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On Midday Edition, we talk to a local professor about theories of complicity and moral responsibility in politics.

In a board letter, Supervisor Jim Desmond proposed directing the chief administrative officer to express support for U.S. House Resolution 28, a bill that bans transgender women from competing in female sports.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built his fortune and reputation on disparaging the government scientists and institutions he's now in line to lead as HHS secretary.

Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting moss-themed Valentines, and a "gastropod derby" with snails and slugs (for whom moss is a nice moist microclimate).

Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. We've all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it's widely believed "Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter." Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., the film provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity.

The political instability in France — and simultaneously in Germany, where the governing coalition collapsed a month ago — could have wide-ranging consequences.

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of "The Tipping Point" in a startling and revealing light. Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering through a series of riveting stories in his latest work, Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Supereaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, Gladwell offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of the modern world. In this provocative new work, he returns to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. Visit: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A006118ADEC4356 Malcom Gladwell on Instagram and Facebook

Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

These simple post-workout activities can help reduce pain and even improve athletic performance. But many people don't prioritize recovery and self-care after exercise.

Ecuador will choose its next president in a April runoff election after conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González garnered enough votes Sunday to beat 14 other candidates.