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Newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to spend $2 trillion over the next four years to bring down fossil fuel emissions and convert the nation to clean energy, and is already moving quickly with his plans to establish a "climate administration." What are its top priorities? What actions have been taken so far and what more is on the agenda? What are the biggest challenges?

There are an estimated 234,000 victims of labor trafficking and 79,000 victims of youth and minor sex trafficking in Texas at any given time, and experts are worried that those rates are on the rise due to conditions worsened by the pandemic.

“Viva George: Celebrating Washington’s Birthday at the U.S. Mexico Border. The author is a professor of American Studies at George Washington University Elaine Pena — and she is a Laredo native.

The short, tumultuous life and lasting legacy of iconic American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday is showcased in a new documentary crafted from never-before-heard interviews recorded by a journalist who died trying to tell Holiday's story.

Residents of San Antonio’s West Side have struggled for years to save homes, stores, dance halls and restaurants from developers who believe the area is ripe for urban renewal.

Caliber 60, a limited series podcast from Texas Public Radio about the flow of avocados, guns and people

Democracy and market capitalism work together, though not always perfectly. However, having a well-functioning democracy and a competitive free market, along with the rule of law will lead to lifting people out of poverty. But Martin Wolf of the Financial Times warns there is a crisis of democratic capitalism due to the rise of authoritarianism.

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Trump’s popularity never cratered with his base. What role did satire play in the opposition to Trump? During the four years of the Trump presidency, the former president was frequently ridiculed on Late night TV. Trump was portrayed as a buffoon who was both absurd and terrifying.

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