Geography of Indiana

In Chile, foreign children’s books, translated, open worlds for kids

Arts, Culture & Media

Chile’s children’s book industry isn’t known for light-hearted, fun reads. It’s about morality-building and lesson-teaching. So a Dane, who lived in Chile for a time, decided to change that. She’s organized a library that receives foreign-language books and then translates them into Spanish.

Statue of freed slave causes uproar in Indianapolis

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

A Children’s Library In Chile

Arts, Culture & Media

Increase in the use of Drone Raise Legal Concerns

Conflict & Justice
The World

I’ll See Your Lorrain and Raise You a Turner

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Small Indiana city credits stimulus with its recovery

We speak with Greg Goodnight, Mayor of Kokomo, to discuss the city’s remarkable turnaround.

The World

Finding charity, scarcity in this recession

We’re entering the season for charitable giving around the country. We check in with Susan Bond from the Samaritan Love Food Pantry and Melissa Berman, president and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, about charitable giving’s broader picture.

The World

The Pope and the President

Global Politics

President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today. Joining The Takeaway is BBC Rome Correspondent David Willey. Also joining us is Cathleen Kaveny, the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Theology at Notre Dame.

The World

Jobs By The Numbers

Unemployment numbers for April come out today. Dan Gross, Columnist for Newsweek and Slate, joins The Takeaway from East Lansing, Michigan, to help us make sense of the numbers.

The World

What Memorial Day Was Meant to Be

Arts, Culture & Media

Joining The Takeaway to talk about the origins of Memorial Day and how the meaning has morphed over the decades is Caroline Janney, an assistant professor of history at Purdue University.