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  • The El Gamal family has been held in ICE detention for more than 320 days. They are not alone: the number of immigrants who've been in ICE detention for over a year has skyrocketed.
  • A new study looks at thousands of years worth of data and finds that malaria hot spots have played a critical role in shaping where humans settled and either thrived or failed to thrive.
  • Macaques living near the Rock of Gibraltar eat a lot of tourists' food. A new study suggests the monkeys have learned to eat dirt to settle their stomachs.
  • In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.
  • Iran has attacked and seized two commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz. This after President Trump announced an indefinite ceasefire in the war with Iran.
  • I believe we are better off when we can understand an opposing point of view and absorb new information. It’s also better radio in my view. Interviews are usually more engaging when guests have to field tough questions. It gives them – and listeners - a chance to justify and perhaps clarify their beliefs.
  • I stand for a world where we do not have to build up a callous just to survive the day. I play these records to soften the edges, to bridge the gap between our history and our healing, and to remind us that we do not have to be hard to be whole.
  • Before podcasts, it was rare on broadcast radio to hear long form conversations that dug deep into a single topic. NPR listeners in particular were accustomed to the 8-minute conversations of the national magazine shows. But Philosophy Talk provided a space to just… think. We stood for providing a space on the radio to indulge the life of the mind.
  • People are more than their worst bad decision. That’s something I had to learn the hard way, and it’s something I still carry with me today. Because once I understood what it felt like to have my identity stripped away, I couldn’t ignore it when it happened to other people.
  • On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," host Jeneé Darden gives you three reasons why you should attend our event with James Cagney at Books Inc. in Alameda.
  • This week, BAY MADE shares A Tiny Plot, a documentary series that follows a group of people who are homeless in Oakland CA as they fight for a place of their own.
  • Today is National Bagel Day!
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