Trumps accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the charges stem from a July phone call in which he urges Ukraine's president to announce an investigation of a Democratic rival as efforts to block government officials from cooperated with the investigation they were peon Union is bracing for the United Kingdom's accent now that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has done well the national elections as Teri Schultz reports Bracks it was one of the top issues raised at today's summit hosted by the e.u. Which Johnson did not attend e.u. Leaders were not in favor of Britain leaving the block and the years of negotiating a Breck's it deal and delaying its implementation have been frustrating for both sides now that Johnson has been reelected with a pledge to get Bracks it done the e.u. 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News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish for the 4th time in history a president of the United States is facing impeachment earlier this morning after hours of heated debate that spanned across 2 days the House Judiciary Committee voted on 2 articles of impeachment question now sort of the one of the resolution of this law for the president on day trumps I for abusing his powers is Jackson Mr Chairman there are 23 eyes and 17 question now is in Article 2 of the resolution Escobar is impeaching President. For obstructing your college your chairman there are many 3 eyes and 17 others your article is agreed to the articles were approved along a party line vote and will be voted on by the full House next week and that's been the week in politics we're going to talk about e.j. Dionne of The Washington of The Washington Post and Georgetown's McCourt school Welcome back great to be here of The Washington Examiner Welcome to you as well thanks for having me what's the big takeaway from the conversation this week around impeachment to each of you who want to start. It seems to me that impeachment has not moved along very far one of the things that I noted was the extent that the Democrats dropped the suggestion that they were going to be impeaching the president for bribery and what we have instead of 2 I think one of one of the articles is a very thin one the 2nd article obstruction of Congress. I think they're going to have quite a lot of difficulty in making that stick perhaps even in the house with the votes because you know they decided that because the president had not completely not a had had had not complied with the subpoenas he did that he had therefore obstructed an era gaited subpoena. Rights to himself he didn't litigate those is perfectly normal to litigate doesn't go to court to find out so I think you'll find out one thing the abuse of power is just a matter of opinion e.j. Your opinion then I think that what was so striking is that Democrats wanted to talk about the facts of what the president actually did and Republicans wanted to talk about everything else they wanted to talk about procedure they wanted to talk about the nature of the articles I think when we look back over the long view it is really quite remarkable and a real danger to liberty when a president of the United States asks a foreign power to investigate a political opponent and I really think that there are some Republicans there who when they talk to their grandchildren are going to really have difficulty explaining why they voted no none of us knows the political impact of this but I think it's harder to run for reelection as an impeached president than an unimpeached Pres I just want to move forward then to the Senate for a little bit because we have 2 coats of tape that kind of preview where this is headed the House Judiciary Committee was was on party lines the vote in the full House is expected to be close to that and here's 1st what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted about the Senate we all know it's going to. There's no chance the president is going to be removed from office and then of course as we know the Senate holds essentially an impeachment trial and here's what McConnell had to say about that everything I do during this I'm coordinating with the White House counsel there will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle those this is being interpreted certainly on the left as just telegraphing full on cooperation with the White House here though what you're. Obviously Mitch McConnell certainly is cooperating with the with the White House and he's obviously right that the president is not going to get removed from office and I think that that goes to why the Republicans are focusing on process and that and the Democrats are focusing on the on the actual facts on the events the facts are ones which the president says were perfect his phone call was perfect and there's nothing wrong with it that's the area where there can be legitimate discussion but isn't it the White House's case to prove not McConnell's case to bolster I want to let e.j. Jump in well I think it's a real problem when you have somebody who is making this judgment saying we prejudge this our whole objective is to make this look all about party because again we really don't want to talk about the substance of what the president did I think the drama in the Senate will be what to a small group of Republicans it's highly unlikely he'll be thrown out of office what do a small group or Republican senators Collins Gardner Tillis make Sally what do they do with this because they are going to face problems politically either way no matter which way they vote on this other big political story of the week across the pond so to speak for everybody that played well we did it we did it we pulled it off in a way Boris Johnson in the Tories when Big Labor had its worst defeat since 1935 Hugo how did he do that he did it with a very simple message get done but I think that