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The book digs into the past and future of Native sovereignty through the lens of one of the most significant Supreme Court rulings for Native Americans in over 100 years.</a></p> </div> <article id="res1260895459" class="bucketwrap resaudio" aria-label="audio-module"><div class="audio-module"> <h4 class="audio-module-title">Spitting on Andrew Jackson's grave with Rebecca Nagle</h4> <div class="audio-module-controls-wrap" data-audio='{"uid":"1210938384:1260895459","available":true,"duration":2015,"title":"Spitting on Andrew Jackson\u0027s grave with Rebecca Nagle","audioUrl":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/138C95\/prfx.byspotify.com\/e\/play.podtrac.com\/npr-510312\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/NPR9607802262.mp3?d=2015&size=32240623&e=1210938384&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer","storyUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/23\/1210938384\/spitting-on-andrew-jacksons-grave-with-rebecca-nagle","slug":"","program":"Code Switch","affiliation":"","song":"","artist":"","album":"","track":0,"type":"segment","subtype":"other","skipSponsorship":true,"hasAdsWizz":true,"isStreamAudioType":false}' data-audio-metrics='[]'> <div class="audio-module-controls"> <a class="audio-module-listen" href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9607802262.mp3?d=2015&size=32240623&e=1210938384&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer"> <b class="audio-module-listen-inner"> <b class="audio-module-listen-icon icn-play"></b> <b class="audio-module-listen-text"> <b class="audio-module-cta"> Listen </b> <b class="audio-module-listen-duration"> <span>· </span> <span>33:35</span> </b> </b> </b> </a> <time class="audio-module-duration" datetime="P33M,35S"> <span class="audio-module-duration__initial-value">33:35</span> </time> </div> </div> <div class="audio-module-tools"> <button class="audio-module-tools-toggle" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_open_more_options","storyId":"1210938384","mediaId":"1260895459","title":"Spitting on Andrew Jackson&#39;s grave with Rebecca Nagle","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-toggle"></b> <b class="label">Toggle more options</b> </button> <ul class="audio-module-more-tools"> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-download"><a href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9607802262.mp3?d=2015&size=32240623&e=1210938384&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_download","storyId":"1210938384","mediaId":"1260895459","title":"Spitting on Andrew Jackson&#39;s grave with Rebecca Nagle","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="icn-download"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Download</b></a> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-embed" > <button data-embed-url="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1210938384/1260895459" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_embed","storyId":"1210938384","mediaId":"1260895459","title":"Spitting on Andrew Jackson&#39;s grave with Rebecca Nagle","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="button-inner"><b class="icn-embed"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Embed</b></b></button> <div class="audio-embed-overlay"> <button class="btn-close"></button> <label class="embed-label"> <b class="audio-embed-overlay__icon"></b> <b class="label">Embed</b> <input class="embed-url embed-url-no-touch" readonly value="<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1210938384/1260895459" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></iframe>"> </label> <b class="embed-url embed-url-touch"> <code><b class="punctuation"><</b>iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1210938384/1260895459" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></code> </b> </div> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-transcript"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1210938384" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_click_transcript","storyId":"1210938384","mediaId":"1260895459","title":"Spitting on Andrew Jackson&#39;s grave with Rebecca Nagle","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-transcript"></b> <b class="audio-tool-label">Transcript</b> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 5324; 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</div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> People rally during the "National March on Washington: Free Palestine" while calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Freedom Plaza November 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Photo by Drew Angerer </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Photo by Drew Angerer </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/">Code Switch</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/08/1249793354/codeswitch-draft-09-09-2024" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"codeswitch","clickName":"topic headline 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Even more have been injured or displaced. Still, many Palestinians across the diaspora feel that they aren't allowed to share their stories — that the fullness of their humanity is too often reduced to a few soundbites on the news, or images of people dying. So on this episode, we're revisiting conversations with Fady Joudah and Tariq Luthun — two Palestinian American poets who have tried to carve out space to expand the kind of stories that Palestinians are allowed to tell.</a></p> </div> <article id="res1260043144" class="bucketwrap resaudio" aria-label="audio-module"><div class="audio-module"> <h4 class="audio-module-title">Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories</h4> <div class="audio-module-controls-wrap" data-audio='{"uid":"1249793354:1260043144","available":true,"duration":1999,"title":"Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories","audioUrl":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/138C95\/prfx.byspotify.com\/e\/play.podtrac.com\/npr-510312\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/NPR2587698308.mp3?d=1999&size=32000297&e=1249793354&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer","storyUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/08\/1249793354\/codeswitch-draft-09-09-2024","slug":"","program":"Code Switch","affiliation":"","song":"","artist":"","album":"","track":0,"type":"segment","subtype":"other","skipSponsorship":true,"hasAdsWizz":true,"isStreamAudioType":false}' data-audio-metrics='[]'> <div class="audio-module-controls"> <a class="audio-module-listen" href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2587698308.mp3?d=1999&size=32000297&e=1249793354&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer"> <b class="audio-module-listen-inner"> <b class="audio-module-listen-icon icn-play"></b> <b class="audio-module-listen-text"> <b class="audio-module-cta"> Listen </b> <b class="audio-module-listen-duration"> <span>· </span> <span>33:19</span> </b> </b> </b> </a> <time class="audio-module-duration" datetime="P33M,19S"> <span class="audio-module-duration__initial-value">33:19</span> </time> </div> </div> <div class="audio-module-tools"> <button class="audio-module-tools-toggle" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_open_more_options","storyId":"1249793354","mediaId":"1260043144","title":"Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-toggle"></b> <b