Now 50 years old, NPR has grown up alongside American journalism. We take stock of some lessons learned along the way. In this episode: <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1931801/linda-wertheimer">Linda Wertheimer</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/series/575070597/after-40-years-robert-siegel-retires-from-npr">Robert Siegel</a>, <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/people/brooke-gladstone/">Brooke Gladstone</a>, <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/staff">Ira Glass</a>, <a href="https://michele-norris.com/">Michele Norris</a>, and <a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/andy-carvin/">Andy Carvin</a>. Hear more from NPR's very <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/990230586/hear-nprs-first-on-air-original-broadcast-from-1971">first broadcast of All Things Considered. </a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2020/09/09/909126490/where-you-can-hear-a-localized-consider-this">In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:considerthis@npr.org">considerthis@npr.org</a>.

Now 50 years old, NPR has grown up alongside American journalism. We take stock of some lessons learned along the way. 

NPR Turns 50 Amid Reckoning In Journalism Over Who Tells Stories — And How

Vaccine demand is beginning to slide in the U.S., but in other parts of the world, the pandemic is devastating countries where vaccines are more scarce. India is one of those countries. There only 2% of the population is fully immunized. There's an argument that waiving intellectual property rights could boost global vaccine production, and this week the Biden administration came out in support of that idea. Mustaqeem de Gama, South Africa's counsellor at the World Trade Organization, tells NPR that U.S. support is a "game changer." Meanwhile, in some parts of the U.S., it's getting harder to find enough arms for vaccine doses. Katia Riddle reports from Oregon. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2020/09/09/909126490/where-you-can-hear-a-localized-consider-this">In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:considerthis@npr.org">considerthis@npr.org</a>.

The Biden administration signals support for waiving patents to boost vaccine supply, just as the U.S. faces a growing shortage of demand at home.

Supply Scarce Abroad, Demand Down At Home: Vaccine Access Is Starkly Unequal

On Thursday, Scots vote in Regional Parliamentary elections. That's not usually an international story, but the ruling Scottish National Party is running on a platform to hold another independence referendum. Another vote on whether Scotland should leave the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland and Wales could follow their lead. Scotland voted to stay in the U.K. during the last independence referendum in 2014. But then the Brexit vote happened. Scots heavily voted against leaving the European Union but were outnumbered by the British. Ultimately, the U.K. voted to leave the E.U. <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/4569077/frank-langfitt">NPR's London correspondent Frank Langfitt</a> has been driving across Scotland over the past few days, asking people how they feel about another referendum and the reviews are mixed. <a href="https://www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/people/ailsa-henderson">Ailsa Henderson</a>, a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, describes what might happen after this week's vote and what, if anything, is still keeping the U.K. together. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2020/09/09/909126490/where-you-can-hear-a-localized-consider-this">In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:considerthis@npr.org">considerthis@npr.org</a>.

The United Kingdom could be headed for a constitutional crisis. And, perhaps, the eventual break up of a country that once ruled a global empire. 

Scotland May Try To Break Away From The United Kingdom — Again

The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we follow up with four American indicators — people whose paths will help us understand the arc of the recovery. You first heard their stories back in February. Now, we're talking to them again to ask how the American Rescue Plan has affected their lives — or not. Brooke Neubauer in Nevada, founder of <a href="https://thejustoneproject.org/">The Just One Project</a>; Lisa Winton of the <a href="https://www.wintonmachine.com/">Winton Machine Company</a> in Georgia; Lee Camp with <a href="https://www.archcitydefenders.org/team_member/lee-camp/">Arch City Defenders</a> in Missouri; and New Jersey-based hotel owner Bhavesh Patel. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2020/09/09/909126490/where-you-can-hear-a-localized-consider-this">In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:considerthis@npr.org">considerthis@npr.org</a>.

The pandemic has left people in vastly different situations. Four stories trace the arc of an economy that's still shaky — but headed in the right direction.

Is The Biden Rescue Plan Working? 'American Indicators' Weigh In On The Recovery

A record 172,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border in March. Those numbers are fueled, in part, by smuggling organizations that exploit desperate migrants, most of them from central America. NPR's <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1936301/john-burnett">John Burnett</a> and KTEP's <a href="https://www.ktep.org/people/angela-kocherga">Angela Kocherga</a> report on their tactics. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells NPR about a new multi-agency effort to crack down on smugglers. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2020/09/09/909126490/where-you-can-hear-a-localized-consider-this">In participating regions, you'll also hear from local journalists about what's happening in your community.</a> Email us at <a href="mailto:considerthis@npr.org">considerthis@npr.org</a>.

The Biden administration is targeting smugglers, who are growing more aggressive, as migrants grow more desperate.

How Brazen Smugglers Are Fueling Record Numbers At The Southern Border

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