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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Julia Friedlander, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about how sanctions could affect assets Russian elites have in the US, like luxury real estate.

Russia's central bank sharply raised a benchmark interest rate to combat steep losses in the ruble's value as sanctions crimp Russian economic activity.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the treasury, on the impact of the latest sanctions on the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and the Russian economy.

Kelsey Snell talks with HBO's Jon Frankel about the explosion of legal sports gambling and the professional leagues' embrace of it.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Susie Yang about her debut novel, White Ivy. It's a coming-of-age story about identity, race, wealth, and obsession.

Low inventory, a scramble for available homes, and rising prices characterized 2021 in the McLean, Livingston, DeWitt County region, according to the Mid-Illinois Association of Realtors.

Rapper-turned-politician Jecorey Arthur is teaming up with Teddy Abrams, the head of the Louisville's orchestra, for a musical collaboration tackling racial injustice.

The violin takes center stage in an exhibit at the Library of Congress. The instrument's popularity has cut across economic, racial and regional lines and helped drive new forms of American music, from blues and jazz to bluegrass and swing.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Juliette Kayyem, a former Homeland Security official, about shifting crisis management from how to prevent a disaster to how to minimize its consequences.

Love 'em or hate 'em, rats are part of our world. NPR's history podcast Throughline dove into the history of rats and found a story that spans thousands of years and touches nearly every continent.