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StoryCorps Presents: The Lasting Toll Of 9/11

This weekend the nation marks 20 years since 9/11 — a day we are reminded to never forget. But for so many people, 9/11 also changed every day after.

StoryCorps Presents: The Lasting Toll Of 9/11

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Afghan girls play cricket on school grounds in Kabul in 2010. At the time, Afghanistan was set to select its first national women's cricket team. But a Taliban official now reportedly says women won't be allowed to play it and other sports. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In A New Afghanistan, Some Women Fear For Their Rights — But Others Are Hopeful

This week, women protested in Kabul after the Taliban announced an all-male interim government. One woman who helped organized the protests told NPR "the world should feel" what Afghan women are facing. That woman — and another who was desperately trying to leave the country — spoke to Rachel Martin on Morning Edition. More from their interviews here.

In A New Afghanistan, Some Women Fear For Their Rights — But Others Are Hopeful

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A hiring sign gets displayed in a store window in New York City in August. Last month saw a sharp slowdown in hiring from previous months as the pandemic wears on and creates uncertainty. Getty Images hide caption

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Delta Surge Slows Recovery As Parts Of Pandemic Safety Net Disappear

Last week's jobs report for the month of August show signs the delta surge is slowing the economic recovery, just as some pandemic safety net programs disappear. The Supreme Court recently struck down a federal eviction moratorium, and supplemental pandemic unemployment benefits expired on Monday.

Delta Surge Slows Recovery As Parts Of Pandemic Safety Net Disappear

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Prescribed burns, like this one in Humboldt County, Calif., reduce the underbrush without destroying trees. Lenya Quinn-Davidson hide caption

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As A Destructive Fire Season Rages On, What Might Prevent The Next One?

The good news is that firefighters in California have regained control of the Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe and tens of thousands of evacuated residents can now return to their homes. The bad news is the Caldor Fire is the second wildfire this season to burn through the Sierra Nevada Mountains from one side to the other. Something that never happened before this year.

As A Destructive Fire Season Rages On, What Might Prevent The Next One?

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What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It)

Most kids are now in their third year of school during the pandemic. It's been a time of ups and downs; adjustments and re-adjustments. Some have flourished in online school and want to stay home — others have floundered and are excited to go back.

What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It)

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A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping women of the right to an abortion in most cases in the nation's second-largest state. AP hide caption

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Did The Supreme Court Just Overturn Roe v. Wade?

The Supreme Court's conservative majority allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to go into effect. Almost immediately, abortion providers had to begin turning people away.

Did The Supreme Court Just Overturn Roe v. Wade?

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A nurse enters a Covid-19 patient's room inside the ICU (intensive care unit) at Adventist Health in Sonora, California on August 27, 2021. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Delta Surge Keeps Getting Worse. What Happens When Hospitals Fill Up

Some states in the south are have more people in the hospital than at any point during the pandemic — fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates.

The Delta Surge Keeps Getting Worse. What Happens When Hospitals Fill Up

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A carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz during a casualty return on Sunday at Dover Air Force Base, Del. AP hide caption

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Scenes From The Aftermath Of The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

The U.S. military's mission in Afghanistan is over. For many still living in the country, a new struggle has begun: how to move forward after they were not able to make it before the U.S. withdrawal.

Scenes From The Aftermath Of The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

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Residents walk down a flooded residential street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Norco, Louisiana. Getty Images hide caption

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How Climate Change Is Making Storms Like Ida Even Worse

Hurricane Ida's winds intensified rapidly as the storm approached coastal Louisiana over the weekend — making landfall at its most powerful. NPR's Rebecca Hersher explains how Ida was supercharged by climate change.

How Climate Change Is Making Storms Like Ida Even Worse

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Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, are facing hundreds of lawsuits across the country for the company's alleged role in the opioid epidemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans over the past 20 years. Getty Images hide caption

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How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires

A federal bankruptcy judge says he'll rule Wednesday in the case of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin. The company is owned by the Sackler family, who are at the center of a national reckoning over the deadly opioid epidemic.

How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires

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