2008 December | Here & Now
Madoff, Unemployment Figures, Credit Crunch, Lemon the Duck, Anne Sofie Von Otter
more »Curt Nickisch spent an evening following Dr Jennifer Millen in the ER at Massachusetts General Hospital.
more »Israeli Strikes at Gaza, Homelessness on the Rise, Charitable Giving, A Night in the ER, The Shack
more »Tennessee Coal Sludge Spill, Living to 100, Smart Grids, Women Don’t Ask Why, Elvin Bishop
more »We talk with Travis Strong, his wife Misty and with John Gonsalves, founder and director of “Homes for Our Troops.”
more »Homes for Our Troops, Foreclosure and Tenants’ Rights, Inaugural Ode, Letters to God, England’s Choirmaster
more »Secretive about how much shopping you’re doing? You may have an addiction.
more »Travel Delays, Afghanistan, Shopping Addiction and Charles Dickens’ Christmas
more »U.S. Economy Shrinks, Depression Santa, Facebook Usage, Boston Santa
more »Pakistan One Year After Bhutto Assassination, Bailout Money, Frost/Nixon, Still No Power in Central Massachusetts, Teenage Love Poetry
more »Obama and Economic Regulation, “The Year We Disappeared”, Madoff Fallout, The Schlepometer, James Isaacs Holiday Gift Picks
more »Madoff Scandal, Unemployment Funds Drying Up, New College Board Test, Smaller Holiday Films
more »We take a look today at the current state of labor-management relations in a recession economy.
more »Labor in America, Bush in Iraq, Senator Grassley on College Affordability, Palestinian Charity, The Great Books
more »Illinois Corruption Scandal Creates Headache for Obama; Novelist Wally Lamb; Praying for the Auto Industry; Sports; Before Sarah Palin, There Was Michael Palin
more »What Next In Illinois?; Behavioral Economics; Rating Companies and the Economic Downturn; Chocolate, the Ancient Way; Eliott Carter Turns 100
more »Auto Industry Bailout–More Than Detroit Bargained For?; India and Pakistan; Governor Blagojevich’s Arrest; A Red Kettle For Modern Times; An Inauguration Gift From Earl Stafford; Young at Heart
more »Matching Homeless People with “People-less” Homes; Factory Occupation; Middle East; Letters; The Taste of Conquest
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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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“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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