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Why so many student from for-profits schools are left in debt limbo
Students who attend for-profit college and training programs are more likely to borrow, borrow more and struggle to repay their loans. Not only that, but the overall graduation rate at for-profit institutions is just 27 percent....
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Tayari Jones Answers Your Questions About ‘The Street’
Author Tayari Jones wrote the introduction to a new edition of Ann Petry's 1946 novel "The Street," our May pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. Jones joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about the...
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A mentoring program that aims to keep Latino males in school
On college campuses, Latino males are perhaps the most underrepresented group. These men are often expected to provide for their families, which can mean a choice between getting an education and getting a job. Hari Sreenivasan reports...
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Tornado-stricken Joplin now thrives, but emotional scars linger
The tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011 was one of the most destructive in U.S. history. Five years later, the city seems to be thriving -- possibly even better off than it was before. One key to its success? Getting...
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Political Columnist Michael Gerson On Coping With 'Insidious' Depression
Michael Gerson is a political columnist for the Washington Post and a regular contributor to the NewsHour. But this past weekend, he delivered a sermon at the Washington National Cathedral that focused on a more personal topic: his...
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This company raised minimum wage to $70K- and it helped business
In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would raise the company's minimum wage to $70,000 a year by 2017 and slash his own compensation by more than 90 percent. More than a year later, Price reports the company's revenue and...
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Veteran graffiti artist RISK on his evolving art form
"For more than 30 years, Los Angeles-based artist RISK has made the world his canvas, creating colorful murals on everything from highway overpasses -- known ..."
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Wisconsin Nonprofit Seeks To Better Connect U.S. Farmers With Their Mexican Employees
Mexicans who come to the U.S. seeking employment often leave their loved ones and culture behind. In Wisconsin, a nonprofit helps connect American farmers with their migrant employees through language and cultural education. Some of the...
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Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you - with his writing
Novelist Stephen King is best known for his works of horror, but he says what scares him the most is not being able to write. Jeffrey Brown spoke with him at the Library of Congress National Book Festival about his latest novel, "End of...
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Peter Strzok On Why He Believes Trump Is 'Compromised' By Russia
Former FBI official Peter Strzok has been a target of President Trump's ire for his role in investigations of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections with Russia -- as well as his extramarital affair. Now...
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Diane McWhorter: Carry Me Home
Margaret Warner interviews Diane McWhorter, who received a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for her book "Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama -- The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution."
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Racial Protests Mean Africa Takes Another Look At The U.S. — And Itself
Protests over the killing of George Floyd have struck a global chord. Across the African continent, they have sparked not only demonstrations, but also a new examination of the roles of race, colonialism and exploitation through the...
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The small Scottish island where Syrian refugees found peace
Once a flourishing vacation destination, the population of Scotland's Isle of Bute has shrunk and its economy withered. But the arrival of 24 Syrian families is contributing to an atmosphere of regeneration. Special correspondent Malcolm...
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Author Elaine Pagels Explores Why Humans Rely On Religious Belief
Why do people have faith in what they cannot see? Author Elaine Pagels explores the concept of religious belief, and shares her own experience with finding faith in the face of tragedy, in her new book, "Why Religion?" Jeffrey Brown...
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Author Joel Stein On Sticking Up For The ‘Intellectual Elite’
The word “elite” has a negative connotation today, often unleashed as a political attack. But author Joel Stein has a different perspective on the word’s meaning, and he spoke with Americans across the country in order to define it....
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Stephen Ambrose (with George McGovern) (Author Interview) (August 16, 2001)
Book: The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany
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Kevin Wilson’s Novel “Nothing To See Here” Makes Fun Of Your Child’S Meltdown
A new, acclaimed novel takes a young child's meltdown and turns it into a surreal satire of modern life. In "Nothing to See Here," author Kevin Wilson uses a universal experience of parenthood to explore some incendiary family dynamics....
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How Fiction Draws Pulitzer-Winner Elizabeth Strout Home To Maine
Olive Kitteridge is overbearing and hard to love, as well as complicated and compelling. The character at the center of Elizabeth Strout's 2009 Pulitzer-winning novel is also back -- in a new book called Olive, Again. Strout takes...
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John Banville Adopts Pen Name, Famous Protagonist to Reboot Chandler's Iconic Crime Series (March 21, 2014)
Irish writer John Banville slips into Raymond ChandlerÂs voice for a new crime novel starring one of the great characters in American fiction: private detective Philip Marlowe. 1950Âs Los Angeles, the femme fatale, Hollywood stars:...
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Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando shooting
When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando's largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday's mass shooting, he thought, "please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim." But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised...
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Laila Lalami’s “The Other Americans” Explores The Experience Of Being An Outsider
Jeffrey Brown caught up with the National Book Award fiction finalist Laila Lalami at the Miami Book Festival. Her latest work of fiction, "The Other Americans," explores issues of immigration and identity, part of our ongoing arts and...
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This HBO exec endured harassment as a woman in the film industry. But now, Ôwomen are not alone anymoreÕ
Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, has been the target
of sexual harassment like innumerable professional women across all
industries. But with a groundswell of voices declaring #MeToo, Nevins sees
hope for young...