Steve Mullis

'Full Of Hatred And Fear': Disinformation On YouTube Divided A Dad And Daughter

Renee Ekwoge says false and misleading videos on YouTube have changed her dad. What was once a strong, loving relationship has been corrupted, she says, by conspiratorial YouTube videos.

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She Resisted Getting Her Kids The Usual Vaccines. Then The Pandemic Hit

Rachel Martin, Steve Mullis, Bo Hamby

A mother of three in Canada was opposed to getting her kids vaccinated against childhood diseases. The pandemic led her out of that movement. Getting there was a years-long search for answers.

Murderbot Makes A Triumphant (And Cranky) Return In 'Network Effect'

Steve Mullis

Martha Wells' freethinking robot stars in its first full-length adventure, remaining just as misanthropic and TV-obsessed as ever, even as it attempts to figure out who kidnapped it and its friends.

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New Site Collects Reports Of Racism Against Asian Americans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Steve Mullis, Heidi Glenn

Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, describes harassment, assault and microaggressions against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

New York Comes Alive — Literally — In 'The City We Became'

Steve Mullis

Three-time Hugo Award winner N.K. Jemisin turns her attention to our world in her new book — or at least, a version of our world in which cities can be born in human form to fight evil.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces his run for the 2020 presidency at A&R Solar on March 1 in Seattle. He says tackling climate change should be "Job 1" for the next president.

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Gov. Jay Inslee Says Washington State Is A 'Template For Success' For The U.S.

Rachel Martin, Steve Mullis

Inslee says the policies he's enacted in his state on the environment, the economy and health care are the same progressive actions he'd take if elected president.

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro, pictured at a forum in Las Vegas on April 27, says he wants to decriminalize illegal border crossings.

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Julián Castro Wants To Redefine Which Immigrants Have 'Merit'

Steve Inskeep, Steve Mullis

The Democratic presidential candidate wants to decriminalize border crossing and argues that President Trump's proposed "merit-based" immigration system "says that only certain people have merit."

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., says if she becomes president she would only appoint judges and justices who would maintain <em>Roe v. Wade.</em>

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Kirsten Gillibrand Says If Trump Wants A War With America's Women, 'He Will Lose'

Rachel Martin, Steve Mullis

The New York senator and 2020 presidential candidate tells NPR's Rachel Martin that President Trump and some Republican legislators are taking the country in a direction it does not want to go.

Owners of iPhones from several states sued Apple Inc. for not disclosing sooner that it issued software updates deliberately slowing older-model phones so aging batteries lasted longer.

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Lawsuits Mount As Apple Manages Fallout From Revelation Of Slowed iPhones

Steve Mullis

While Apple's apologies and response to its slowing down of older phones might help on the public relations front, the legal issues are another matter.

Star Wars Battlefront II, a new game from Electronic Arts set in the Star Wars universe, is scheduled to be released on Friday.

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Gamers See A Dark Side To New 'Star Wars' Video Game

Steve Mullis

Players are angry at Electronic Arts over the soon-to-be-released Star Wars Battlefront II game after it was revealed that some of the franchise's most iconic characters and other content cost extra.