it was. This election is about more than bricks it Boris Johnson is a very charismatic fellow right I work with him every day for about a year today took off when it comes together he's got a lot of charm he's he's not always honest but he's never the less attractive he was imposing a terrible leader Jeremy Colvin of the Labor Party who's essentially an unreconstructed Marxist who's dragged the party so far to the left that he would that he's made it unpalatable to Labor voters not just those Labor voters and there are lots of them who in the north who breaks it but also people who are just not going along with the left wing project that he wants e.j. What does this mean when you look at the scale of this labor deceit Well it's extraordinary big and it's extraordinary because Johnson got seats it got the most Labor seats in the country seats that had been Labor since 1922 or 1935 that's because those parts of the country ironically hurt most by Margaret Thatcher's policies the DNS just realised parts of the closed minds areas where there were close mines were very angry very pro brags that and they were ready to go with with Boris Johnson I think this and this this race will be kind of under over analyzed by the center here and under analyzed by the left this here in the air in the us the left wants to say it was really brags that it wasn't Corben But the fact is that while they're right that the Labor vote was down by a lot in areas that had voted to get out of the e.u. The Labor vote was also down in areas where they voted to remain in the e.u. So there was a particular Corben effect I don't think Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are Jeremy Corbin they are well he is well to their left but Corben ism is clearly not the wave of the future and I think that is going to be something that's very much in the American debate coming up and you know people will be keeping an eye on. This going forward I want to thank you e.j. Dionne of The Washington Post and Georgetown's McCourt school thank you and he of the Washington Examiner has a good weekend thanks very much in Florida officials are questioning firearm regulations that allowed a Saudi national to buy a gun in the United States the gunman who killed 3 people and wounded 8 others at a Naval Air Station Pensacola a week ago was able to legally purchase a handgun because he had a hunting license N.P.R.'s Debbie Elliott reports nonimmigrant foreigners are generally prohibited from buying guns in the u.s. But the f.b.i. Says a Saudi flight student legally bought a Glock pistol on July 20th from a Florida gun dealer n.p.r. Has learned that just 9 days earlier he obtained a Florida hunting license and that's what allowed him to get around the ban with either a duck stamp or. You could procure a gun and. A scary stop and think about that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or Rodney Boratto a hunting license can be bought online and doesn't have a photo to identify the hunter at a meeting this week in Panama City but Red Oak called for a review of the state's hunting license requirements we need to look at all our rules and regulation got to make sure foreigners cannot get guns and have the ability to kill American citizens Breteau says there's every reason to believe the gun dealer followed federal law when he sold the gun the Saudi National would have needed to show proof of residence in Florida and a hunting license and he would undergo a background check all of this has taken both state regulators and gun rights advocates like clover Lawson by surprise Lawson works and gun sales the 22 is going to be your best option for 22 l.r. Yesterday in Pensacola she was helping a client choose a rifle suppressor Lawson is no fan of gun restrictions but she believes the attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola reveals a flaw in the system that threatens Homeland Security I don't think the 2nd Amendment needs to be in a circumstance where we cover people who are not us and. Period. If you're not a citizen you don't get a 2nd amendment right but as officials re-examine the rules Lawson says they should consider that international tourists come to the us to hunt and for shooting competitions do I think they should be barred from that now but most the time they bring their own gun. Other Americans feel they don't purchase again when I come here in Iowa and hunters that would purchase a gun are not normally going to be purchasing only a Glock a handgun hunters would typically use a rifle Florida governor Ronda Santos says the gunmen exploited what he calls a loophole in federal gun laws I'm of I'm a big supporter of the 2nd Amendment but the 2nd Amendment applies so that we the American people can keep and bear arms it does not apply to Saudi Arabian wildlife commissioner Barreto says there are 654 nonresident foreign nationals with a hunting license in the state of Florida our Florida Department of Law Enforcement our fish and wildlife law enforcement and the f.b.i. Have vetted all those names I think we're very confident that no one slipped through the cracks here he says the commission is looking at what options the state has for an fence requiring a hunting guide for foreigners seeking a hunting license but he says there's not a simple or quick fix we certainly don't want to punish those who come to United States time for hunting but yet we don't want to and so want to put your god killed American citizens either while the hunting license exception is raising alarm foreign nationals could still acquire a gun legally without a background check through a private sale or at a says Florida will do what it can but the broader fix will have to come from the federal government Debbie Elliott n.p.r. News Pensacola. