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On today's show: A woman whose son died fighting for ISIS shares her story; a look back at the 1971 Attica prison riot; Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace on protest music for the election. (episode)
Christianne Boudreau's son was radicalized and died fighting for ISIS. Now she leads the group Mothers for Life, which works to help other families who have lost a child to terrorism.
In his letter to the incoming president, writer Reginald Dwayne Betts, who was tried as an adult at age 16, reckons with the image of the "superpredator."
The price of an EpiPen has increased over 450 percent over the last eight years. But the device, which can stop a deadly allergy attack, only costs about $5 to make.
The greatest devastation took place in Amatrice, a town of 2,000 residents some 80 miles northeast of Rome. The mayor of Amatrice has said that half of the town no longer exists.
In September 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. What ensued was one of the bloodiest prison encounters in U.S. history.
After nearly two decades at the helm of the punk rock band Against Me!, frontwoman Laura Jane Grace reflects on the fight for trans rights in a contentious election year.