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Protesters At Apple Stores Demand ‘Ethical’ Products

In an effort to protest the working conditions in the Chinese factories that make Apple products, demonstrators delivered a petition to six different Apple stores in four different countries. The petition, which asks the country to make “ethical” products, included about 250,000 signatures. Organizers said they were delivering them to Apple stores in Bangalore, London, [...]

The GOP Elixir: Candidates Campaign On Tax Cuts

Cutting taxes is part of the DNA of the modern Republican Party. All four of the remaining GOP candidates for president have proposed steep cuts in business and personal taxes, and it sometimes seems like Republicans are competing to show the most enthusiasm for tax cuts. At a debate last month, former Sen. Rick Santorum [...]

Birthplace Of ‘Robo-Signing’ Eyes Deal Critically

From the beginning, Florida lawyer Tom Ice says he realized the mass signing of mortgages was more than just a paperwork problem. “I suspected then, and I suspect now, that we were really just touching the tip of the iceberg,” he says. The Palm Beach County lawyer uncovered and named “robo-signing.” In December of 2009, [...]

Why Estimating Delegate Counts Could Backfire

When it comes to counting GOP delegates this year, there seem to be as many different tallies as there have been primary contests. NPR launched its own delegate tracker this week. As we noted on Wednesday, it only counts delegates officially awarded by state or party rule. On Thursday, uber-primary watcher Josh Putnam warns of [...]

At CPAC, Hard Lines On Race And Immigration Could Be Awkward

A note to the Republican presidential candidates heading to Washington for the Conservative Political Action Conference: Some of the events could make you uncomfortable if you’re planning to tack to the center in your general election campaign. Three of the GOP candidates — Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum — will address the largest [...]

The GOP’s ‘Meh’ Moment On Full Display At Conservative Confab

The Republican presidential candidates won’t argue their cases to thousands of conservatives gathered in Washington until Friday when Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are scheduled to speak. (Ron Paul is skipping the event.) But if Thursday’s opening day of the American Conservative Union’s annual star-studded Conservative Political Action Conference — CPAC — is [...]

Young Republicans Gather In Washington — And Eye An Opportunity In November

As the annual Conservative Political Action Conference began Thursday in the nation’s capital, NPR’s Michel Martin spoke to young Republicans who explained how they hope this year to change the dynamics from 2008, when young voters flocked to Barack Obama. Their strategy? Focus on the economy. “In the last 36 months, the policies of this [...]

George Clooney On Acting, Fame, And Putting Down Your Cell Phone Camera

George Clooney is nominated for two Oscars this year — for his lead role in The Descendants and for co-writing the adapted screenplay for The Ides Of March, which he also directed. He speaks to Robert Siegel on today’s All Things Considered about film, but also about the life he lives as one of Hollywood’s [...]

‘Chico And Rita’ And All That Jazz

In the 11 years since the Oscars introduced an award for Best Animated Feature, the category has been dominated by children’s movies, often with computer-animated pandas, penguins and ogres at their center. This year’s a little different. Two of the animated films are subtitled, and one is definitely aimed at adults: the Spanish film Chico [...]

When Flu Pandemics Hit, Closing Schools Can Slow Spread

Everyone knows that when your kids get the flu, they stay home from school. But what does it take to justify closing the school down entirely? That’s a question we should probably answer before the next big pandemic hits. At one point during the swine flu outbreak in 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and [...]