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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News I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro there is controversy in Kentucky after outgoing governor Matt Bevin issued 428 pardons during his final days in office some of those that go ahead been convicted of violent crimes like rape murder and child molestation in one case a convicted killer was released after a family member held a fundraiser for Bevan's failed reelection Kentucky Public Radio's Roland Martin has more in 2014 Patrick Baker Christopher Wagner analyzed the message pretended they were police officers and forced their way into the home of Knox County Kentucky resident Donald Mills Baker ended up fatally shooting mills and was convicted of homicide robbery and impersonating a police officer gov Matt Bevin pardoned Baker on his last day in office the other 2 who are serving time for manslaughter and robbery did not get pardons the only difference I can see is that once I'm an adult on race religion that's Laurel County Commonwealth's Attorney Jackie Steele who prosecuted the case last year Baker's brother and sister in law held a campaign fundraiser for Bevan in their home they raised 21 $1500.00 and personally donated $4000.00 to Bevan that's why the court was given. In his pardon message the Republican Bevan called the case quote sketchy at best and said he wasn't convinced justice had been served but didn't say why he left the other 2 in prison most of the other pardons that been granted were the sort of clemency normally given by outgoing Kentucky governors low level drug offenders who had turned their lives around or cases widely thought to be miscarriages of justice but many of Bevan's moves have drawn quick outcry like the pardon of a northern Kentucky man who was convicted last year of raping a 9 year old Rob Sanders says the Canton County Commonwealth's attorney and prosecuted the case I thought I knew Matt Bevin I thought Matt Bevin was a law and order guy I thought Matt Bevin was a public safety guy I thought Matt Bevin cared about children and I obviously. Haven't. Also pardoned another man convicted of brutally murdering and dismembering a woman in 1994 Devon wrote that he pardoned him because the prosecutor didn't use d.n.a. Evidence in the case University of local political science professor Dewey Clayton called Bevan's pardons highly unusual because of the severity of the cases we are finding out that just because we want something to be just as just as it always what we get both Republicans and Democrats in Kentucky have criticized Bevan's actions a prominent Republican lawmaker has called for limiting a governor's pardon power in the weeks before they leave office and Kentucky's new Democratic governor Eddie Bashir told N.P.R.'s here announce today that he takes issue with at least one of Bevan's pardons a case prosecuted by his office when he was the state's attorney general it was an awful case where a young man and high school was attacked was violated it was filmed it was sent out to different people at his school it's one of the the worst crimes that we have seen this year said he's trying to avoid criticizing his predecessor because he believes Kentucky is ready to move on and move forward for n.p.r. News I'm Rylan Barton in Frankfurt. Climate change is in the news constantly and at the top of a lot of people's minds when it comes to changing our daily habits to include more climate friendly behaviors we don't always succeed our co-host else a chunk has been exploring why let's be honest now in the rush of your day do you ever find yourself ta seeing a plastic water bottle into the trash rather than taking the extra 30 seconds it would take to walk it to a recycling bin and do you do that in spite of the fact that you think of yourself as environmentally conscious Well Ashley will is the behavioral scientist at Harvard Business School says you are not alone that the redactor we find in our data is that when people are feel. Press for time environmental actions that don't take very much time all of a sudden feel impossible composting recycling remembering to turn off all the lights in your house before you leave and there's actually a term for this it's called the intention action gap which means you can care deeply about the environment and still fail to do things you know are good for the environment so Ashley will insist trying to bridge that gap she wants to help people make decisions that benefit their own health their happiness and also benefit the planet for Target now people who drive alone to work every day turns out though commuting is not an easy behavior to change so we worked with employees at a large airport nearly 80000 employees we ran these experiments in this organization because employees told us they wanted to take transit they wanted to carpool with their colleagues we tried every trick in our tool kit as behavioral scientists we told employees that lots of other people were committing these acts and sustainable ways we made carpooling really easy by matching people with other employees who lived really close to them we even offered free transit passes who doesn't like free stuff yeah yeah what we found is not one of these interventions had any meaningful impact Wow But all hope is not lost in the world we think we have some reason to believe that the organization was making driving alone simply too easy parking was free so why do you think it would take to get people to actually change their commuting behavior we're trying out a lot of different incentives now in financial incentives seem to help push people in favor of taking these moral turn into forms of commuting and taking parking away although obviously that would cause them pushback from employees does seem to be effective when people have no other option they're open to alternatives and can enjoy that. Are you saying that the stick works a lot better than the carrot often I think in the context of commuting which I