class="label">Toggle more options</b> </button> <ul class="audio-module-more-tools"> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-download"><a href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2587698308.mp3?d=1999&size=32000297&e=1249793354&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_download","storyId":"1249793354","mediaId":"1260043144","title":"Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="icn-download"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Download</b></a> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-embed" > <button data-embed-url="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249793354/1260043144" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_embed","storyId":"1249793354","mediaId":"1260043144","title":"Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="button-inner"><b class="icn-embed"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Embed</b></b></button> <div class="audio-embed-overlay"> <button class="btn-close"></button> <label class="embed-label"> <b class="audio-embed-overlay__icon"></b> <b class="label">Embed</b> <input class="embed-url embed-url-no-touch" readonly value="<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249793354/1260043144" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></iframe>"> </label> <b class="embed-url embed-url-touch"> <code><b class="punctuation"><</b>iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249793354/1260043144" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></code> </b> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 5333; 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What does the race of our past romances say about us? 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How we eat, why we prefer certain foods, and where those preferences come from. 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--source-height: 2995; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/1201499003/latinos-are-moving-to-the-far-right-paola-ramos-thinks-she-knows-why"> <picture> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s=300&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s=300&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s=300&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/23/paularamos_wide-759cc3e13196dd204d7d6e9c9b1d11e617b70892.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Author Paola Ramos poses next to the cover of her new book, <em>Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right. </em> <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Photo credit: Samantha Bloom </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Photo credit: Samantha Bloom </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/">Code Switch</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/1201499003/latinos-are-moving-to-the-far-right-paola-ramos-thinks-she-knows-why" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"codeswitch","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/25\/1201499003\/latinos-are-moving-to-the-far-right-paola-ramos-thinks-she-knows-why","clickPosition":"2.11"}' >Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why</a></h2> <div id="storybyline" class=" linkLocation"> <div class="bucketwrap byline"> <p class="byline-container--inline"><span class="byline__name--inline">by </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1140931749/lori-lizarraga" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Lori Lizarraga</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/580312943/christina-cala" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Christina Cala</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1251608193/courtney-stein" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Courtney Stein</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span> <span class="byline byline--inline">Jasmine Romero</span> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/773152683/jess-kung" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Jess Kung</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1209667949/xavier-lopez" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Xavier Lopez</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/477473044/leah-donnella" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Leah Donnella</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/182264497/gene-demby" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">Gene Demby</span> </a> <span class="byline__name--inline byline__comma">, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1114056142/b-a-parker" rel="author"> <span class="byline byline--inline">B.A. Parker</span> </a> </p> </div>  </div> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/1201499003/latinos-are-moving-to-the-far-right-paola-ramos-thinks-she-knows-why"><time datetime="2024-09-25"><span class="date">September 25, 2024  </span></time>As we close in on the election, it's Trump-supporting Latinos that some pollsters believe could decide this race. So how did we get here? In her new book, <em>Defectors</em>, Paola Ramos explains that part of the story of being Latino has always been this temptation to defect.</a></p> </div> <article id="res1259210983" class="bucketwrap resaudio" aria-label="audio-module"><div class="audio-module"> <h4 class="audio-module-title">Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why</h4> <div class="audio-module-controls-wrap" data-audio='{"uid":"1201499003:1259210983","available":true,"duration":1989,"title":"Latinos are moving to the far right. 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When no one is "technically" the "dishwasher" at work...who's washing the dishes and should you feel some type of way about it?</a></p> </div> <article id="res1258263912" class="bucketwrap resaudio" aria-label="audio-module"><div class="audio-module"> <h4 class="audio-module-title">Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?</h4> <div class="audio-module-controls-wrap" data-audio='{"uid":"1249795972:1258263912","available":true,"duration":796,"title":"Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?","audioUrl":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/138C95\/prfx.byspotify.com\/e\/play.podtrac.com\/npr-510312\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/NPR8483781539.mp3?d=796&size=12737812&e=1249795972&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer","storyUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/01\/1249795972\/ask-code-switch-dishes","slug":"","program":"Code Switch","affiliation":"","song":"","artist":"","album":"","track":0,"type":"segment","subtype":"other","skipSponsorship":true,"hasAdsWizz":true,"isStreamAudioType":false}' data-audio-metrics='[]'> <div class="audio-module-controls"> <a class="audio-module-listen" href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR8483781539.mp3?d=796&size=12737812&e=1249795972&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer"> <b class="audio-module-listen-inner"> <b class="audio-module-listen-icon icn-play"></b> <b class="audio-module-listen-text"> <b class="audio-module-cta"> Listen </b> <b class="audio-module-listen-duration"> <span>· </span> <span>13:16</span> </b> </b> </b> </a> <time class="audio-module-duration" datetime="P13M,16S"> <span class="audio-module-duration__initial-value">13:16</span> </time> </div> </div> <div