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Writer and director Bo Burnham talks with Elsie Fisher on the set of Eighth Grade. Burnham says the anxiety he felt as a young performer helped him understand the social pressure teenage girls can experience.

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Eighth Grade' Director Bo Burnham; Punk Pioneer Viv Albertine

11:41am July 21, 2018

Burnham explores adolescence in the age of social media in his new film. Critic Ken Tucker says there's "nothing cartoonish" about Gorillaz's new album. Albertine's memoir is To Throw Away Unopened.

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Katiyo's hat and crutch on a seat in the Counselling Services Unit waiting room. Katiyo's left knee was replaced after he was beaten and tortured during the 2008 election.

World News

Survivors Of Political Violence 'Will Make Sure There's Peace' In Zimbabwe's Election

5:03pm July 20, 2018

Survivors of political violence in Zimbabwe are being trained to serve as election monitors in the country's July 30 vote. Past elections have been marred by violence and allegations of rigging.

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Then-candidate Donald Trump onstage with his running mate, Mike Pence, and their families at the end of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Republicans have chosen Charlotte, N.C., a city that hosted Democrats' convention in 2012, to hos

Politics & Government

Republicans To Hold 2020 Convention In Charlotte, N.C.

4:08pm July 20, 2018

by Arnie Seipel

The city hosted the Democratic National Convention that renominated Barack Obama in 2012. President Trump won North Carolina in 2016, a swing state key to his victory.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump greets British politician Nigel Farage during a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 24, 2016. Journalist Carole Cadwalladr says "there are so many overlaps" between Russia, the Trump campaign and the Brex

Reporter Shows The Links Between The Men Behind Brexit And The Trump Campaign

12:48pm July 20, 2018

by Terry Gross

Carole Cadwalladr's investigation into Cambridge Analytica's role in Brexit led her to Russian connections and the Trump campaign. She says British investigators are working "closely with the FBI."

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Ballots in New York City ahead of the 2016 general elections. While U.S. election officials have made progress increasing security, gaps still remain.

Week Of Trump Reversals Puts 2018 Election Security In The Spotlight

10:36am July 20, 2018

The security of the midterm vote is a question that's coming up again after President Trump's press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, where Trump seemed to doubt Russia interference.

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Politics & Government

After Trump-Putin Summit, A Look At How States Are Preparing For Midterm Elections

5:03pm July 19, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill about state election security ahead to the 2018 midterm elections.

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A 2013 file photo of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. New rules issued by the agency say that politically active nonprofits no longer have to disclose their donors to the IRS.

Politics & Government

Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS

10:31pm July 17, 2018

by Peter Overby

Advocates say it's a First Amendment issue. Critics say it's opening the door to secret money from foreign sources.

Newly discovered aspects of Russia's active measures apparently reveal an effort to exploit Americans' greater trust in local news than in national news organizations.

Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News

4:27pm July 17, 2018

Russian influence-mongers appear to have created a number of fake local news Twitter accounts — and spent years posting real headlines.

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Democrats are experiencing a surge in fundraising as they seek to capture the U.S. House in this fall's midterm elections.

Politics & Government

Money Surges Toward House Democratic Hopefuls

10:39am July 17, 2018

by Peter Overby

Congressional seats continue to lean further in the direction of Democratic candidates, as donors give unusual support to challengers.

Rep. Mike Capuano struggles to understand why some voters think race and gender are relevant in this race. When Capuano campaigns, he doesn't talk much about his opponent, focusing on his own record.

Politics & Government

The Next Big Democratic Primary Showdown

11:23am July 15, 2018

by Asma Khalid

The future of the party is being tested in a Massachusetts congressional primary, in which a challenge to a veteran Democrat has echoes of the upset of a party leader last month in New York.