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Paid Sick Leave Is Up for a Vote in Three States

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The coronavirus pandemic underscored the importance of paid sick leave, a benefit to help workers and their families when they fall ill. Now voters in Missouri, Nebraska, and Alaska are deciding whether employers must provide it.

An Arm and a Leg: Can Racism Make You Sick?聽

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In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann sits down with 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Cara Anthony to talk about the documentary and podcast series she produced about the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community. The project is called 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston.鈥

Watch: 鈥楽ilence in Sikeston & The Effects of Racial Violence鈥

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国产麻豆精品Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony talks about how racism affects health on Nine PBS鈥 鈥淟isten, St. Louis with Carol Daniel,鈥 stemming from her reporting for the 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 multimedia project, on the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community.

Silence in Sikeston: Is There a Cure for Racism?

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In the finale of 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston,鈥 Black residents organize a Juneteenth barbecue. The Department of Public Safety chief encourages officers to attend to build trust. But improving relations between Sikeston鈥檚 Black community and the police won鈥檛 be easy. Host Cara Anthony discusses the possibility of institutional change in Sikeston.

Trump Leads, and His Party Follows, on Vaccine Skepticism

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Former President Donald Trump has presided over a landslide shift in Republican views on vaccines, reflected in false claims by candidates in election primaries, puzzling conspiracies from prominent conservatives, and a surge in anti-vaccine policies in statehouses.

Trump lidera el escepticismo por las vacunas, y el partido lo sigue

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Trump ha liderado un cambio radical en la visi贸n de su partido sobre las vacunas, reflejado esta temporada de campa帽a en afirmaciones falsas de candidatos republicanos durante las primarias y en teor铆as conspirativas desconcertantes de voces conservadoras prominentes.

Silence in Sikeston: Trauma Lives in the Body

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Denzel Taylor, a young Black father, moved from Chicago to Sikeston, Missouri, for a fresh start in life. There, he proposed to his girlfriend, started a family, and then, in April 2020, was fatally shot by police officers. Taylor had two young daughters and another on the way when he was killed. Pediatrician Rhea Boyd talks about how children process such loss.

Abortion Clinics聽鈥 And Patients 鈥 Are on the Move, as State Laws Keep Shifting

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Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away 鈥 and are expanding in response. Despite the Supreme Court鈥檚 overturning of federal protections in 2022, abortions are now at their highest numbers in a decade.

Silence in Sikeston: Hush, Fix Your Face

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In Episode 2 of the 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 podcast, host Cara Anthony speaks with Sikeston, Missouri, resident Larry McClellon, who grew up being told not to talk about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. He is determined to break the cycle of silence in his community. Anthony also unearths a secret in her own family and grapples with the possible effects of intergenerational trauma.

Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart

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The 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 documentary film explores how the nation鈥檚 first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from 国产麻豆精品Health News and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma 鈥 and what it means to speak out about it.