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Abortion Kolbert
A leaked early draft of a coming Supreme Court decision suggests Roe v. Wade could be struck down. The landmark decision established the constitutional right to abortion and the last major challenge to it came in a 1992 case called...
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Author Paul Greenberg On Why Americans Should Eat More Fish
Americans consume about 14 pounds of seafood per person annually, compared to over 200 pounds of meat. But many try to capture the nutritional benefits of fish, such as omega-3 fatty acids, by taking fish oil supplements. Paul Greenberg,...
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Novelist Valeria Luiselli On Writing To Document ‘Political Violence’
The U.S. is reportedly experiencing illegal immigration at the highest rates since 2007, with significant increases in the number of unaccompanied minors. It is these child migrants who are the subject of Valeria Luiselli’s book “Lost...
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Massive Financial Crisis
As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo about why he's asking Congress to keep investigating the financial crisis.
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How this artist fantasyland became a New Mexico moneymaker
Can an immersive, mystery funhouse help revive a state like New Mexico? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe hippie artist collective turned business that convinced the "Game of Thrones" author to buy and...
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Filling In This Perception Gap Can Help Low-Income Students Succeed
For many students at LaGuardia Community College in New York, making it from the first day of school to graduation is a struggle. And they're not alone. Part of this national problem? We don't have a good idea of who's going to college,...
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Water Crisis May Make Gaza Strip Uninhabitable By 2020
In the Gaza Strip, 97 percent of freshwater is unsuitable for human consumption, and raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea. Facilities for desalinating and treating water function on only a limited basis, as Israel controls the...
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Glamour And Gentrification Go Hand-In-Hand In Artsy Ranch Town Marfa
It's sometimes weird, often wonderful, definitely off the beaten path. Marfa, Texas, is a tiny rural town in the middle of dusty ranchlands, as well as an internationally renowned creative mecca. In the last few decades, as artists and...
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Heart' Author Sandeep Jauhar Answers Your Questions
Sandeep Jauhar, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on "Heart." Plus, Jeff announces the February book selection.
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"Trust Exercise" Author Susan Choi On Power Dynamics And Timely Fiction
Susan Choi’s novel “Trust Exercise” takes place in a high school for the performing arts in an unnamed southern city. But the subjects examined, including consent, power and memory, are universally relevant. “Trust Exercise” won the 2019...
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How schools are forced to close as rural populations dwindle
Across the country, rural schools are being forced to shut down as more families move to urban areas and funding sources dry up. In Arena, Wisconsin, six-year-old Brady Schlamp must now travel 10 miles to school. His former school, right...
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Former ABC journalist says Mark Halperin allegations reflect harmful female objectification in TV news
Numerous women have come forward to allege that political journalist and
author Mark Halperin harassed them while he was at ABC. One of those
journalists, Lara Setrakian, now the executive editor of News Deeply, joins
Judy Woodruff...
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Octavio Solis on growing up a 'skinny brown kid' on the U.S.-Mexico border
As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a "skinny brown kid" in El Paso in his memoir "Retablos". Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite...
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Rebuilding a Chicago neighborhood thru connections to Muslim community
The South Side of Chicago has long been plagued with some of the highest crime rates in the nation, but a man of faith is trying to transform the area by focusing on the everyday needs of those who live there. Jeffrey Brown visits the...
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What Migrants Face As They Journey Through The Deadly Darien Gap
Whether fleeing war, persecution, poverty or the effects of climate change, migrants and refugees worldwide routinely find themselves in great danger. Perhaps the most hazardous migrant trail of all is the Darien Gap, a wild, lawless...
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Michael Lewis traces the 'gutting of the civil service' under Trump
Bestselling author Michael Lewis says the idea that civil servants are "lazy or stupid or dead weight on the society is...the most sinister idea alive in this country right now." In his new book, "The Fifth Risk," Lewis examines how the...
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"Heart Berries" Author Terese Marie Mailhot Answers Your Questions
Terese Marie Mailhot, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Heart Berries,” and Jeff announces the February book selection.
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James Mattis On Why He Left The Trump Administration But Won’t Criticize It
Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis served as President Trump’s first defense secretary, resigning his post in protest after Trump announced he would pull U.S. forces out of Syria. Now, Mattis has written a book, “Call Sign Chaos:...
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As Taliban Peace Talks Resume, What's At Stake For Afghan Women?
During his surprise Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan, President Trump announced he had restarted talks with the Taliban.The ability of the conflict-wracked nation to achieve peace is at stake -- but so is progress for women, who could...
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How the view of an ancient world landmark has sparked a modern legal battle
Greece’s highest court is considering a case about Athenians’ visual access to the landmark Acropolis. Its decision could set a precedent about preserving historic skylines -- and potentially ban construction of high-rise buildings. The...
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Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge
Taylor Branch, author of "At Canaan's Edge", the final installment of his three-volume biography of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses the civil rights leader's life and legacy.
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How Residents From El Paso Feel About Border Barriers
Amid the roiling national debate about immigration and a border wall, construction crews in El Paso, Texas, are busy replacing 20 miles of wire mesh fencing with a bollard-style structure. Border Patrol says this kind of barrier is...
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Inventive Classical Music
For the past several years, classical music composers have gathered to share their more eclectic scores at the "Bang on a Can" festival in North Adams, Mass. Jeffrey Brown explores the origins of the event.