The first set of results from the 2020 census are in, and according to the count, the official population of the United States is 331,449,281.

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Protests against Israel's war in Gaza on college campuses have expanded across the country.  They're the biggest student protests, since college students demonstrated against the Vietnam war in the late sixties and early seventies.

What do the campus protests of today have in common with those of the sixties?  How might they affect the policies of their universities and the US government?

Thirty years ago, South Africa became an emblem of a multiracial democracy. Decades on, how is that legacy holding up?

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How today's college protests echo history

Three decades ago, South Africa held its first democratic election, closing the door on the apartheid era.  

And Nelson Mandela was elected its first Black president.

Today, the country is still led by Mandela's political party - the African National Congress. But polls show that voters are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the party's leadership, and next month's national elections could lead to the ANC having to share power with opposition parties.

Thirty years ago, South Africa became an emblem of a multiracial democracy. Decades on, how is that legacy holding up?

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With the end of apartheid South Africa became an emblem of democracy.  Is it still?

During the early days of the pandemic, former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins became a familiar voice steering the country through an unprecedented public health crisis.  

Now, he is going through his own health crisis, an aggressive form of prostate cancer. By talking about it publicly he hopes to draw attention to routine screening.

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This Former NIH Chief Went Public With His Prostate Cancer To Help Others

Last year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a strict immigration law making it harder to hire undocumented workers. 

But like much of the country, Florida is dealing with a tight labor market and some employers are struggling to find workers. 

NPR's Jasmine Garsd reports on how the law is affecting the state's economy, from construction sites, to strawberry fields.

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How DeSantis' immigration laws may be backfiring

One of Richard Nixon's most famous quotes...right up there with "I am not a crook"... had to do with presidential immunity.

"When the president does it" he said "that means that it is not illegal." That idea – that you can't prosecute someone for actions taken as president - the Supreme Court has never actually ruled on it.

On Thursday, the Justices will take a crack, with the federal election interference case against former president Donald Trump hanging in the balance.

We preview how things might go.

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