have a bitch will every day behavior where driving alone is kind of more comfortable and a little bit nicer that sticks seem to work better than carrots Well I there are other tactics that come to mind if you want to get people to stop traveling alone in their cars Yeah we're also trying to move away from this social focus of car pooling most car pooling apps in organizations are like a car pooling is a way to get to know your fellow colleagues and really actually what we're finding is the last thing you want to do at 7 45 in the morning on your way to work is have a colleague talk to you before you have to go and talk to a colleague. So we think that there's been a bit of an issue with marketing this is all so interesting it makes me feel like maybe behavioral science is still vastly underused when it comes to tackling something like climate change I mean what do you think I think behavioral science principles you can start to see them slowly emerging in this conversation around climate change and sustainability if you get an energy bill maybe your energy use is being compared to your neighbors and that's a direct result of behavioral science research but I think the gains have been fairly small even in my own experiment behavioral science didn't work because the organization offered free parking so I think scientists like me are going to need to work together with organizations and with transportation specialists to design cities and structures with behavioral science in mind Ashley will is an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School thank you very much for joining us thank you so much for having me. There's been a lot of news this week and if you've missed some or all of it you can get. With 1st N.P.R.'s Morning News. 3 biggest stories of the day now available Saturday's around. This is n.p.r. News. What to expect as we watch history so what's next for the u.k. In a minor league. Comedian destroys America. If you're. Going to be. Funny and latest news. On the weekend edition tomorrow morning on public radio. 89 comes from a sense of place our gallery. With holiday gift ideas including paintings pottery and jewelry all created by local artists. More information can be found on Facebook at a sense of place. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Audie Cornish. Live from n.p.r. News in Culver City California I'm doing Lisa I can't tell China says it has reached a phase one or limited trade agreement with the u.s. Which will likely result in reduced tariffs on Chinese goods from Beijing N.P.R.'s Amy Chang reports a gradual terror rollback on Chinese goods and more purchases of u.s. Farm products a top concern for us in Chinese negotiators settled on for the Phase one trade deal Chinese officials of closed know the Perfect for how much u.s. Terrace would be lifted or how much u.s. Good that is committed to buying greater intellectual property protection u.s. Demand is also included in this agreement but no details were given to relations press conference Letson P.R.'s I mean Chang relatives of 9 Americans who were brutally killed in Mexico last month traveled to Washington this week to tell their story as N.P.R.'s Joel Rose reports they want the u.s. Government to get more involved in the fight against Judge cartels in Mexico the 9 women and children who were killed in northern Mexico were dual u.s. Mexican citizens members of the extended the bear and family ever since that family has been on a mission they are urging the u.s. To designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations Brian Lebaron is a cousin of the victims who lives in Utah he met this week with lawmakers in Washington it's hard for the Mexican government to compete with that kind of financing that kind of firepower this is going to take an international response or we have no hope critics say the terror designation would clear the way for the u.s. To send troops or drones into Mexico and idea critics say is deeply unpopular there and could jeopardize cooperation with the Mexican government Joel Rose n.p.r. News after his Conservative Party's big win yesterday in Britain's general election Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people on all sides of the Braggs a debate to find closure and to let the healing begin earlier speaking in Downing Street he said he he and his One Nation Conservative government would not ignore those who opposed Bragg's it you're listening to n.p.r. News. Actor Danny Aiello has died he passed away after a brief illness and P.R.'s net it would be reports Aiello specialized in playing rough edged Attalia an American characters in some of the most some of the most memorable films of his era in did the right thing from 1909 Danny Aiello played the racist owner of a Brooklyn Pizza joint who rudely rejects a customer's request for pictures of famous black people on the restaurant wall along with a telling Americans you know what your brothers and uncles and visas and nephews your stepfather stepmother who are. What this is my history American the times of getting Aiello got an Oscar nomination for the role he has who appeared in The Godfather movies struck the Purple Rose of Cairo and he played Madonna's father in the music video for Papa Don't Preach Danny Aiello with a 2nd generation New Yorker who brought his city's rhythms the hardest charm to the screen he was 86 years old now to live a n.p.r. News the list of Democratic candidates who say they will not take part in next week's debate at Loyola Marymount University if it means crossing a picket line is a growing 1st it was Elizabeth Warren closely followed by Bernie Sanders tweeting that they stand with the members of Unite Here local 11 which represents cooks cashiers and other workers on campus now at least 5 other presidential candidates say they too won't cross the picket line to take the debate stage I'm to a place I can't tell n.p.r. 