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Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion

Environment

With the spotlight now on institutional racism, the city council of Arlington, Texas, took a historic stand by bucking a state law and refusing to expand a gas well complex close to a preschool for Black and Latino children.

Denisse

Meet the women who escorted Jane Doe to her abortion

Justice

Many leads, no suspects yet in deadly attack on Boston Marathon

Global Politics

Bike ridership low due to promotion of helmets, urban motility expert says

Environment

Winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

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A Trip Home with Thao Nguyen

Arts, Culture & Media

At just 24, Thao Nguyen put out one of 2008’s best indie rock records, We Brave Bee Stings and All. But she didn’t turn into a rock star overnight.

Supreme Court May Hear Challenge to Ban on Foreign Political Contributions

On Friday, the Supreme Court will decide whether or not to hear Bluman v. the Federal Election Commission. This case specifically challenges the Federal Election Campaign Act, which “prohibits any foreign national from contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local election in the United States, either directly or indirectly.” […]

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Your Occupational Tattoos

Business, Economics and Jobs

Last week on the show, we heard from people who are so passionate about their careers as scientists and mathematicians that they’ve tattooed equations and fragments of DNA on their bodies. So we asked: Do you have a tattoo related to your profession?

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ESA Commentary

Commentator John Shanahan remarks on his dissatisfaction with the Endangered Species Act and how private land owners should be included more in the process. Shanahan is Vice-President of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution in Arlington, Virginia.

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Music Commentary

The Underground Railroad Theatre of Arlington, MA provides a bit of satire to mark the end of the Rio Summit. The basic thrust of their Brazilian Samba is George Bush’s philosophy that “we were here first  ?- you were here third,” meaning we’ve already decimated our environment while we became an economic superpower, but now […]

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