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Liberal social justice organizations have received unprecedented donations since President Trump's election.

'The Resistance' Faces A New Question: What To Do With All That Money

Progressive groups like Planned Parenthood have enjoyed a fundraising bonanza since the election of Donald Trump. The challenge for these groups is to use the windfall effectively.

Seema Parveen, 42, has been divorced by three different men. In India's Muslim community, a husband can divorce his wife by uttering the word "talaq" — Arabic for divorce.

Muslim Women In India Ask Top Court To Ban Instant Divorce

To end his marriage, a Muslim man in India only needs to say 'talaq,' meaning divorce. A growing movement wants to change this practice.

Parents pick up their children at Naranca Elementary in El Cajon, Oct. 5, 2016. The school is one of many in the San Diego suburb that has received an influx of Syrian refugees.

Early Study Results Show High Rates Of Anxiety Among Syrian Refugee Kids

The preliminary results, shared at the American Psychiatric Association conference, showed within one month of coming to the U.S., nearly two-thirds of kids surveyed had probable anxiety diagnosis and 85 percent had probable separation anxiety.

Mosque construction after fire in 1994, Yuba City, Calif.

An American Mosque

Airs Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Left: A bartender at Hops & Barley brew pub pours a pint of beer in Berlin, Germany. Right: A portrait of Martin Luther. The protest that Luther launched 500 years ago not only revamped how Europe worshiped, but also how it drank. He and his followers promoted hops in beer as an act of rebellion against the Catholic Church.

The Other Reformation: How Martin Luther Changed Our Beer, Too

The protest movement Luther launched 500 years ago revamped not only how Europe worshipped but how it drank. We'd call him the patron saint of beer except, well, he wouldn't like the "saint" part.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin falsely claimed on Facebook in 2009 that the Affordable Care Act would include "death panels." The idea stuck, and swirled in conservative media, despite a lack of evidence.

From The Start, Obama Struggled With Fallout From A Kind Of Fake News

When Republicans attacked the proposed Affordable Care Act by falsely claiming that it contained "death panels," the White House initially saw the charge as being so absurd that no one would buy it.

Three test subjects enter a gas chamber, which will fill with mustard gas, as part of the military's secret chemical warfare testing in March 1945.

Peabody Awards Go To NPR, 'This American Life,' Among Others

The awards, which honor excellence in electronic media, are given to journalism as well as entertainment programs.

Hobby Lobby agreed earlier this month to a forfeiture of smuggled artifacts.

Israeli Authorities Arrest Antiquities Dealers In Connection With Hobby Lobby Scandal

Israel's Antiquities Authority says the dealers, arrested early Sunday morning, were involved in sales of antiquities to Hobby Lobby — including items that U.S. authorities determined were smuggled.

A Tesla Model S like the one seen here at an auto show earlier this year was in autopilot mode when it crashed into a tractor trailer.

NHTSA Will Look At Tesla's Autopilot Mode, After Deadly Car Crash

The fatal crash of a Tesla Model S car that was in autopilot mode when it collided with a truck on a Florida highway last month is prompting a preliminary evaluation of the feature.

Ric Edelman's The Truth About Retirement

Airs Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. & Sunday, March 26 at 8 a.m. on KPBS TV

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