Story aired on WeSAT on 6/18/22.)

Encore: Exhibit takes visitors closer to the National Museum of the American Latino

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Saturday

A new exhibit takes visitors closer to the National Museum of the American Latino

The entrance to the Molina Family Latino Gallery at the National American History Museum in Washington, D.C National Museum of the American Latino by Tony Powell hide caption

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A new exhibit takes visitors closer to the National Museum of the American Latino

The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., won't be finished for another decade, but a pop-up exhibit from the museum has opened on the National Mall

A new exhibit takes visitors closer to the National Museum of the American Latino

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Pablo Neruda's question poems, now translated and illustrated for children

What do you call a flower that flits from bird to bird? Which birds dictate the order of the flock while it flies? Copyright @ 2022 by Paloma Valdivia; used with permission by Enchanted Lion Books hide caption

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Pablo Neruda's question poems, now translated and illustrated for children

Neruda's Book of Questions is well known in Latin American literature. A new bilingual, illustrated selection of his poems gives English-speaking children an opportunity to interrogate the world.

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Art & Design

The National Portrait Gallery marks 50 years since Watergate with new exhibit

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in with an exhibition of 25 objects featuring prominent people involved in the scandal.

The National Portrait Gallery marks 50 years since Watergate with new exhibit

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Monday

Education

In a record year for book ban attempts, ALA says these 10 books were challenged most

To kick off National Library week, the American Library Association listed its annual top 10 most challenged books. It said it faced an unprecedented number of attempts to ban to books this year.

In a record year for book ban attempts, ALA says these 10 books were challenged most

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Wednesday

Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

The pandemic brought in-person learning to a halt in Guatemala. And it's been a challenge to get some schools open again. Above: Hermogenes Gonzales Mejia school in Guatemala City. which finally welcomed back its students in February. Miranda Mazariegos/NPR hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

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LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine face discrimination in countries with anti-gay laws

An activist's silhouette is seen through a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade in Kyiv on May 25, 2013. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine face discrimination in countries with anti-gay laws

LGBTQ people have always been under stress in Ukraine. As they flee their country, they're arriving in places that are even more punitive to their community.

LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine face discrimination in countries with anti-gay laws

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Presenting 'Throughline': The Nostalgia Bone
Hokyoung Kim

It's Been a Minute

Presenting 'Throughline': The Nostalgia Bone

The global pandemic has spawned a different type of epidemic, one of an entirely different nature: a nostalgia outbreak. Longing for 'simpler times' and 'better days', many of us have been turning to 90s dance playlists, TV sitcoms, and sports highlights. We're looking for comfort and safety in the permanence of the past, or at least, what we think the past was. But, when it first appeared, nostalgia itself wasn't considered a feeling; it was a deadly disease. In this episode from our friends at NPR's Throughline podcast, Laine Kaplan-Levenson traces the history of nostalgia from its origins as an illness to the dominating emotion of our time.

Presenting 'Throughline': The Nostalgia Bone

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Thursday

The Dance of the Dead
Hokyoung Kim

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The Dance of the Dead

Halloween — the night of ghost stories and trick-or-treating — has religious origins that span over two thousand years and over time, the Catholic Church, pagan groups, and even the brewing company Coors have played a role in shape-shifting the holiday. How did Halloween turn from a spiritual celebration to a multi-billion dollar industry? From the Great Famine of Ireland to the Simpsons, we present the many evolutions of Halloween.

The Dance of the Dead

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The Nostalgia Bone
Hokyoung Kim

Throughline

The Nostalgia Bone

The global pandemic has spawned a different type of epidemic, one of an entirely different nature: a nostalgia outbreak. Longing for 'simpler times' and 'better days', many of us have been turning to 90s dance playlists, TV sitcoms, and sports highlights. We're looking for comfort and safety in the permanence of the past, or at least, what we think the past was. But, when it first appeared, nostalgia itself wasn't considered a feeling; it was a deadly disease. This episode traces the history of nostalgia from its origins as an illness to the dominating emotion of our time. And in doing so, we wrestle with its eternal paradox to both hold us back and keep us going.

The Nostalgia Bone

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