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Poetry helps youth at a juvenile detention center find peace
Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks...
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In Florida, Path To Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights Has Been Fraught With Challenge
Until 2018, Florida was one of only a few states that banned felons from voting for life. But that year, a two-thirds majority of the state passed an initiative to restore voting eligibility to felons who had served their sentences. It...
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Russian in Brooklyn
How have strains in U.S.-Russia relations affected Russian-Americans and
recent immigrants? Special correspondent Ryan Chilcote reports from the
Brighton BEach neighborhood of Brooklyn, the first stop for many of the 3
million Russian...
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Take a 360 tour of President Lincoln's summer retreat
Like many presidents before him, President Donald Trump spent part of the summer away from the White House, taking a 17-day Òworking vacationÓ at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. President Abraham Lincoln could relate. To get...
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How a new aristocracy's self-segregation puts stress on society
Growing class division is destabilizing our society, argues author and philosopher Matthew Stewart in a provocative Atlantic magazine cover story. He says there's a group in between the top 0.1 percent and bottom 90 percent that plays an...
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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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Why urban beekeeping is a rising trend in major cities
Bees are critical to agricultural production, but beekeeping is actually increasing in cities like Los Angeles and New York City, where restrictions on the practice were recently lifted. In Philadelphia, where there are thousands of...
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Is God beyond gender? Swedish church challenges traditional perception
According to the Church of Sweden, it's preferable not to refer to God as a "he." The official decision to use gender-neutral language will be a change in the way that many Swedish churchgoers worship -- and one that has divided the...
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Interview with Gerald and Betty Ford
In an interview at the 1984 Republican Convention, former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford talk about the re-nomination of President Reagan and Vice President Bush, the conservative movement in the Republican Party, the rising...
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Kenya Elephants
Widespread illegal poaching in the African wild is threatening elephants
and putting them at risk of disappearing in 10 to 15 years. Using some of
the same techniques developed to fight terrorism, a new intelligence-led
effort...
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Can students return a billion oysters to NY harbor
Oysters were once abundant in New York City, but decades of over-harvesting and pollution led to their near-extinction there. Now, an education initiative called the Billion Oyster Project teaches public school students how to help bring...
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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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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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Judy Blume, Honored by the National Book Foundation for 'Distinguished Contribution to American Letters' (Dec. 13, 2004)
Judy Blume, honored by the National Book Foundation for "distinguished contribution to American letters" (Dec. 13, 2004) (Author Interview)
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Retracing Roots with 'The African-American National Biography' (April 16, 2008)
Renowned African-American writers Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham discuss their joint project, 'The African-American National Biography'.
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Dance Helps Parkinson's Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement
Special correspondent Dave Iverson looks a unique program that uses dance as therapy for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Calif. University Introduces First U.S. Multi-Faith School of Theology (Oct. 25, 2011)
Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues, and mosques.
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Author Dani Shapiro On The Power And Danger Of Family Secrets
After taking a DNA test on a whim, author Dani Shapiro discovered that her beloved late father had not been, in fact, her biological parent. She had been conceived using a sperm donor, and as was common at the time, the real story of her...
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Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Living In A World Created By Men
Megan Rapinoe is best known for her successful soccer career, leading the U.S. women's national team to two World Cup championships and an Olympic gold medal. She's also known for her fierce advocacy for social justice. Judy Woodruff...
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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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In Afghanistan, Fighting The Taliban Increasingly Involves Covert Operations
The U.S. has been fighting in Afghanistan since shortly after 9/11, ousting the Taliban and their harsh interpretation of Islam from power that fall. But the insurgent group as which it reformed has plagued Afghanistan with violence ever...
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Author David Leavitt On Crossword Puzzles, Grief And Ritual
Sometimes it's the little things that get us through the hard times, and for many people crossword puzzles can serve as an escape. Author David Leavitt shares his humble opinion on the importance of this daily memento.