LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: When you hear the Spanish word quinceanera, you might think of poufy, pink dresses, big, boisterous family parties and a traditional rite of passage for 15-year-old Latina girls. A new HBO documentary series takes us inside the m

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LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: It's 1992. Your hair is gelled up, you're sporting high-tops, maybe still listening to Run-DMC on cassette, and that's the setting for a new coming-of-age novel that's also a look at race in America. The book, titled Green, follo

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In A First, Spain's Prado Museum Puts The Spotlight On A Female Artist play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:46repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: An activist in Spain who has no experience in office is now the mayor of Barcelona. Ada Colau was swept into office on a wave of anti-establishment anger. And now almost two years into her term, she spoke to reporter Lauren Frayer

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Arrests Mark 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Demonstrators sought to occupy Wall Street only to find police already there. Nonetheless, protesters got within one block of the New York Stock Exchange to make their point that a wealthy one percen

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In U.S. politics, there is no issue that divides Democrats and Republicans more than their vastly different views on the role and size of the central government. That political divide is at the heart of the intensifying debate over the federal budget

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Former PM Nawaz Sharif Set to Lead Pakistan Once Again After a late night of celebrating Pakistans national election results, which showed former prime minister and businessman Nawaz Sharif as the big winner, Pakistanis woke up in the capital Islamab

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LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. Lulu Garcia-Navarro is off for the holidays. I'm Lauren Frayer. President Trump is celebrating Christmas in Florida, but Washington is still clearly very much on his mind. He took a few mome

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This next story is about a line of cancer research that could potentially help a huge number of people, people like Michael Robertson. MICHAEL ROBERTSON: I'd been having unidentified symptoms for a few months, but it was during a

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: North Korea is one of the most secretive regimes in the world. Its leader demands unquestioning loyalty from its citizens. NPR's Lauren Frayer had a chance to hear about what it's like living under those circumstances from the peop

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Culinary Superstars Take Their Top-Rated Spanish Restaurant On The Road RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This summer, one of the world's top-rated restaurants is taking its kitchen on the road. It's a major logistical challenge, as you might imagine. The crew is

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Brazil is getting ready to hold a presidential election amid a massive corruption scandal and unprecedented levels of deadly violence. It is clearly a difficult time for many in that country, and young black Brazilians face parti

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have brought you more than a few stories about the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. But Modicare, nicknamed for India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, is actually the biggest government health plan in the world. Modi wants to

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In U.S. politics, there is no issue that divides Democrats and Republicans more than their vastly different views on the role and size of the central government. That political divide is at the heart of the intensifying debate over the federal budget

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Britons are outraged and speaking out in response to comments among Conservatives in the United States attacking Britain's national health care system as socialist, evil and Orwellian. 在美国医改辩论中,英国的医保体系成了一个参照物

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By Marissa Melton Washington 03 February 2007 U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, a Democrat from New York, and Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, were the keynote speakers at a conference this week unveiling a number of radical ide

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 07 December 2007 Lebanon's parliament is scheduled to meet Friday to vote on the country's next president, but virtually nobody believes the vote will actually take place. It is likely to be postponed for a seventh time,

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This summer, we'll be bringing you stories on the effects of climate change on people around the world. We begin in Spain and Portugal, where an early summer heat wave has ignited devastating forest fires. More than 60 peop

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For Post-Brexit British Vacationers, Staying Home Now Seems Appealing ELISE HU, HOST: When Britain voted to leave the European Union, the U.K. pound took a tumble. That's been great for Americans visiting England this summer, but the devalued pound m

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With roughly one month to go until Election Day in the United States, the two major presidential campaigns are stepping up their attacks on each other. 目前距离11月4号美国选举日还有大约1个月的时间,两个政党的总统竞选班子

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