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On today's show: A look at the issue of suicides and firearms; an analysis of the GOP's official party platform; legendary singer Ani DiFranco on protest songs for the summer of 2016. (episode)
More than 33,000 people are fatally shot in the U.S. each year, and about two-thirds of gun-related deaths come in the form of suicide. But one state is tackling this issue head on.
This year's Republican Party platform goes further to the right on issues like gay rights, and calls pornography a "public menace."
Community complaints about a mosque serving as a polling station raises the issue of voting in places of worship.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the military to distribute food and medicine across the country in an attempt to alleviate shortages.
The non-profit Global Reporting Centre providing traditional reporting expertise to on-the-ground citizen reporters in an attempt to highlight neglected issues around the world.
Though Ani DiFranco's music has evolved since her debut album over 26 years ago, she's always remained a folk singer at heart — never compromising, always political.