2004 September | Here & Now

Thursday, September 30, 2004

Iraq Car Bombs Kill 35 Children; Bush, Kerry Prepare for Debate; Crashing the Parties; Expos to Washington; Women’s Cafe in Amman

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Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Iraq Violence Reports; Supreme Court Preview; British Politics around Iraq; Catholic Churches Closing; Bush Editorial; Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

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Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Hurricanes and Insurance; U.S. Military Enlistment; Guard Duty; Swing State Analysis; Haida Repatriation; Project Vote Smart

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Monday, September 27, 2004

New Political Ads; The Status of Saudi Elections; The Catholic Issue; Haida Tribe; Orchestra Woes

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Friday, September 24, 2004

Gunmen Kidnap Egyptians Working in Iraq; The Next President’s Cabinet; Reactions to Allawi Visit; Letters 9/24/04; Karen Reno

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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Iraqi Prime Minister Addresses Congress; Haitian Community Sending Aid to Storm Wrecked Haiti; Stolen Honor Filmmaker; A Conversation with Dave Eggers

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Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Airline Security; Hostages and the Iraq War; Family of British Hostage Waits for News; Cyclist Hamilton Faces Drug Controversy; Two-Party System

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Bush’s Address to the U.N.; The Future of the U.N.; Kerry Film; Washboards to Iraq; Cynthia Ozick

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Monday, September 20, 2004

Kerry Campaign Focuses on Iraq War; Campaign Health Care; State Economies; Kerry’s Iraq Plan; National Archives

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Friday, September 17, 2004

Florida Ballots; Presidential Campaign Game; RNC Arrest Fallout; Crowd Control and the Secret Service; Letters 9/17/04; Abstinence and the Truth

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Thursday, September 16, 2004

Three Hostages Taken in Iraq; Deficit and the Presidential Race; British, Irish Leaders Meet to End Stalemate; Hockey Lockout; Silver Ring Thing, Part II

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Hurricane Ivan Moves Toward Gulf Coast; Vulcans; Prostitution in California; Bush Documents; Silver Ring Thing

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Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Porter Goss Hearings Underway; School Closing and No Child Left Behind; Views on Charter Schools; Senate Races; Tensions Rise in Okinawa; Freedom Machines

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Monday, September 13, 2004

Suspected Iraqi Militant Facility Attacked; U.S. Airways Declares Bankruptcy; The Bush Kerry Clash; Muslims and Terrorism; Assault Weapons Ban Expires; Rock and Gender

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Friday, September 10, 2004

Iran Nuclear Review; Hurricane Ivan Bears Down on Jamaica; 9/11 Health Funding Shortage; The Day the World Came to Town; The Armed Service Issue; Bicycling for Afghan Widows; Manhasset Remembers 9/11

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Thursday, September 9, 2004

Jakarta Bombing Kills Eight; NGOs Leave Iraq; Openness in Science Research; Russian Politics after School Attack; Sen. Bob Graham on Iraq; Letters 9/9/04; Old School Film Strips; NFL Returns to Primetime

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Wednesday, September 8, 2004

Kerry in Cincinnati; Bush in Florida; Bush’s National Guard Record; Kids as Consumers; Assault Weapons Ban; Brazilian Slaves; Alice Waters

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Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Fighting in Iraq Kills 34 People; Scientists Ponder Space Signal; Pentagon’s New Map; Pentagon’s New Map; Poll Numbers Show Bush Ahead of Kerry; Medicare on the Rise; Teen Sex Study; Hotel Pool

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Monday, September 6, 2004

Poll Shows Bush Lead; State Pension Plans; US Airways Pensions; World Trade Center Documentary; Osama, by Jonathan Randal; Oreo Cookie; Beslan Funerals; Cyber Sleuths Confront Terrorism

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Friday, September 3, 2004

Russian Forces Storm School; Bush Speech; Detroit Case Collapses; Swing States; “The Ownership Society”; Letters 9/3/04; Rising Republican Stars; Voices from the Convention

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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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