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Is the US Doing Enough to Help Europe's Refugee Crisis?
Europe's effort to reduce the flow of refugees from Africa and the Middle East is having tragic consequences. The US is accused of not admitting enough people to help ease the burden on important allies. Are there better ways of coping with a humanitarian crisis?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenEurope's effort to reduce the flow of refugees from Africa and the Middle East is having tragic consequences. The US is accused of not admitting enough people to help ease the burden on important allies. Are there better ways of coping with a humanitarian crisis?
Later on the program, is it all in the genes after all?
Photo: Migrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016. (Marina Militare/Reuters)
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3 storiesClinton and Sanders Are Running Neck and Neck in California
There's new evidence for what had been considered an unlikely prediction by Bernie Sanders, that “on Tuesday we are going to win the primary here in California” Today, the authoritative Field Poll became the latest to show that Sanders' claim might come true. It shows him just two points behind — with 43 to her 45 percent of those polled.
Read the story7 minIs the US Taking its Fair Share of International Refugees?
More than a million refugees crowded into Europe last year, and Germany made a deal with Turkey to help reduce the flow. That's forcing migrants to choose a more dangerous route -- from Libya to Italy -- and last week alone, almost a thousand drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
Read the story33 minSiddhartha Mukherjee Talks about the History of the Human Genome
How much of identity, temperament and the risk of disease are determined before we're born — by our genes? Will it be possible to create a synthetic human being? We get some answers from Siddhartha Mukherjee, a doctor whose latest book traces the history — and possible future — of genetic science.
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