/tags/all-things-considered All Things Considered en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:49:22 GMT /2025-07-01/how-to-stay-safe-while-swimming-this-summer Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. NPR's Life Kit has water safety tips to keep young swimmers safe this summer. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:49:22 GMT /2025-07-01/how-to-stay-safe-while-swimming-this-summer /2025-07-01/remembering-televangelist-jimmy-swaggart Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at the age of 90, following a heart attack last month. The Pentecostal preacher had an audience of millions before a sex scandal in the late 1980s. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:49:18 GMT /2025-07-01/remembering-televangelist-jimmy-swaggart Jason DeRose /2025-07-01/poll-what-americans-think-about-the-state-of-democracy-and-how-trump-is-doing Ahead of the July 4 holiday, a new poll from NPR/PBS °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ/Marist sheds light on how people are feeling about the state of democracy, the political parties and the job President Trump is doing. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:48:51 GMT /2025-07-01/poll-what-americans-think-about-the-state-of-democracy-and-how-trump-is-doing Domenico Montanaro /2025-07-01/scientists-find-gut-microbes-that-are-pfas-sponges New research shows that certain bacteria in the microbiome soak up "forever chemicals," or PFAS. The findings raise the possibility that probiotics could help remove some PFAS from our bodies. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:43:43 GMT /2025-07-01/scientists-find-gut-microbes-that-are-pfas-sponges Will Stone /2025-07-01/a-disabled-teen-stuck-in-a-hospital-for-six-years-finally-goes-to-her-own-home This week, a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment. The Trump Administration celebrated its role in this. Even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:43:36 GMT /2025-07-01/a-disabled-teen-stuck-in-a-hospital-for-six-years-finally-goes-to-her-own-home Joseph Shapiro /2025-07-01/trump-praises-bill-passage-on-trip-to-new-migrant-detention-facility-in-florida President Trump toured a deportation facility in the middle of the Florida Everglades as the Senate passed the megabill. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:43:17 GMT /2025-07-01/trump-praises-bill-passage-on-trip-to-new-migrant-detention-facility-in-florida Tamara Keith /2025-07-01/president-trumps-tax-and-spending-bills-fate-rests-with-the-house NPR's Juana Summers talks with Michael Ricci, who's worked with multiple congressional Republicans and is now a professor at Georgetown University, about the bill's prospects in the House. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:20:34 GMT /2025-07-01/president-trumps-tax-and-spending-bills-fate-rests-with-the-house Sarah Handel, Brianna Scott, Juana Summers /2025-07-01/great-plains-farmers-consider-switching-crops-as-aquifer-runs-out-of-water Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:16:57 GMT /2025-07-01/great-plains-farmers-consider-switching-crops-as-aquifer-runs-out-of-water Calen Moore /2025-07-01/why-the-fuss-about-thimerosal Thimerosal has been a target of groups that question vaccine safety. What vaccines still contain the mercury compound, and what would happen if the recommendations against its use become official? Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:16:49 GMT /2025-07-01/why-the-fuss-about-thimerosal Sydney Lupkin /2025-07-01/performing-madonna-at-hebrew-school-was-pivotal-for-this-failed-child-star NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tamara Yajia about her memoir, Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star and growing up with her unconventional family in the U.S. and Argentina. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:14:10 GMT /2025-07-01/performing-madonna-at-hebrew-school-was-pivotal-for-this-failed-child-star Ailsa Chang, Michael Levitt, Sarah Handel