Friday, May 30, 2008

Food Prices; “Without A Map”; Florida and Michigan Delegates; High Art or Child Pornography?; Hayes Carll

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Army Suicides; Father Sues VA; Children Without a State; Iowa Tornadoes; Tiempo Libre

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Memoir Bombshell; Foreclosure Fallout; Conservation Refugees; Honorary Degrees; Letters; Protest 101

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

European Fuel Protests; Islam in the U.S.; Border Fence; Record Fall in Home Prices and Consumer Index; Frank Sinatra

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Monday, May 26, 2008

A NEW G.I. BILL; THE AMERICAN RESTING PLACE; SUMMER TRAVEL AND THE HIGH COST OF FUEL; THE HIGH COST OF FUEL; TED WILLIAMS AT WAR

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Presidential Campaign; Insomnia; Organ Transplants; The Rise, or Fall of The Phoenix; “Encyclopedia of Our Universe”

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Summer Air Travel; Lebanon; Speedo; The Week in Sports; David Halberstam

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Senator Kennedy’s Cancer Diagnosis; Cancer Research; Moody’s; On The Make; Karen Allen

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Iraqi Forces Enter Sadr City; Pennsylvania Avenue; “Kill Switch”; Steve Winwood

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Monday, May 19, 2008

China; Sharia Law; Sports Injuries; No Left Turn for UPS; Olive Kitteridge

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Oil Prices; Exodus 1947; Farm Bill and Food Stamps; Sports Update; Summer Camp

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Burma; China; Politics; Letters; Martin Luther King Memorial; Bill The Band

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Prescription Drugs; Congress; Al Franken; The Truth is out There; Nikki Giovanni

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

China Bookstore Owner; China/Burma; Mangroves; Graduation Names; Hebrew Words

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Monday, May 12, 2008

China Earthquake; Israel at 60; Alton Logan Case; Cyclone Relief; Richard Russo

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Friday, May 9, 2008

Lebanon; Haiti Food Crisis; Tips; Snacktime

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Iraq; Slavery by Another Name; Congress; Swat Moms; Writers on Writing

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Political Update; Foster Care; Russian Presidency; “Here and Now”

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Presidential Primary Voting; Al Qaeda; Measles; Pandemic; The Warrior

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Monday, May 5, 2008

Presidential Politics; The 1968 Indiana Primary; Eight Belles; Portishead; Henry Winkler

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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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