Here and Now
Weekdays at Noon on Radio IQ
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 is produced by WBUR/Boston.
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the latest states to require cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary schools. -
The SAVE America Act would require people to bring ID to the polls and to prove their citizenship in person when registering to vote. Many Navajo Nation elders don’t have the required documents to prove their citizenship.
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Grok, the AI interface available on the social media platform X, has been allowing users to generate sexual deepfake images and videos of people without their consent.
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The measles outbreak that started small and rural in Utah last June is now sickening hundreds in the Beehive State's urban corridor.
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"The Golden Compass" is the first book of what would become his best-selling fantasy trilogy, "His Dark Materials." -
Since Israel began its invasion of Lebanon last month, more than 1 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes. -
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains well below 10% of normal levels.
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Many people have been enchanted this week watching Artemis II circle the moon and start the journey home.
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In a time of high political divisions across the country, two former politicians from opposite sides of the aisle are trying to reach across the divide. -
Digital clutter is easy to ignore when it's stored in the cloud. But the cloud uses energy to hold onto all this digital material; data centers use water, air conditioning, electricity, and they take up space.
