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Iraqis Mark Four Years of U.S. Occupation

Protestors mark the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.

“Appeal for Redress”

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About 1,800 members of the military are speaking out against the war in Iraq.

McCain and Iraq

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We’ll take stock of John McCain’s campaign with John Harwood of The Wall Street Journal and CNBC.

Dice K Comes To Town

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We look at the Japanese craze that has struck Boston.

Choosing Motherhood

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Rebecca Walker is a writer, mother and the daughter of Alice Walker. We speak to Rebecca about her new book “Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence.”

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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Appian Road, in the Monti Aurunci area of Italy. (Robert Kaster/University of Chicago Press)

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient roads of all time: the Appian Way in Italy.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
(Michael M. Phillips/Wall Street Journal)

It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines travelling in Zaranj, along Afghanistan’s border with Iran, but a suicide bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold and joins us.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Musician John Fullbright at Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Okemah, Okla., is the birthplace of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It’s also the hometown of singer-songwriter John Fullbright, who at just 24, is already being compared with folk great Townes Van Zandt.

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