We've all been there, running around the city, looking for a bathroom, but unable to find one.
Hello!
Do you have a restroom we could use?
A very simple free market solution is that we could just pay to use a bathroom, but we can't.
On the Planet Money podcast,
the story of how we once had thousands of paid toilets and why they got banned.
From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.
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The U.S.
Supreme Court is weighing arguments over President Trump's attempt to reinterpret the 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship.
As NPR's Ximena Bustillo reports,
the broader issue is whether a judge can universally block a president's policy.
But lawyers representing 22 states and immigrants argued that even if...
In some instances, universal injunctions are cumbersome.
In this case, it is necessary since citizenship benefits are universally applied.
A decision in the case is expected later this summer.
Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
Scaled-down peace talks between Russia and Ukraine now appear to be on hold until Friday at the earliest.
As NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow, hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough are waning.
If they occur,