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States are considering a record number of anti-transgender bills, including many that prohibit gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. Alabama's bill would make providing such care a felony.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with surfing legend Kelly Slater about winning the Billabong Pro Pipeline contest days before his 50th birthday.

Christmas trees are selling out quickly this year, helping people brighten their homes amid the COVID-19 blues. And mail-order purchases are spiking like never before.

Parents of young kids pick up their phones an average of almost 70 times a day — often to escape a stressful parenting moment. Here's how to stop using your phone as a pacifier, for you or your kids.

When the All Things Considered staff saw a dog that howls only to the theme song of the show, they had to meet him. NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Jake the dog.

Lakhdar Brahimi apologizes that the first two rounds of talks between the Syrian government and the opposition have produced little of substance.

NFL hopeful Michael Sam recently announced he's gay. But is that why his draft stock has reportedly dropped? The Barbershop guys weigh in.

Today on Crosscurrents:Is a cannabis business displacing artists in Oakland?A man without a home talks about the inhumanity of povertyA conversation with…

Acorn TV's new series follows a Scotland Yard team led by a detective whose wife has gone missing. London Kills combines the reassuring closure of a network cop series with a strong forward momentum.

Today on Crosscurrents:Is a cannabis business displacing artists in Oakland?A man without a home talks about the inhumanity of povertyA conversation with…

John Brown owns Joe Black Barber Shop in Pearland, Texas. Since the coronavirus outbreak, his barbers are out of a job. But he's lost much more in this pandemic: His mother died of COVID-19.

A prominent medical school has pulled back from electing students for a sought-after honor society, saying the award reinforces racial bias in medical education.