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Protesters attempt to block the delivery of toxic PCB waste to a landfill in Warren County, N.C., in 1982. It was in response to the state's decision to locate a hazardous waste landfill in a low-income, predominantly Black area of Warren County that the term "environmental racism" was first used by the Rev. Ben Chavis. Jenny Labalme hide caption

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Hope And Skepticism As Biden Promises To Address Environmental Racism

People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impacts. It has long been an underaddressed issue in the federal government.

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Out There Freddie Joachim

Then-President Donald Trump is greeted by Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, during a stop in Arizona last year. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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'There Are A Lot Of Questions': Arizona GOP Faces Concerns About Party Elections

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Paola Osman, a second year resident at the Hospital San Martin in La Plata, Argentina, just got vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia. Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR hide caption

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Argentina Takes A Shot With Russia's Sputnik Vaccine

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Forever Only Arms and Sleepers
Sunroom yonderling and Feverkin
Coyote yonderling and Feverkin
Quintana (Solo Piano) Slow Meadow
By the Ash Tree Slow Meadow

Ani DiFranco's latest album, Revolutionary Love, explores the idea of approaching your adversaries with compassion. Daymon Gardner/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Ani DiFranco Wants Us To Engage In 'Revolutionary Love'

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Simultaneously Ani DiFranco
Confluence Ani DiFranco

Gen. Paul Nakasone, the National Security Agency director, told NPR ahead of the 2020 elections that the U.S. was "going to expand our insights of our adversaries. ... We're going to know our adversaries better than they know themselves." Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Why Russia May Have Stepped Up Its Hacking Game

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Eden AK & Sublab

Protesters attempt to block the delivery of toxic PCB waste to a landfill in Warren County, N.C., in 1982. It was in response to the state's decision to locate a hazardous waste landfill in a low-income, predominantly Black area of Warren County that the term "environmental racism" was first used by the Rev. Ben Chavis. Jenny Labalme hide caption

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Hope And Skepticism As Biden Promises To Address Environmental Racism

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Camila Martinez (from left), Corina Ulloa, Isabela Martinez and Brenda Ulloa Martinez spoke about growing up across two generations in the Los Angeles area at a StoryCorps recording in 2010. Alejandro De La Cruz for StoryCorps hide caption

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2 Sisters On Enjoying Life: Instead Of 'A Drama Or A Novela, Make It A Sitcom'

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City Hall Vienna Teng
Quiet Light The National
Light Years The National
Shot into the Sun Yppah
Light Cycle Yppah
Forgiveness Soular Order
Sea Shores Soular Order
Friday I'm in Love The Imaginary Trio

Pharmacy technician Sara Berech prepared a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in December for a clinical trial that includes Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption

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Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is 66% Effective In Preventing Moderate To Severe COVID-19

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