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Actor and comedian Bill Murray, the 19th recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Airs Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Cardinal Power Station is a coal-fired energy plant in Brilliant, Ohio. The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan requires a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030.

Appeals Court Hears Challenge To Obama Power-Plant Emissions Rule

A key piece of the Obama administration's efforts to cut back on carbon emissions faces a test in court on Tuesday. An appeals court is hearing arguments on regulations announced last year.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at a rally in Chicago's Grant Park in 1966.

The Chicago Freedom Movement: Then And Now

Martin Luther King Jr. fought racism and housing discrimination during the Chicago Freedom Movement. With member station WBEZ, Michel Martin explores the movement's impact 50 years later.

Volunteers with Habitat For Humanity build a house in Logan Heights, May 12, 2017.

Women Volunteers Build Affordable Housing In Logan Heights

Hundreds of women volunteers are wielding hammers and sawing wood in Logan Heights this week, in a $3 million project to help relieve San Diego’s affordable housing shortage.

City Heights Residents Look To Their Own Neighbors To Increase Voter Turnout

Residents will complete training with the nonprofit Environmental Health Coalition and knock on their neighbors’ doors to encourage voters to cast a ballot this November.

The construction site for an affordable senior housing complex in North Park is seen here, May 11, 2017.

Developer Sees Flood Of Interest In LGBT Senior Housing

Hundreds of seniors have signed up, hoping for units in a new affordable housing development in North Park geared toward the LGBT community.

Lisa Lampanelli is one of the stand up comedians interviewed for the documentary, "Can We Take A Joke?"

‘Can We Take A Joke?’ Looks To A Comedian’s Right To Offend

New documentary asks if offensive jokes are protected free speech

Osama and Ghada sit on the deck of their home in Princeton, N.J. They and their children are refugees from Syria and have been resettled with help from the Nassau Presbyterian Church.

After Trump's Election, Uncertainty For Syrian Refugees In The U.S.

Donald Trump has vowed to block new Syrian refugees and send current refugees back. A family of Syrian refugees in New Jersey and the volunteers supporting them are not sure what to expect.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks at the Republican National Convention in July near Cleveland.

Paul Ryan Wins Primary Race In Wisconsin

The Republican leader defeated a Trump-friendly entrepreneur by a big margin. The GOP presidential candidate had shown tepid support for the House speaker.

Climate change has made summers in Greenland warmer and drier, leading to a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

Greenland's Getting Warmer, But Farmers There Are Struggling More Than Ever

Warming and longer summers in Greenland have raised hopes for expansion of agriculture on the island. But the summers have been drier, causing a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

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