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Some will tell you crime in America has gone up. Others say it's down. But it depends on the type of crime.

And as many politicians know, for some people, it's not about the numbers, it's about how they feel. We explore the rhetoric and the reality behind crime and the pandemic.

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1A listener George told us, "My vote doesn't really matter[...]Six states are getting virtually all of the attention and all of the campaign dollars are going to those states."

"There's this idea that people don't vote out of lethargy," says George. He thinks a majority of people don't vote because they feel left out of the process. Their voice and their presence doesn't matter.

What do you think?

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"Part of the reason the Benin royal art is so much at the forefront of this conversation is because it's one of the best documented examples of colonial appropriation," says Chika Okeke-Agulu, professor of African art at Princeton.

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"The thing that you're always looking to do in horror is to make the audience feel like they're participating," says "Host" director Rob Savage.

"The great thing about screen horror is that if the audience forgets they're watching the movie, they can have an involvement in the scares."

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Wildfires continue to rage in the Western U.S. The race for a COVID-19 vaccine faces some setbacks. Disney is criticized for filming parts of Mulan in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. The Taliban and the Afghan government open negotiations.

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Many schools that were financially stressed going into the pandemic might not come out of it, says Fred Lawrence, CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

"Once you put the nose of the plane down, you can't always pull out of that dive," he says, about a school's financial management.

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"I think there is a morbid fascination in thinking of how everything will fall apart," says cosmologist Katie Mack. "But you can contemplate how we fit into this bigger picture, and that can be a really comforting thought."

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"I have a few sleepless nights but the people who are far braver are my sources," says journalist Tom Burgis.

He says his sources, including those in places like Washington D.C. and Kazakhstan, put themselves in danger by speaking out against corruption.

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"The title of the album (Limbo) was to tell fans 'I'm literally figuring it out, I'm just a guy still in limbo,'" says rapper Aminé. "I always wanted to challenge myself and try to push the envelope sonically."

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Protests continue to rock the U.S. as presidential candidates hit the campaign trail. Historic protests continue in Belarus as leader Alexander Lukashenko refuses to step down.

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