NPR News: 06-02-2022 11PM ET

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President Joe Biden pushes for stricter gun laws in a primetime speech from the White House – we’ll tell you about the proposals. Plus, Russian troops control a fifth of Ukraine as the fight in the country’s east intensifies. Meanwhile, we’ll break down the factors experts say could drive the world into the worst energy crisis in decades. Also, a move to deepen trade relations between the US and Taiwan has China raising an alarm. Lastly, Turkey has officially changed its name – we’ll explain why.

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Despite bipartisan efforts at a modest deal, Senate Republicans could filibuster any gun control measures that are brought to a vote. That would increase the amount of support needed to pass legislation and imperil its passage. In his speech, Biden noted that guns are the number one cause of death for American children.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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NPR News: 06-02-2022 10PM ET

George Monbiot on the growing global food crisis and the degradation of our soils. Can the solution be found in the lab?

When farming is degrading our soils and people are still going hungry, is it time to change how we get our food?

“Ninety-nine percent of our calories come from soil. Everything we are, everything we have built, everything in our lives comes from the soil. Without it, we’re finished,” says the author and environmentalist George Monbiot. “And yet, we treat it with extreme disrespect and disregard.”

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