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Comes from this station and from Zoom Zoom offers cloud video conferencing online meetings and a video conference room solution and one platform featuring digital video and audio with screen sharing account registration and more at Zoom dot us and from c 3 dot a i c 3 dot AI's software enables organizations to use artificial intelligence at enterprise scale solving previously unsolvable business problems learn more at c 3 dot. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro 7 Democratic presidential candidates qualified for next week's debate in Los Angeles now there's a chance that 0 of them will show up there's a labor dispute between food services workers and the contractor who employs them at Loyola Marymount University which is hosting the debate n.p.r. Political reporter want to Somers is following the story and is here in the studio how Ana have their start by explaining a labor dispute at the heart of this what's going on so united here local 11 represents about $150.00 food service workers at Loyola Marymount and the university subcontracts its food service operations to a company called Sadak So now the union leaders say they've been in negotiations with said access sense March and that workers started picketing on campus last month I spoke to one of Unite Here eleven's co-presidents and she told me that Sadak so abruptly canceled negotiations with them last week so the union then reached out to presidential candidates as well as the Democratic National Committee to tell them what they plan to pick at the same day the Democrats were set to take the debate stage and what a seductive say about this we did hear back from a spokesperson from them a little bit ago and I want to read you their statement they say that said x. So is 100 percent committed to reaching an agreement and any statement that we have left the bargaining table is not accurate we've been negotiating in good faith sense December of last year with the goal to reach a new collective bargaining agreement that is acritical for everyone including our employees and we still intend to achieve such agreement that said access spokesperson but it's important to point out this is not the 1st time the Democrats debate plans have been interrupted due to a labor dispute this same debate was actually supposed to regulate have been taking place at the University of California in Los Angeles but those plans were scrapped because of stalled negotiations between the University of California system and a local union ha All right well last night was the deadline to qualify for the debate and now all the candidates who made it are threatening to boycott So what if you've been hearing from their campaigns today Yeah that's right so the 1st candidate out the. It was Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and a tweet she said that the d.n.c. Should find a solution that lived up to Democrats' commitment to fight for working people and she made clear that she would not cross the picket line even if it meant missing that debate and pretty quickly after that we heard from all of the other candidates Bernie Sanders injury Yang Joe Biden Pete booted judge Tom Styer Amy club Ashar 7 candidates in total all saying they will not cross that picket line so moderators might be debating amongst themselves how important is the union involved in this dispute Unite Here it is actually a really powerful and important union Unite Here is the national umbrella organization for the powerful Cullen area Union and Nevada and if you recall Joe Biden Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were all in Las Vegas this week speaking with Unite Here union members at town halls and the fact that they're investing that much time goes to show just how much clout this group has for and of out of the corner a union is arguably the most powerful labor union in the state and it's home to about $60000.00 members so that works out for a group like that could mean victory in Nevada and you mentioned the Elizabeth Warren sort of laid this at the feet of the d.n.c. What are they saying about it we got a statement from so she Hinojosa who is a spokeswoman from the d.n.c. And in that statement she says that the d.n.c. And Layla marry him out they just learned about this issue earlier today that while the university is not a party to the negotiations between Unite Here and Sadak so d.n.c. Chairman Tom Perez would absolutely not cross the picket line and would not expect their candidates to either they say they are working with all the stakeholders involved but to kind of cut to the chase here we don't actually know what's going to happen and the d.n.c. Doesn't have a lot of time to resolve this this debate is scheduled for next Thursday so that means they have less than a week to figure out some sort of an agreement that to either take this debate somewhere else or to find an agreement between these 2 parties so the Democratic candidates feel comfortable being able to go there and debate and not cross a picket line N.P.R.'s want to. Thank you thank you. Thousands of people continue to protest in the streets of Iraq their demands have upset a lot of powerful interests especially those backed by neighboring Iran both Iraqi and u.s. Observers are concerned about a confrontation that could spark a war N.P.R.'s Dina Rather's been speaking with people on all sides She joins us now from Baghdad and Jane just to begin here the protesters are calling for an end to corruption they're calling for jobs and for more power sharing by elites So where does Iran come in well the protesters actually believe that it's Iran that's responsible for a lot of what's wrong in Iraq they say those are corrupt politicians with ties to Iran a political system now dominated by Iran backed militias and security forces where in some cases those former