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Today's @NPR @MorningEdition is a snapshot of our world, and a little beyond. Hit Play on a few of these voices. @nprgreene talks with an American astronaut who has spent the pandemic in the ultimate quarantine, in orbit: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835709994/after-7-months-in-space-meir-will-return-to-a-very-different-world
We said goodbye to Ronald Lewis of New Orleans, who thrived after Hurricane Katrina only to die of COVID-19. @MorningEdition @NPR @HouseofDandF https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835710015/ronald-lewis-preserver-of-new-orleans-black-culture-dies-at-68
Coronavirus is said to be the great equalizer, though not really: colleague @JimZarroli reports on how the rich and famous shelter in place. @NPR @https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/834247954/the-rich-really-are-different-they-can-shelter-in-nicer-places
Colleague @_aswesterman brought us the voice of an American father, stranded by the pandemic in Cameroon, unwilling to abandon the twins his family was about to adopt. @NPR @MorningEdition https://www.npr.org/2020/04/14/831893954/we-d-have-to-abandon-our-daughters-pandemic-delays-international-adoptions
In the same broadcast, @NoelKing questioned the billionaire @RayDalio on the future of the economy. A universal basic income, he notes, has already arrived. @NPR @MorningEdition https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835710022/paying-pandemic-bills-require-changes-in-wealth-gap-dalio-says
And @rachelnpr talked with our overseas colleagues @JulieMcCarthyJM @franklangfitt and @akuhnNPRnews about world leaders who've been praised in the crisis: heads of Ireland, New Zealand, South Korea. @NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835710001/the-world-leaders-who-have-been-effective-during-the-coronavirus
Why is the Trump administration threatening to block funding to the World Health Organization? We question @USAmbUN Kelly Craft who says if the WHO fails to change it's "unforgivable." @NPR @MorningEdition https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/15/835485122/u-n-ambassador-says-inaction-by-who-china-would-be-unforgiveable
In World War Two, US automakers retooled to make tanks. Today @rachelnpr questions an engineer with Ford, which is retooling to make ventilators. @NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835710036/ford-motor-companys-car-production-shifted-to-make-ventilators
The pandemic exposes problems that societies already faced. And @lfrayer reports on an effort at contact tracing in India that led to discrimination against minority Muslims. @NPR @MorningEdition https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835710029/hindu-nationalists-blame-muslims-for-indias-covid-19-crisis
The same program also features fair and thoughtful analysis of the president. @MaraLiasson reports that "he's not a king, but he sometimes plays one on TV." @NPR @nprpolitics https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835739728/trump-to-offer-guidelines-to-states-about-reopening-economies
And colleague @thetaylorhaney produced the very relatable story of an American who is working, being a student, and parenting schoolchildren, all from home. @MorningEdition @NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835741495/an-example-of-how-1-family-is-coping-with-shelter-in-place-orders
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