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The changing landscape of campaign politics; women vote for the first time in Saudi Arabia; the price of surrogacy; authors Marlon James and Curtis Sittenfeld; Obama addresses ISIS. (episode)
WNYC's Andrea Bernstein and NJPR's Matt Katz talk about how recent events in Paris, San Bernardino, Colorado Springs, and elsewhere are prompting responses from 2016 candidates.
This week marks an historical election for Saudi Arabia. For the first time, women are allowed to both vote and run for office.
Two men, three surrogate mothers, and four countries. That's what it took for one gay Israeli couple to make a family. And that's just the short version.
We continue our series exploring how reading fiction has been shown to open minds and build tolerance for uncertainty.
The New York Times' David Sanger says President Obama successfully argued that putting U.S. troops in Syria will be counterproductive to fighting ISIS, but failed to offer alternatives.