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After Napster, many consumers got used to media on demand. There was no turning back.
New Yorker magazine humorist Andy Borowitz takes a look at a thriving industry: bullying.
H.I.V. rates have fallen in many places, but the AIDS crisis persists in parts of the U.S.
A decades-old battle is re-emerging over how sex is presented in the classroom.
Flawed research predicting remorseless teen killers led to life sentences.
Sex ed; a crime myth; Ryan White’s legacy; napster; Andy Borowitz on bullying.
Andy Borowitz examines how Anita Bryant inadvertently energized the gay rights movement.
Today's immigration policies echo an anti-immigration movement 25 years ago in California.
The rise of special operations units today can be traced to two past operations.
Her complaint sounded frivolous. But the facts told another story.
A new understanding of risk emerged from the study of a NASA disaster.
Immigration; hot coffee lawsuit; special ops; Challenger legacy; Borowitz on Anita Bryant.
Public housing, the bubble boy, boxing, overpopulation and Borowitz on Space Force.
In the 1960s, fears of overpopulation sparked talk of population control. What happened?
Andy Borowitz takes a look at the sci-fi origins of Donald Trump’s Space Force program.
As concussions plague football, are there lessons from earlier concerns about boxing?
A new approach to reducing poverty has its roots in a 1970s public housing experiment.
The surprising medical legacy of David Vetter, the boy in the bubble.
Andy Borowitz investigates why America’s water supply seems to keep bursting into flames.
Reducing suicide; Baby M; Lead perils; climate help from Cold War science; Andy Borowitz.
Parenthood by surrogacy is accepted across the U.S., but it's not closely regulated.
Is geo-engineering the climate an answer to global warming?
Half a million American children have high lead levels, but who should clean it up?
An intervention to reduce suicides showed promise in the 60s, but was overlooked.
Today’s superstar athletes reaping the benefits of free agency owe a debt to Curt Flood.
Wild horses are caught in a battle between the government, ranchers and environmentalists.
Presidents vs. press; measles cases soar; free agency; wild horses, “apologies.”
President Trump’s efforts to clamp down on White House leaks have echoes of Nixon.
Vaccine skepticism was fed by a discredited 1998 study which still has repercussions today
Andy examines the tropes and clichés politicians use to cling to power after a scandal.
Psychedelic drugs, associated with the 1960s, are now treating depression and anxiety.
The 1987 garbage barge was a fiasco, but it helped raise public awareness about recycling.
Andy Borowitz looks at the evolution of the myth that the moon landing was faked.
How the 1991 Tailhook sexual assault scandal is still shaking up the military today.
Bystander behavior; a Navy scandal; psychedelic drugs; wayward trash barge; zany theories
Why don’t people intervene when they encounter violence streaming live online?
We hear a lot about fake news, but Andy Borowitz examines another horrible tend: no news.
Exploring fears about A.I. by revisiting a 1997 chess match between man and machine.
D&D, once at the center of a moral panic, is now seen as an antidote to screen addiction.
How a pill that led to drug safety guidelines became a case study for rising drug prices.
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Just like in the past, HIV is striking communities that are overlooked.
Daphne Melissa McClendon talks about teaching high school sex education.
Sex ed; a crime myth; Ryan White’s legacy; napster; Andy Borowitz on bullying.
In this studio scene the hosts discuss sex education in schools.
Judy Allen recalls the severe burns her mother, Stella Liebeck, received.
A theory born from understanding the Challenger disaster.
Author Diane Vaughan discusses the lessons from Challenger.
Why Congress is helping poor families move to new neighborhoods.
Valencia Morris's family became eligible to move to a new neighborhood.
Public housing, the bubble boy, boxing, overpopulation and Borowitz on Space Force.
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