militias are more powerful than the regular forces so we've seen and raised protesters burning down Iranian consulates in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala their protests have already led to the fall of a prime minister who Iran approved of Iraq is hugely important to Iran and this is simply the biggest threat to Iranian influence here since 20039 a you spoke with one of the key figures in all this a prominent leader of one of the armed groups tell us a little more about him and what his messages. So this is a guy named peso hazily and he's leader of an Iran back group one of the biggest called. I went to see him to get his reaction to new u.s. Sanctions imposed on him and he literally laughed them off this is a guy who spent 3 years in the American prison then says he's proud of launching what he says were 5000 attacks on u.s. And coalition troops in the past and he says he doesn't think there is any problem between Shia groups well enough nothing to do with it you know the what if you had to touch you and I took a than we would get the shoe I would be so lazy they says it's the u.s. And Israel that are trying to stir up trouble in Iraq now that's the view of Iran back groups what we're seeing on the ground though is quite different protesters who say they want their country back again this out a little I mean you're getting warnings from u.s. And Iraqi officials that this could turn very ugly What are their specific concerns . Essentially there's a lot at stake here a lot of money a lot of influence so Iranian militias nominally under control of the Iraqi government hold a lot of power and the big fear is that those Iranian backed groups both the ones under control allegedly of Iraqi security forces and others outside will start fighting groups that don't have those ties and here's one warning sign we've seen there's a cleric a Shia cleric looked at us other very influential considered an Iraqi nationalist and he supported the protests his hosts and measure was hit by a drone attack now it was known he wasn't in there Jeff but it's believed to be a warning and on the u.s. Side a senior u.s. Military official I spoke with this week said that Iranian backed attacks against u.s. Bases have been increasing He said the u.s. Won't just sit around waiting for Americans to be killed so there's also the fear that the u.s. Could be drawn into this. Our people trying to keep things from escalating so Iraqis most revered Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani has called on the government to rein in security forces but that's tough because they're not fully in control of security forces and on the political front problem it is trying to come up with a new prime minister and lo and behold a big deal Iranian commander some Soleimani is believed to be back in Baghdad he's a frequent visitor and he's meant to be trying to exert Iranian influence on who that next prime minister is so it's clear that Iran isn't just going to step back here that's N.P.R.'s Jamie Tarabay speaking to us from Baghdad thank you for your reporting thank you. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. It used to be the way to make money in grocery retail was to offer a limited range of products but today grocery shoppers have more choices than they know what to do with Sally Herships and cart of course here from our daily economics podcast the indicator from Planet Money found how technology and innovation in manufacturing have let Nisha products evolve a new study from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business says that between 20042016 the number of news products varieties at the grocery store have grown by about 70 percent and if you go stand in front of the potato chip section you can see it there are so many choices John Stanton teaches food marketing at St Joseph's University he also wrote a book about these products and he says the answer is simple for letters today's industry is we say a b.c.d. Always be collecting data and all of this is coming from increasingly granular data it's gotten really powerful Breton I mean teaches economics at booth and he's one of the authors of the new study looking at niche products he says even that study itself would not have been possible a couple of decades ago because it would have had the data incredibly rich micro data data sets where you can study you know literally what items are placed in the shopping cart of tens of thousands of households and process that data so brands says we now know that buying these products is a powerful trend and it's happening across demographics me sweeping and enormous way so more and more consumers are getting what they want but expanding product lines so that they include all these varieties represents a huge shift for companies and there are 2 big obstacles that they had to overcome Here's John Stanton again companies didn't produce it because it was too expensive to make a smaller quantity and frankly if they did how would they tell people. That the product exists and not waste their money and advertise to everybody then they're shipping and just. Abuse into the grocery store John says there may be more varieties but that doesn't mean stores are getting Baker or that there's more room on store shelves according to the Food Marketing Institute a Professional Association which represents grocery stores stores are experimenting with smaller spaces less square footage but John says this is where once again new technology in the form of consumer data swoops in to save the day manufacturers know what consumers want they know what to ship where so zoom out of the grocery store for a minute and think a little bit more abstractly about what we're saying here this stuff we put in our shopping carts how different all those items are could be saying something interesting about us Here's Brant the co-author of the study again there are a lot of areas of modern life lot of walks of modern life in which we're increasingly segmenting and separating from the common experience whether it's polarizing in the kind of news that we read or the places that we visit her live and I do find it simply interesting that increasingly even our grocery carts look increasingly different from each other we're even recognize you by your grocery cart salad totally that maybe if it's you know say that's an example as the giveaway right Sally Herships card of course n.p.r. 