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The war in Ukraine is continuing to affect people living in the country's cities.

Bombing in Kiev and Mariupol has left homes, schools, and hospitals destroyed. Comparisons are being drawn between these cities and places like Aleppo and Baghdad. But someday the conflict in Ukraine will cease. How will its cities be rebuilt?

We discuss what gets lost when warfare enters urban areas.

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"America has a free speech problem."

That New York Times headline recently reignited an ongoing debate over free speech and how it's applied.

Critics were swift to debunk that Times' argument online and across national editorial boards, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and Portland Press Herald.

So, does America have a free speech problem? And how has "cancel culture" affected people's engagement with free speech?

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This year, CODA won three Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

"CODA" takes us into the world of the close-knit Rossi family.

Jackie and Frank are happily married with one adult son and a daughter about to graduate high school. But money is tight where they live, a fishing town on Massachusetts' coast. Finding a way to make ends meet is even harder as a deaf family.

So they rely on the only hearing person in their family, their daughter Ruby, to help them for practically everything.

Marlee Matlin stars as Jackie Rossi. She received an Academy Award for her role in "Children of a Lesser God" in 1987 and is the only deaf actor to have won an Oscar. Troy Kotsur stars as Frank Rossi. He recently became the first male deaf actor to be nominated for a SAG Award.

We revisit our conversation with Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur about authentic representation of deaf culture in Hollywood and why this film breaks barriers.

Their interpreters were Jack Jason and Justin Maurer.

A transcript is available here.

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As the war in Ukraine rages on, and oil prices remain in flux. President Joe Biden has promised to send more aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his forces while also releasing barrels from the U.S. oil reserve to soften gas prices.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the so-called "don't say gay" bill into law.

Meanwhile, European countries are strategizing to cut dependence on Russian gas. Germany has thrown the switch on a plan to ration gas as the war in Ukraine continues.

And security was bolstered across Israel and the occupied territories this week after a Palestinian gunman killed five in what is their fifth attack in less than two weeks.

We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.

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From the food wheel, to the food pyramid, to MyPlate, schools in the U.S. have incorporated food education into their curricula. But does the way we learn about nutrition really set us up for a healthy relationship with food and our bodies?

With the pandemic moving classrooms to dining room tables, parents have levied criticism against current nutrition lessons, worried that the way educators discuss food and health is missing the mark.

For this episode of our In Case You Missed It series, where we've tackled the topics you told us you wished you'd learned about in school, we're tackling nutrition.

We're busting the myths you might've heard in your seventh grade health class and breaking down what "healthy" actually means.

What do you remember learning, or not learning, about food in school?

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If you could put a grade on your financial wellness, what would it be?

When we asked you earlier this year about what you wished you learned in school, many of you said personal finance.

And you're not alone: in states across the country, dozens of personal finance education bills are pending.

But what makes for an effective financial education course? And how prepared are Americans to take on their own finances?

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Each year, the federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education. It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.

It's no wonder that nearly a quarter of Americans can't name a single branch of the government.

What is civic education? And what's at stake when schools don't require it?

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Our series, "In Case You Missed It," dives into topics you maybe wish you'd learned in school. We speak with leading experts and educators so we can help catch you up.

In this episode, we're getting into all that you didn't learn in school about media literacy and critical thinking.

Critical thinking skills are at the heart of media literacy – and there's a movement to make media literacy a requirement in schools across the country. Last year, Illinois became the first state to pass a law requiring it in all high schools.

But what exactly is media literacy? How do you teach it? And if you didn't learn it in school, what do you need to know now?

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded a week of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, facing aggressive questioning by GOP lawmakers regarding her past as a public defender and her sentencing in child porn cases. A confirmation vote could come as early as Monday.

President Joe Biden traveled to Brussels for emergency talks with NATO leaders. The White House announced plans for additional sanctions, and will open the U.S. to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces have kept Russian troops out of Kyiv this week. Hundreds of miles away in Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that more than 100,000 Ukrainians are trapped, facing a devastating attack by Russian forces.

The Taliban suddenly reversed its decision to open high schools for girls, just days after announcing plans to reopen all schools — including girls' high schools.

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For the first time since the Supreme Court's founding in 1790, a Black woman may sit on the bench.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick, is expected to be confirmed after four days of testimony before Congress.

The hearings have been a marathon during which Jackson has answered a barrage of questions, many of which have had little to do with her or the position she's hoping to fill.

We speak to a law professor, a former judge, and a current law student who all know the struggle of trying to break glass ceilings.

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