class="audio-module-tools"> <button class="audio-module-tools-toggle" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_open_more_options","storyId":"1249795972","mediaId":"1258263912","title":"Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-toggle"></b> <b class="label">Toggle more options</b> </button> <ul class="audio-module-more-tools"> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-download"><a href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR8483781539.mp3?d=796&size=12737812&e=1249795972&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_download","storyId":"1249795972","mediaId":"1258263912","title":"Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="icn-download"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Download</b></a> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-embed" > <button data-embed-url="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249795972/1258263912" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_embed","storyId":"1249795972","mediaId":"1258263912","title":"Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="button-inner"><b class="icn-embed"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Embed</b></b></button> <div class="audio-embed-overlay"> <button class="btn-close"></button> <label class="embed-label"> <b class="audio-embed-overlay__icon"></b> <b class="label">Embed</b> <input class="embed-url embed-url-no-touch" readonly value="<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249795972/1258263912" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></iframe>"> </label> <b class="embed-url embed-url-touch"> <code><b class="punctuation"><</b>iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249795972/1258263912" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></code> </b> </div> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-transcript"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1249795972" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_click_transcript","storyId":"1249795972","mediaId":"1258263912","title":"Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-transcript"></b> <b class="audio-tool-label">Transcript</b> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 5324; 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Only, when he spoke to his mom during the day, he realized that she had no idea what "friend" he was talking about — she hadn't seen or heard anyone besides her son in the house all day. That was the first inkling either of them had that Michael was dealing with something unusual. It was the beginning of the long road toward Michael being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. 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And in the midst of all the death, so many people are trying to better understand what's going on in that region, and how the United States is implicated in it. So on this episode, we're looking back to the writing of James Baldwin, whose views on the country transformed significantly over the course of his life. His thoughts offer some ideas about how to grapple with trauma, and how to bridge the gap between places and ideas that, on their surface, might seem oceans apart.</a></p> </div> <article id="res1257907403" class="bucketwrap resaudio" aria-label="audio-module"><div class="audio-module"> <h4 class="audio-module-title">What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves</h4> <div class="audio-module-controls-wrap" data-audio='{"uid":"1197958398:1257907403","available":true,"duration":2367,"title":"What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves","audioUrl":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/138C95\/prfx.byspotify.com\/e\/play.podtrac.com\/npr-510312\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/NPR4878384378.mp3?d=2367&size=37888088&e=1197958398&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer","storyUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/28\/1197958398\/james-baldwin-israel","slug":"","program":"Code Switch","affiliation":"","song":"","artist":"","album":"","track":0,"type":"segment","subtype":"other","skipSponsorship":true,"hasAdsWizz":true,"isStreamAudioType":false}' data-audio-metrics='[]'> <div class="audio-module-controls"> <a class="audio-module-listen" href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR4878384378.mp3?d=2367&size=37888088&e=1197958398&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer"> <b class="audio-module-listen-inner"> <b class="audio-module-listen-icon icn-play"></b> <b class="audio-module-listen-text"> <b class="audio-module-cta"> Listen </b> <b class="audio-module-listen-duration"> <span>· </span> <span>39:27</span> </b> </b> </b> </a> <time class="audio-module-duration" datetime="P39M,27S"> <span class="audio-module-duration__initial-value">39:27</span> </time> </div> </div> <div class="audio-module-tools"> <button class="audio-module-tools-toggle" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_open_more_options","storyId":"1197958398","mediaId":"1257907403","title":"What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-toggle"></b> <b class="label">Toggle more options</b> </button> <ul class="audio-module-more-tools"> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-download"><a href="https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510312/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR4878384378.mp3?d=2367&size=37888088&e=1197958398&t=podcast&p=510312&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_download","storyId":"1197958398","mediaId":"1257907403","title":"What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="icn-download"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Download</b></a> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-embed" > <button data-embed-url="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958398/1257907403" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_embed","storyId":"1197958398","mediaId":"1257907403","title":"What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves","type":"ondemand"}' ><b class="button-inner"><b class="icn-embed"></b><b class="audio-tool-label">Embed</b></b></button> <div class="audio-embed-overlay"> <button class="btn-close"></button> <label class="embed-label"> <b class="audio-embed-overlay__icon"></b> <b class="label">Embed</b> <input class="embed-url embed-url-no-touch" readonly value="<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958398/1257907403" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></iframe>"> </label> <b class="embed-url embed-url-touch"> <code><b class="punctuation"><</b>iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958398/1257907403" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></code> </b> </div> </li> <li class="audio-tool audio-tool-transcript"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197958398" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"audio","action":"audio_click_transcript","storyId":"1197958398","mediaId":"1257907403","title":"What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves","type":"ondemand"}' > <b class="icn-transcript"></b> <b class="audio-tool-label">Transcript</b> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 5324; 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That's what our play-cousin J.C. Howard gets into in this week's episode of <em>Code Switch</em>. 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