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'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

Prisoners pass through a courtyard at Waupun Correctional Institution. Officials in some prison towns have come up with creative ways to avoid forming voting districts made up primarily of prisoners. But in many others, political lines are drawn around prisons in a way that critics deride as "prison gerrymandering." Lauren Justice for NPR hide caption

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'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.

'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

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A Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. From left to right, poets: Kaveh Akbar, Fatimah Asghar, Ada Limon, Hieu Minh Nguyen and Ashley M. Jones. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption

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A Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month

Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.

A Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month

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It Almost Destroyed Ellen's Career; Now Celebrities Are Playing With 'Coming Out'

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It Almost Destroyed Ellen's Career; Now Celebrities Are Playing With 'Coming Out'

To mark National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, Sam examines the history, meaning and future of coming out with University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor Marcia Gallo and E. Patrick Johnson of Northwestern University. He also shares coming out stories from listeners and swaps stories with NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels or email samsanders@npr.org.

It Almost Destroyed Ellen's Career; Now Celebrities Are Playing With 'Coming Out'

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Director Lauren Miller Rogen's 'Like Father' Reflects Her Own Emotional Journey

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Director Lauren Miller Rogen's 'Like Father' Reflects Her Own Emotional Journey

It's Tuesday: writer and director Lauren Miller Rogen talks to Sam about her new Netflix film, "Like Father," starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer, caring for a parent with Alzheimer's disease, and working with her husband, Seth Rogen.

Director Lauren Miller Rogen's 'Like Father' Reflects Her Own Emotional Journey

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Syd Isn't Rushing Her Moment

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Syd Isn't Rushing Her Moment

It's Tuesday: Sam talks to Syd, a breakout star of the hip-hop collective Odd Future, about her new band, The Internet, and about being free to bring herself to the music. Tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels or email samsanders@npr.org. Tickets to our October 2 live show in LA are at kp.cc/IBAM.

Syd Isn't Rushing Her Moment

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'The Bold Type': Aisha Dee and Amanda Lasher

"The Bold Type" showrunner Amanda Lasher (left) and Aisha Dee (right), who plays Kat, at the January 2018 "Freeform Summit" in Los Angeles, Calif. Image Group LA/Freeform hide caption

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'The Bold Type': Aisha Dee and Amanda Lasher

It's Tuesday: actress Aisha Dee and showrunner Amanda Lasher join Sam to talk about their Freeform show, 'The Bold Type.' The show follows three young women living and working in New York City — wide-eyed youth dealing with race, sex, and politics, without the tired tropes. Email samsanders@npr.org or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

'The Bold Type': Aisha Dee and Amanda Lasher

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Why Painting A Black Boy's Nails Isn't 'Going Against His Culture'
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Why Painting A Black Boy's Nails Isn't 'Going Against His Culture'

Being a kid who defies gender norms is tough. It can be even tougher when you're also contending with pressures — and stereotypes — tied to your race.

Why Painting A Black Boy's Nails Isn't 'Going Against His Culture'

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