Adrian Florido

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Puerto Ricans have mixed feelings about their elephant moving to Georgia

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Economic problems in Puerto Rico forced the island's zoo to close. That meant a big move for an African elephant named Mundi.

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Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.

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Vigil at a park in the center of Uvalde honored the victims of last year's massacre

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Families of victims of the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, hosted a vigil to mark one year since the tragedy that forever altered their lives and their town.

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It's been 1 year since the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, killed 21 people

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

In the year since 19 children and two teachers were killed inside their classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the search for healing has been elusive.

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A year after Uvalde's school massacre, healing remains elusive

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

There are still many unresolved questions about the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. As they grasp for answers, surviving families and the broader community feel suspended in grief.

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SNAP responds to Maryland AG report on decades of sex abuse by the Catholic church

Friday, April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with David Lorenz, director of the Maryland chapter of the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests, after the report on decades-long sex abuse in the Baltimore Diocese.

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Heist thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores the case for destructive protest

Friday, April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Daniel Goldhaber and actor and cowriter Ariela Barer about environmental activism through sabotage in their heist film How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

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NBA's Patty Mills gives young Indigenous Australians a league of their own

Thursday, April 06, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with NBA player Patty Mills, point guard now of the Brooklyn Nets, about his work in organizing the Indigenous Basketball Association in his native Australia.

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The fate of local news: America's largest newspaper company is creating news deserts

Thursday, April 06, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton, senior writer at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, about Gannett newspaper sales and how news deserts weaken democracy.

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Legal expert weighs in on Trump's possible legal defense

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with legal expert Randall Eliason about Trump's possible legal defense strategies.

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Podcast 'You Didn't See Nothin' looks into the 1997 beating of Lenard Clark

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Yohance Lacour, host of the podcast You Didn't See Nothin.

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Father-daughter memoir 'The Kneeling Man' highlights the complex life of a Black spy

Tuesday, April 04, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with author Leta McCollough Seletzky about the father-daughter memoir The Kneeling Man, highlighting the complex life of her father's role as a Black spy.

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Keeping that same energy: Why Black women ball players are criticized differently

Monday, April 03, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Bill Rhoden of ESPN's Andscape about the double standards baked into basketball culture and women's sports.

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Everything is bigger as Texas hosts men's and women's NCAA Tournament Championships

Friday, March 31, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, ahead of the Men's and Women's Final Four games happening across Texas this weekend.

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Cookbook author Grace Young is on a mission to save America's Chinatowns

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with cookbook author and activist Grace Young about her work to save America's Chinatowns.

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By one measure, the U.S. has had a shooting on school grounds almost every day

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Last year, the U.S. saw a record number of school shootings. Gun violence is now the leading cause of adolescent deaths in America. And yet school shootings continue to happen.

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A task force in California considers how to compensate the descendants of slaves

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

California's Reparations Task Force has to answer a thorny question: how to calculate compensation for the descendants of slaves. Kamilah Moore chairs the task force.

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Netanyahu may have cooled down unrest in Israel, but it isn't gone

Monday, March 27, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro about demonstrations in Israel around Netanyahu's controversial plan to reform the judiciary.

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How March for Our Lives ignited a generation casting ballots for the first time

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Parkland student and March for Our Lives cofounder David Hogg on the fifth anniversary of the first march about the triumphs and challenges of fighting for gun reform.

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The union for LA police officers wants officers to have fewer responsibilities

Thursday, March 02, 2023

The union representing Los Angeles police officers has proposed scaling back officers' duties. It wants to hand many non-emergency and non-criminal calls for help over to other city agencies.

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