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Twice for Sharon 1902 Iowa said he added Hart and lines to show why his character made pizza in a black Brooklyn neighborhood he likes the people he saw and get older he enjoys the fact that they love his food bringing pride to white working class characters was something I did before acting he was the New York born son of a teamster who grew up to be a union president himself he got fired for organizing while working for the Greyhound bus company to support his family he said he turned to petty crime and I'd break into cigarette machines juke boxes I used to play with quarters nickels working as a bouncer in a comedy club got interested in acting he played a lot of tough guys with names like Frank Tony and Harry Peter. 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News imagine a constitution that allows any ethnicity to create its own state that means they will have their own president and security force Ethiopia's Constitution guarantees just that and a recent vote is bringing up questions about whether a unified Ethiopia can continue to exist N.P.R.'s April to reports. Like a lot of big cities in Ethiopia the Wassa is majority minority this is a nation with scores of ethnicities all trying to make it work in the federation this market is run by minorities so the day before a vote to decide whether to form a new ethnically defined state was scheduled there is a ton of nervousness most people declined to talk but he only gives her 1st name calls me over she is heartbroken about this referendum on the one. But another thing that. Really said if they get into the list they really need is that is that because we have been together for a long time that we have it together we have managed to get to her this feels like a divorce she sold the local bread called in for years at this market she's raised her kids in this town this is home but now her neighbors from the majority Saddam are looking to form their own ethnic enclaves. Of their lives I don't know if they win. For sure and that's that the fear is not unfounded over the past 2 years more than 2000000 Ethiopians have been displaced because of ethnic violence right here in Hawaii. Stores were looted and burnt and people who were not from the majority were driven off their lands in the past Ethiopia was held together by a central government through violence and the oppression reformist has shown restraint and in response to the violence this summer he offered a vote to the Hema this feels like minorities aren't being protected for almost everything. 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The constitution doesn't even come into the kitchen through it please city you know between cities there is a pretty good here that's a constitutional scholar a guy he says since ethnic federalism was adopted in 1905 the Constitution has been seen as a panacea and historic injustices and entree into development so today it is the sea Dhamma people seeking statehood but right behind them are dozens of others I understand their claim to pain you know Anderson but this is a little boy into being I mean by itself he says this constitution almost guarantees Ethiopia will implode this is a country after all that hasn't even settled border disputes with most of its neighbors what happens now as new states pop up as politicians who have pushed to deepen Ethiopia's ethnic federalism by for newly created presidencies entice presidencies and cabinet positions the elites should come to their senses and understand is this going to be it is not going to be for all of us it will be for us. On voting day polling stations are set up in the military tell us that same constitution made this promise to democratic elections for an ancient country that has never had that and for the 1st time Millions lined up convinced that their vote would count for the 1st time turn. Exceeded 90 percent . Woke up before the sun rose he put on his best suit threw on a hat and a tie and picked out his fanciest campaign you always dressed. He tells me he's 99 at times he says Saddam a people have been ridiculed for speaking their language some have had to leave home to be educated because they weren't allowed to study alongside the ruling ethnicities over the years he says he has seen friends die for the promise of this constitution so today he had to assume. This is did they are looking for. A long time there was little doubt that this referendum would pass in Ethiopia would get its 10th state in the coffee region above the city everyone had voted by noon so a politician in the region was taking his lunch proud Ethiopia was moving forward with federalism I ask him why that is so important the. Government may not. Believe it. But the problem is. They have the right. But they were destructive a lot of people even the ancient monarchies had to use overwhelming force to keep it together so in 1905 after the communist regime had been toppled them after years of bloody civil war this was the compromise says and the fighting by giving dozens of ethnicities a chance to be celebrating a chance to stay or go. A little danger on that is on the ship. The only way to keep Ethiopia together he says is to tear it apart. N.p.r. News. You're listening to All Things Considered. Support for n.p.r. 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