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DuVernay's Netflix series, When They See Us, tells the story of how five black and brown teenagers were manipulated into confessing to a brutal rape they did not commit.

TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. There's a lot of great dramatic television these days. And our subject today is a series where none of the stars are professional actors.

Beijing is mounting an aggressive influence campaign targeting multiple levels of American society, according to a report published Thursday that is written by some of the top China experts in the U.S.

Ben Stiller loves a good escape story. So when he heard about Richard Matt and David Sweat, two convicted murderers who used tools provided by a prison employee to break out of a New York state maximum security prison in June 2015, he was intrigued.

Dave Davies talks with Ben Taub of the New Yorker about how hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, are being detained, tortured, killed, or caste out of society for suspected association with ISIS.

On the next Morning Edition, if the ideas Bernie Sanders fought for in 2016 have been embraced by other candidates, why does he need to run in 2020?  He shares his Opening Arguments.

The College Board is piloting a new tool to complement its SAT test. The Environmental Context Dashboard is meant to capture the challenges students may face at home, including poverty and crime.

On the next Fresh Air – Terry talks with Mary Pipher, who wrote the bestseller Reviving Ophelia, about the pressures and anxieties faced by teenage girls.

Being a TV critic right now is kind of like being a sports writer — in a league where 10 new teams spring up every week. Among the most memorable TV moments of 2018 was James Corden's Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney, which hit all the emotional notes.

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Robert Caro has spent decades researching and chronicling the lives of notable men.

His biographies have focused on former President Lyndon B. Johnson (The Path to Power) and famed New York City planner Robert Moses (The Power Broker).

Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee about the border security funding negotiations — central in the fight that caused the government shutdown. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in.

We continue our holiday week series of favorite interviews of the year with Bo Burnam, who made the film 8th Grade, about a girl with social anxiety, who makes youtube videos about how to be confident and make friends.