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How this educator is guiding Liberian girls toward school
Liberia has had more than its fair shares of challenges, and is trying to rebuild after enduring a devastating Ebola epidemic and civil war. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in...
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Dream 'Remembered (August 28, 2003)
A panel of historians and activists reflect on the historic 1963 March on Washington and the enduring significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Getting a B.A. Behind Bars
What college is tougher to get into than Harvard, Princeton or Yale? Bard College. Not the campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., but the one behind bars in five Empire State prisons. The privately funded Bard Prison Initiative is putting...
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Why this poet couldnât avoid writing about the opioid crisis
The opioid crisis has plagued poet William Brewerâs hometown in West Virginia. His vivid poems tell the story of the opioid epidemic from different voices and depict the sense of bewilderment people find themselves in as addiction...
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Thinking about math in terms of literacy - not levels
Algebra is a core subject for U.S. high school students. But should it be? Author Andrew Hacker believes we should reconsider how math is taught: only 5 percent of the American workforce actually uses math beyond arithmetic, though...
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Two Students' Brief But Spectacular Takes On Race And Being Underestimated
Shortly before the pandemic, NewsHour traveled to Georgia and spoke with
two high school seniors, Audrey McNeal and Shaylon Walker. Now in their
first year of college, here's their Brief But Spectacular takes on race and
being...
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What orchestras can teach executives about conducting business
Corporate executives are getting a lesson in leadership and communication
from the conductor’s podium thanks to the Music Paradigm, a program that
trains business leaders in the fine art of teamwork. Paul Solman goes
behind the scenes...
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Following The Way Of Love Through Divisions, Upheaval And Uncertainty
The Most Rev. Michael Curry is the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of the U.S. His latest book "Love is the Way: Holding Onto Hope in Troubling Times," reveals how love fueled his journey from descendant of slaves to the top...
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A community overwhelmed by opioids
At the epicenter of America's opioid epidemic, Huntington, West Virginia’s
growing addiction problem has overwhelmed everyone from first responders to
business owners to newborns. So far, the city's robust efforts to fight
back...
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Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park
Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are...
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At Greek Refugee Camp, There Are Few Defenses Against Covid-19 Threat
Human rights activists and medical nonprofits are calling on the Greek government to evacuate overcrowded refugee camps on islands in the Aegean Sea, where an outbreak of COVID-19 would likely cause humanitarian catastrophe. Concerns are...
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U.S. Troops Suicide
Suicides by active duty U.S. troops last year exceeded the number of servicemen and women killed in combat in Afghanistan. Ray Suarez talks to psychiatrist and retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis, who says more than half of the...
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Going home after Harvey and realizing you've lost everything
Thousands of storm victims are making their way back home as the skies in
Houston clear and the water recedes. Assessing the damage will be the start
of a long road toward recovery. William Brangham takes us into the homes of
families...
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What one ass't principal learned from shadowing a student
Karen Ritter, an assistant principal at a high school just outside of Chicago, wanted to see her school through a student's eyes. So she decided to follow 9th grader Alan Garcia, who came to her asking to be switched out of the many...
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Families Of Colombia’s Disappeared Endure ‘Never-Ending Grief’ And A Wrenching Search
In Colombia, an estimated 83,000 people have been forcibly disappeared since 1958. But peace accords between the government and the FARC, the country’s largest guerrilla group, in 2016 mandated that finding the missing was a necessary...
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Polar bear enjoys relocation to Scottish Highlands
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Aviemore, Scotland, 10 March 2010
1. Various of Mercedes rolling in the snow
2. Mid of deer watching Mercedes
3. Wide of senior keeper David Barclay throwing faeces into the enclosure
4. Close of Mercedes rolling in snow...
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Abuse of mentally disturbed children in Kenya
VNR - Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped
Kiserian, Kenya - 5 April 2006,
1. Wide shot of child being removed from a house for the first time during an intervention by the Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped.
2. Mid...
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Seniors get fit with sit down volleyball
LEAD INThe Rio Olympics have inspired a new generation of athletes in many more ways than expected. A group of senior citizens in California is not letting their age or ailments stop then from playing volleyball. No Fall Volleyball is...
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7225A UK: THE DOG SKINS CONTROVERSY
The English are world-famous for their sentimental
attitude to animals. This is reflected in the animal
charities that exist in Britain. Chief among these is the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, or RSPCA, one of...
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A woman helping police in Florida with a narcotics investigation has been found dead after a two-day search. And the two targets of the drug investigation are now suspects in her murder.
HEADLINE: Woman working with police on drug bust found dead
CAPTION: A woman helping police in Florida with a narcotics investigation has been found dead after a two-day search. And the two targets of the drug investigation are now...
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Foreign-born workers in UK share fears for future
Uncertainty prevails in Britain after Brexit has left immigrants feeling vulnerable. The service sector, a large part of the British economy, is also a big employer of foreigners, which means these workers may be hit hard. Hari...
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Wells Fargo CEO Apologizes for Betraying Trust
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington 20 September, 20161. SOUNDBITE (English) John Stumpf, CEO of Wells Fargo:"I am deeply sorry that we failed to fulfill on our responsibility to our...
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Sanders Stumps with Clinton, Pushes Free College
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus064022Former rival Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Wednesday. Sanders and Clinton both pushed for free college tuition and calling for vocational training to...
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Office by day nightclub by night - the new shape of the office
LEAD IN:Work-hard, play-harder. Young Indians are all about mixing work and play.India is emerging as one of the biggest markets in the world for tech-based startups, and workspaces are transforming from traditional and hierarchal, to...