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REPLAY: Friendsgiving

For many, the Thanksgiving holidays are a time to gather with your biological relatives. But what if you don’t have the traditional, Norman-Rockwell family?

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Abolishing the Death Penalty

Virginia made headlines this year when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

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Reading and Writing Ourselves

Why are kids so obsessed with reading about adoption?

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REPLAY: Music and Democracy

It’s not just a jig — it tells the story of America.

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Planned Destruction

Have you ever noticed that some neighborhoods are always much hotter than others?

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Lighting Up A Better Future

In July, Virginia will become the first Southern state to legalize marijuana.

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Protecting Human Rights

Domestic workers quite literally keep us alive. It’s about time they got their rights.

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Who Votes?

Remember those twelve months where every ad was asking you to vote? It was inescapable. But even with historic voter turnout, a third of eligible adults didn’t vote.

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Expanding the Franchise

Voting is important. But so many Americans can’t do it. This week, we explore one of the biggest civil rights issues of our time: felon disenfranchisement.

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Y’all Alright?!

The GDP is rebounding while many Americans continue to struggle. Is it time to reconsider how we calculate the nation’s economic wellbeing?

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Presenting: “Transcripts”

Trans people of color say that life is harder than ever. And the new podcast “Transcripts” investigates what activists are doing to change that.

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Replay: Poetic Justice

When writer and Invisibilia producer Lulu Miller discovered she’d be leaving Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state–one that charges everyday people to stay angry about injustice.

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