Chicago School Closing Battle Targets Elected Officials
A day after school officials approved shutting down 50 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and community activists say they’ll hold …
Obama Group’s Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny
Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama’s re-election campaign — has posted five tweets in …
StateImpact is Safe, Sound and Sidetracked
Just a quick update: Logan Layden and I are safe and sound. We’ve been sidetracked a bit from our daily …
Sick Inmates Dying Behind Bars Despite Release Program
Prison is a tough place, but Congress made an exception nearly 30 years ago, giving terminally ill inmates and prisoners …
Living In Two Worlds, But With Just One Language
NPR continues its conversations about The Race Card Project, where NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris asks people to send in …
Scientific Tooth Fairies Investigate Neanderthal Breast-Feeding
When it comes to weaning, humans are weird. Our closest relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas, breast-feed their offspring for several years. …
North Korean Sends Special Envoy To China Amid Tensions
North Korea has sent a special enjoy to China, hoping to patch up relations between the two countries that have …
Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless
If you were hoping to cash in that Borders gift card for the latest Dan Brown novel — or at …
Lois Lerner’s Brief And Awful Day On Capitol Hill
The public got its first look Thursday at Lois Lerner, who has gone from faceless IRS bureaucrat to the face …
Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment
After five marathon sessions debating 150 proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a landmark rewriting of the nation’s immigration …
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