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Mythili Rao

Producer
Mythili Rao is a producer at The Takeaway. Her reporting, essays and book reviews have also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Millions, Publishers Weekly, Newsweek, and other publications. Before joining WNYC, she worked on the assignment desk at CNN's New York Bureau, where she filed stories on everything from Bernie Madoff to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
Election 2016
Do presidential candidates have a right to keep their health private?
Stranded migrants
Conflict
Texas files suit to stop Syrian refugees being resettled in the state
Books at a library
Books
Banned Books Week celebrates the books that are ‘filthy, but great’ — and more
Teens
Science
What we’re learning about the teenage brain
The Astronaut Wives Club Promo
Culture
The dirty secret of ‘The Astronaut Wives Club’
LeVar Burton
Education
The host of Reading Rainbow wants you to take a look in a book this summer
World's 50 Best Restaurants reception
Business
Latest 50 Best Restaurants ignites a controversy that has been ‘brewing for years’
Hitler talk show
Culture
Germans may finally feel they have permission to laugh at Adolf Hitler
Gen. Ann Dunwoody, then commanding general of US Army Material Command, speaks as singer Alicia Keys looks on during a roundtable discussion with students at Dunbar High School in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2009.
Culture
America’s first female four-star general reflects on the challenges of serving
Same-sex marriage supporters wave a rainbow flag in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC
Justice
As the Supreme Court prepares to decide on gay marriage, remembering the case that set the precedent
Frida Kahlo
Arts
Frida Kahlo’s letters fetch more than $1,000 per page at auction
A portrait of a Vietnamese couple.
Culture
The many misunderstood reasons people don’t have kids
People protest against the killing of a homeless man by police outside LAPD headquarters on March 3, 2015.
Justice
The Justice Department wades into the fight against police discrimination
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators wear signs around their neck representing their student debt during a protest against the rising national student debt in New York on April 25, 2012.
Education
‘If you owe the bank $1 trillion, you own the bank,’ say student debtors who are fighting back
Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police during inprocessing at the temporary detention facility at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray in this January 11, 2002 file photograph.
Justice
He blew the whistle on CIA torture, and now he’s finally home from jail — and talking
A New York City police officer reacts next to people protesting against the death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July.
Justice
Even the creator of ‘broken windows’ policing thought it could lead to racial problems
A copy of the Merriam-Webster English dictionary.
Books
What happens when the dictionary is just a website? We’ll soon find out
A woman reading on a New York City subway platform.
Books
Ten books from The Takeaway you don’t want to miss
Supporters of Pakistani political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek hold signs to condemn the attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School in Peshawar during a rally in Lahore on December 21, 2014.
Conflict
Pakistan’s patience with terrorism may finally have run out
Houston gas prices
Economics
While the drop in oil prices is a short term boom, there are reasons for concern in the US economy
Kal Penn and Mischa Barton filming a scene from "Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain."
Arts
A star-studded movie depicts the worst industrial disaster in history
A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during a parliamentary election in the village of Fiina near Lviv, on October 26, 2014.
Global Politics
Ukraine — or part of it — delivers another pro-Europe election result
For the first time, single people make up the majority of the American adult population, up from just 22 percent in 1950.
Lifestyle
Singles now outnumber married people in America — and that’s a good thing
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, stand in formation in northern Iraq on May 14, 2013.
Conflict
The US named this Kurdish party a terrorist group — now it needs its help to fight ISIS
Arts
Femi Kuti recalls his father’s legacy of activism and creativity
Claire Hajaj's parents, Deanne and Mahmoud Hajaj, honeymoon in Israel in 1969.
Belief
Her Mom is Jewish. Her Dad is Palestinian. She sees both sides
Global Politics
Iraq threatens to make the Middle East into a vast terrorist training ground
A painting of Calvin and Hobbes graces the wall of a comic book shop.
Arts, Culture & Media
The famed, reclusive creator of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ briefly returns to making comic strips
Maya Angelou receives a Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, February 15, 2011.
Arts, Culture & Media
A long-time friend recalls the laughter and joy that epitomized Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou receives a Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, February 15, 2011.
Arts, Culture & Media
A long-time friend recalls the laughter and joy that epitomized Maya Angelou
Environment
Is climate change a bigger threat to our national security than terrorism?
Environment
Is climate change a bigger threat to our national security than terrorism?
Business, Economics and Jobs
A Brit makes her living helping individuals beat western sanctions
Business, Economics and Jobs
A Brit makes her living helping individuals beat western sanctions
Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts from Norfolk Street on November 4, 2012
Conflict & Justice
Nearly killed in Sierra Leone, this refugee has found more than a home in Worcester, Mass.
Heaven Restaurant in Rwanda.
Conflict & Justice
A couple moved to Rwanda to raise their kids, start a restaurant, and rebuild the country
Sports
It takes more than a few medals to make someone an Olympic hero
Arts, Culture & Media
It’s The Onion for Muslim Americans — and they call it The Hummus