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The Takeaway is an hour-long national news program that relies on correspondents, guests and listeners from across the country to provide perspectives and analysis to understand the day's news. Host John Hockenberry convenes a diverse group of voices, and including newsmakers and reporters from around the globe, to create a national conversation each day at noon.

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How immigration detention creates a shadow prison system

By Oliver Lazarus, T.J. Raphael • May 18, 2017

For much of the 20th century, immigration detention was a concept that was scoffed at. But today, the practice of apprehending immigrants and holding them in custody has created a shadow prison system, served by hundreds of federal and private facilities throughout the country.

With Comey's dismissal, are we careening towards a constitutional crisis?

By T.J. Raphael, Isabel Angell • May 10, 2017

For many people, President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey brings back memories of former President Richard Nixon, who called for the dismissal of the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal.

Jeffrey Rosen, a professor of law at George Washington University and president of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, says while it has raised a lot of questions, Trump was acting within his authority when he terminated Comey.

Former NSA director says this White House can't handle the truth

By T.J. Raphael, Ellen Frankman • May 9, 2017

On Monday, it was revealed that former President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump not to hire Gen. Michael Flynn. That was two days after the November presidential election. Despite the warning, President Trump selected Flynn as national security adviser. Flynn was later fired for lying to Vice President Mike Pence about his discussions with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

How Florida keeps kids in the criminal justice system

By T.J. Raphael • May 9, 2017

Each year, millions of children flock to Orange County, Florida, to visit Disney World. But in the background, there is a darker story at work.

Orange County has the highest number of juvenile arrests in the state. From June 2015 to June 2016, police arrested more young people in Orange County than Miami-Dade County, where the population is almost double. Nearly 64 percent of those incarcerated are African American boys.

Finland's guaranteed basic income is working to tackle poverty

By T.J. Raphael, Isabel Angell, Amber Hall • May 6, 2017

In several corners of the world, nonprofits and governments are introducing guaranteed basic income.

Entire villages in Kenya have been receiving a basic income through a charity program, there's a small test initiative in the Netherlands, India is considering it, and Canada is rolling out a basic income pilot program in several cities in Ontario this summer.

Meet LoweBot, a customer-service robot here to give you 'superpowers'

By T.J. Raphael, Isabel Angell, Amber Hall • May 4, 2017

It's the free market that decides which jobs stay and which jobs go, and technology and innovation are changing the present and shaping the future of the US labor market.

A trip to a Lowe’s hardware store in the San Francisco Bay Area shows this shift well. On the floor of this big-box home improvement store in east San Jose, shoppers can interact with a white plastic pillar that is touchscreen-enabled and speaks directly to users.

Trump’s new school lunch plan allows for ‘dangerously high levels of sodium’

By T.J. Raphael, Elizabeth Ross • May 3, 2017

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Nutritional standards in schools, which were established in the Obama era and championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, are now being relaxed under the Trump administration.

On Monday, the US Department of Agriculture announced that it “will provide greater flexibility in nutrition requirements for school meal programs” — which advocates say could lead to lower standards for milk, sodium and whole grains, among other things.

What we know so far about the police shooting of Jordan Edwards

By T.J. Raphael, Elizabeth Ross • May 2, 2017

Details are still emerging on the latest police shooting of an unarmed black teen. On Saturday, a police officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs shot 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, a high school freshman, through the passenger side window of a car. The officers were responding to calls of underage drinking at a house party.

No, Donald Trump didn't invent Loyalty Day. And it's had support from both sides of the aisle.

By T.J. Raphael, Ethan Oberman • May 1, 2017

President Donald Trump has made it clear from day one that his administration will push an “America first” policy platform. So when he announced last week that May 1 — commonly known as International Workers’ Day or May Day — would be celebrated nationwide as “Loyalty Day,” many of his critics were quick to attack the declaration as an alarming example of the president's nationalism.

President Trump, how will your tax plan spur economic growth?

By T.J. Raphael, Isabel Angell • May 1, 2017

Over President Donald Trump's first 100 days, we're asking him questions that our audience wants answers to. Join the project by tweeting this question to @realDonaldTrump with the hashtag #100Days100Qs.

#96. @realDonaldTrump, how will your tax plan spur economic growth? #100Days100Qs

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