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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Abortion Debate Plays Out On License Plates

A nonprofit anti-abortion group has designed license plates that say “Choose Life,” and are sold in more than 20 states, including Florida, Massachusetts and Louisiana.  Planned Parenthood also offers plates that say “Trust Women, Respect Choice,” but they’re only sold in a few states, including Virginia.

Both sets of plates are produced by the state and proceeds benefit the group behind the message. But should states be in the business of producing political statements on license plates at all? We speak with Brigitte Amiri, senior staff attorney of the Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU.

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Paul Monti next to the truck of his son, Jared Monti. Jared Monti died while serving in Afghanistan in 2006. (Anna Miller/Here & Now)

A conversation Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock had with Paul Monti about his son Jared Monti, who was killed in Afghanistan, sparked a song that hit No. 1 on the country charts last month.

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Evelyn Shelton has been missing since May 2011. (Courtesy Shelton family)

The Black and Missing Foundation says African Americans make up about one-third of all missing people in the U.S. but they’re not represented in the media as much as pretty white females.

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Labels of garments bought at a Wal-Mart store in Atlanta. (David GoldmanAP)

After last month’s devastating garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, are you taking a second look at the labels in your clothing? Dara O’Rourke explains what we know about how our clothing is made.

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