2005 July | Here & Now

Friday, July 29, 2005

London Raids; Frist Changes Stance on Stem Cell Research; Final Flurry for Congress; An End to an Armed IRA; Free Staters; The Kwaito Generation

more »
Thursday, July 28, 2005

Fatwa Forbids Terrorism; IRA Disarmament; NASA Woes; Malaria in Africa; Minorities in the Majors; Whatever Happened to Niven Miller?

more »
Wednesday, July 27, 2005

London Arrests; Pills and Politics; Romney’s Moves Fuel Speculation; Who is John Roberts?; Ask the Economist; Slanguage

more »
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Discovery Soars into Space; Terrorism Vs. Free Speech; Terrorism and Cults; Health Care and Race; Letters; Campfire Stories

more »
Monday, July 25, 2005

Labor Fissure; Sunnis Rejoin Drafting of Constitution; Women’s Rights in Iraq; Latest in London; Egyption Investigation; Discovery is a Go; The Syringa Tree

more »
Friday, July 22, 2005

London Shooting; Medicaid Fraud; Saudi Ambassador Resigns; Internet Suicide; Lincoln Center Festival

more »
Thursday, July 21, 2005

London Update; Analysis of Iraq; Chinese Currency; Steroids and Sports; Rocky Road Trip

more »
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Supreme Court Nomination; Senator Kennedy Responds to Bush’s Nomination; Confirmation History; White House Public Relations; A Cleaner Charles; Jazz Tributes

more »
Tuesday, July 19, 2005

India PM Addresses Congress; India’s Booming; Fidelity Scandal; Floating Lantern Ceremony Honors the Departed; Pitch Black Afro Raps for South Africa

more »
Monday, July 18, 2005

Devastation and Reconstruction Aid in Iraq; Jared Diamond on Civilization; The Rove Connection; Sports Blogging; “Murderball”

more »
Friday, July 15, 2005

Arrest in Bombing Case; Chilling Impact?; Potter Reaches the Blind; Wilder and Wonka; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

more »
Thursday, July 14, 2005

Leeds Investigation; Britain Police “Review”; British Policeman’s Point of View; Iraq Suicide Bombings; Soldiers’ Studies; NHL Back on the Ice; Crazy for Crosswords

more »
Wednesday, July 13, 2005

London Investigation; The Discovery; In the Mind of an Astronaut; The Future of NASA; Abu Ghraib; Competitive Air Guitar; New Times, New Etiquette

more »
Tuesday, July 12, 2005

London Check-in; Arrest in London Terrorist Attack; Public Polls and the War in Iraq; Supreme Court Nominations and the Political Middle; Troop Increase in Afghanistan; Karl Rove and the Valerie Plame Scandal; Etiquette and Technology

more »
Monday, July 11, 2005

Leak Linked to Karl Rove; Remembering Srebrenica; Navy Seals; Closed Circuit Cameras; “The Forgotten Arm”

more »
Friday, July 8, 2005

London Bombings; Muslims Fear Backlash; U.S. Security; The “Freakonomics” of Car Seat Safety; Egypt’s Envoy; Sports Tidbits

more »
Thursday, July 7, 2005

Explosions Rock London; How Resilient is British Public Transportation?; Terror Expert Says Bombing Not Work of the IRA; Message Posted on Web Claims Responsibility

more »
Wednesday, July 6, 2005

The G8 Meet; An Interview with Anita Hill; London Wins Olympic Bid; New England Base Closures; Chilly Office Temperatures; Playwright Gideon Lester

more »
Tuesday, July 5, 2005

Did Rove Leak CIA Agent’s Identity?; A Tale of Two Reconstructions; Meth War; Listener Letters; Food for Thought

more »
Monday, July 4, 2005

News from Iraq; Petagon Recruiting at Schools; One Businessman’s Idea of Patriotism; A Day in the Life of a Fireworks Enthusiast; In Praise of Pork

more »
With Sponsorship from:
Accelerating the pace of engineering and science
Underwriting:
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.

2 Comments | more »
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.

Comment | more »
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.

Comment | more »
From Twitter