Segments From This Episode

• The cost of economic lurking

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  As we wait for a recession to happen or inflation to come down, we’re postponing big decisions. The economy feels it.

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• Women’s return to work a stop-and-start struggle

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The availability of affordable child care is limiting mothers’ options for returning to full-time work after the pandemic.

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• How SNAP expands to help after a natural disaster

  The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or D-SNAP, helps people access food aid or replace groceries damaged by disasters like Hurricane Ian.

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• Why is it so hard to negotiate a Colorado River conservation deal?

  by Savannah Peters

  

  It’s been almost two months since the basin states blew past a federal deadline to negotiate major water conservation.

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• For a rural hospital trying to reopen, hiring is a challenge

  by Blake Farmer

  

  Many rural hospitals have closed during the pandemic, and their staffers found other work far away.

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• Iran’s internet crackdown prompts frustration — and workarounds

  by Lily Jamali

  

  After the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran’s government and citizens use increasingly sophisticated tools in their struggle over information.

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