Here and Now
Monday through Friday, Noon - 2pm
WNIJ's midday news magazine keeps you up-to-date with the news between Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Here & Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversation to form a fast-paced program that updates the news from the morning and adds important conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, and the arts: film, theater, music, food, and more.
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A new U.S.-based aluminum smelter could be operating before the end of the decade. And that smelter could be substantially less polluting than older models.
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WBUR's popular true-crime podcast "Beyond All Repair" has dropped its final episode.
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With a looming retirement crisis due to an aging population, many are looking for ways to secure their future without relying on social security.
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'The Klansman's Son' becomes antiracist: How R. Derek Black unlearned a white nationalist upbringingAs a child, R. Derek Black actively promoted white nationalism. It was the family legacy. But when Black attended college, they met people who were appalled by that ideology but willing to work with them to help change those views.
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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels is expected to resume her testimony on Thursday in the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump. On Tuesday she described a sexual encounter with Trump in detail.
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A U.S. official says the Biden administration paused a weapons shipment out of concern for the offensive's impact on Palestinians.
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Hillel International, the Jewish campus organization, says since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, antisemitic incidents against Jewish students on college campuses have increased 700% compared to last year.
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Her comedy touches on dating, going to the doctor and hanging out with friends. But what it doesn't delve into is the ongoing war in Gaza.
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According to a new report, the retirement program will no longer be able to pay full benefits after 2035.
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The series of reports called "Friends of the Court" prompted a national conversation and moved the nation's high court to adopt its first ethics code.