2004 August | Here & Now

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Day Two at The RNC; Bus Blasts in Israel; The First Lady of Conservative Politics; Americans and the War in Iraq; Laura Bush; Wall Street Reacts; Pop and Politics

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Monday, August 30, 2004

RNC Chair Previews Day One; McCain to Address Republican Delegates; Mass. Protestors; Swing States; Air Security; Jones Beach Voters

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Friday, August 27, 2004

Poll Numbers; Republicans Gear Up for Convention; Russian Officials Continue Investigation; Palestinians and Peaceful Resistance; Convention Preparations Underway in NYC; Letters 8/27/04; Hero

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Thursday, August 26, 2004

Shiite Leader Calls for Weapons-Free Najaf; The Other Republican View on Gay Marriage; Protesters Gather in Brooklyn; Guantanamo Military Commissions Underway; Swift Boat Vets Against Kerry; Vietnam and the Presidential Election

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Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Two Russian Planes Crash; Cheney Says Gay Marriage Up to States; Iraqi Soccer; Leaders and Trust; Rethinking the U.S. Intelligence Network; Student Caterers; She’s Not There

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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Republican Convention Protest Request; Double Voting Scandal; Business Trends; Medical Personnel and Abu Ghraib; Cinnamon is Good for You; Tolkien Exhibit

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Monday, August 23, 2004

Reforming Intelligence; War Records as Campaign Fodder; Journalist Freed; Abu Ghraib Report; Third Party Politics; Olympic Update; Palliative Care for Children

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Friday, August 20, 2004

Iraq Update; Proxy War?; Wolf Wigo and Water Polo; “Donnie Darko”; Are Health Care Costs A Drag for Job Growth?; Communion Denied; Tough Time in the Old Town; “This Man’s Army”

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Thursday, August 19, 2004

Despite Truce Reports, Najaf Fighting Returns; Blood Test in Treating Cancer; Once More, Massacre of Tutsis and Fear of Broader Violence; Voting Machines Raise Tampering Fears; Arizonans Plan Early Voting; From Our Inbox; Olympic Track and Field; Dancing Tourette’s

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Terror Suspects Make UK Court Appearance; Kerry Addresses Veterans; Spotlight on NJ Corruption; How Parishioners Cope with Closing; Fail Safe?; Orange Grower’s Lament; Northern Exposure

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Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Grading Charter Schools; Police and Firefighters Plan Picket; Activists Questioned; “Vote”; Najaf Peace Delegation; Press Fatigued over Iraq?; Miller’s History of Rock; Art of the Gods

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Monday, August 16, 2004

Bush to Redeploy Forces; Clean Up of Hurricane Charley; Russian Oil Business Has International Impact; “We Don’t Live Here Anymore,” Film Review; Political Check In; Seeking a Liver; “Fragments of Grace,” Interview with the Author

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Friday, August 13, 2004

Najaf Fighting Slows, Truce Considered; Bush, Kerry Both in Oregon; Goss Interview: Not Qualified for Today’s CIA; Julia Child, Gourmet of Television’s “French Chef,” Dies; Venezuela Considers Recalling President; Economic Crisis Looms for Dominican Republic; New Jersey Governor Resigns; Olympics Kick Off in Athens; Ancient Athletes

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Thursday, August 12, 2004

Najaf Assault; Googly-Eyed No More; Stem Cell Political Hot Potato; Iran Going Nuclear?; Public Defenders Decry Salary; Greek Baseball Team; No Where to Go; Remembrances of Olympics Past

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Vermont to Sue FDA Over Prescription Drugs; Israel and EU Negotiate Trade Agreement; Arab Nations and the Sudan; EPA Challenges Dupont; Violence in Boston; Must-See Olympic Events; Magnetic Fields

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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Battle Continues in Najaf; Bush Nominates CIA Chief; Intelligence Leaks; Water Polo; Tennessee Congressional Candidate; GOP Pledge; Robin Hood; Military Voters; American Election

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Monday, August 9, 2004

Once a Favorite of the U.S., Adviser Now Wanted by Iraqi Government; Illinois Republicans Pit Keyes Against Obama; Louisiana Defection; Texas Sex Education; Nader’s Quest; Robin Hood; Stander

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Friday, August 6, 2004

Bush in New Hampshire; Al Qaeda and the Diamond Trade; Report from Sudan; Olympics a Week Away; Homeland Security Roundtable; Yo Yo Ma; Arab Reaction to “Fahrenheit 9/11″; Code 46

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Thursday, August 5, 2004

Al Sadr Forces Fight U.S. in Najaf; UK Terror Response; Middle East Wall Building; U.S.-Pakistan Relations; Iraq Oil Contract Bidding; OPEC Supplies; Letters 08/05/04; Newport Jazz at 50; Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Wednesday, August 4, 2004

Group Urges Caution in Intelligence Hearings; Terrorist Arrests in Pakistan; Ancient Olympic Games; Examining the Kennedy Tapes; Open Water; Migrants Flown Back to Mexico; Hard Line

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Running legend Alberto Salazar. (Photo Alex Ashlock)

Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock recently sat down with Alberto Salazar, one of the top distance runners in American sports history.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
A portrait of Dickens at age 29, painted during his 1842 American trip by Boston artist Francis Alexander. It’s on loan to the UMass Lowell exhibit from the MFA where it hasn’t been seen in 30 years. Diana Archibald says it shows the young Dickens’ penchant for flashy dress, which inspired another part of the Lowell exhibit, “Dickens as Steampunk Muse.” (Courtesy Of Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

“People think of Dickens as that old guy with the beard that’s not relevant. And he is relevant! In fact, I think of him as sort of like Jon Stewart, he uses wit,” said Diana Archibald, a Dickens scholar. Dickens was born 200 years ago, we look back on his trip to the famous mills of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1842.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Jasmine Zhuang, a Yale junior who says she avoided checking the "asian" box on her college application out of fear it would prevent her from getting in. (Courtesy Jasmine Zhuang)

When it comes to college applications, some Asian-Americans are purposely not checking the race box. For many, it has nothing to do with their heritage, and everything to do with the high expectations that come with it.

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