Here and Now

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Catch up with the day's top stories during this energetic hour of news and conversation. Here and Now  is an essential midday news magazine for those who want the latest news and expanded conversation on today's hot-button topics: public affairs, foreign policy, science and technology, the arts and more. The show's guest roster has included Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam, director John Malkovich, the "Wall Street Journal's" John Harwood and actress Jane Fonda. The show is produced by WBUR/Boston.

In Illinois, A Struggle To Find Care For Children With Disabilities

By editor • Sep 10, 2018

A recent study backs up what many parents of children with disabilities already know: It’s tough to find quality child care for kids with special needs.

College Students Join Inmates To Study Music Behind Bars

By editor • Sep 3, 2018

Georgetown University students joined inmates in the District of Columbia for a college-level music class focusing on incarceration in the U.S.

WAMU’s Mikaela Lefrak (@mikafrak) reports.

What Happens When Climate Change Affects Your Ability To Sell Your Home?

By editor • Aug 31, 2018

Elizabeth Boineau, a Charleston, South Carolina, resident who had planned to sell her 1939 Colonial-style house, will have to tear it down because of repeated flooding.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Boineau (@eboineau) about what’s happened.

'We Were Not A Threat To Anyone': Black Milwaukee Pastors React To Treatment By Sheriff's Deputy

By editor • Aug 31, 2018

Two black pastors from Milwaukee were on their way home from a fishing trip in May when their boat trailer got a flat tire. They pulled over to the side of a highway in the suburbs and called for a tow truck.

As they waited, a deputy from the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department pulled up behind them. At first they were relieved. But then, after offering up their insurance papers, the deputy asked if they had any guns or drugs.

Anti-Corporate Colorado Ski Area To Go Corporate

By editor • Aug 29, 2018

Ski industry giant Vail Resorts aims to finalize its purchase of Crested Butte Mountain Resort soon — a remarkable turn of events for the central Colorado ski area that’s prided itself on being anti-corporate.

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