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  • Donald Trump's Second Presidency And The LGBTQIA+ Community
    Nov 20 2024
    After President-elect Donald Trump's win on Nov. 5, those in the LGBTQ community have expressed worry and fear.

    The Trevor Project's crisis hotline saw a 700 percent spike in calls following the election. And The Rainbow Youth Project surpassed its monthly average of calls in just six days after Trump's win. Couples are also rushing to get married before Trump takes office.

    Trump spent millions on anti-trans ads during his campaign. Like his first term, he's promised to continue rolling back protections for LGBTQ people.

    We discuss what Trump will actually be able to do and how advocates are preparing.

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    34 mins
  • ICYMI: The US Is Closing Its Embassy In Ukraine
    Nov 20 2024
    This week marks 1,000 days since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A lot has happened in that time.

    This morning, the U.S. shuttered its embassy in Kyiv due to specific information about a possible air attack.

    Recently, Ukraine fired American-made ballistic missiles into Russia. To use these missiles, Ukraine needed permission from the Biden administration.

    We discuss what the closure of the American Embassy in the country's capital mean.

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    11 mins
  • The Great Remote Work Rethink Of 2024
    Nov 19 2024
    For many people, how you work now might seem unusual to your 2019 self, with hours spent in online meetings. Or maybe it's back to exactly how 2019 was, in an office cubicle. Or maybe, you never had the ability to work remotely during the pandemic.

    At companies across the country with employees who still work remotely some or most of the time, executives are slowly falling in line and sending the same message to their workforces: return to the office — sometimes for a few more days per week, sometimes for all five.

    Data for office occupancy across major U.S. cities shows that on average, about 50 percent of office seats are occupied. More workers are heading in during the middle of the week, and some cities in the South have more employees working in person compared to the Northeast, Silicon Valley, and Washington D.C.

    We take a look at the state of remote work.

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    35 mins

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