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Michaela Murphy

Arts, Culture & Media

Actor and writer Michaela Murphy tells a story from her extraordinary childhood in the suburbs of Providence, Rhode Island.

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Listener’s Lesson of the Year: Hard Work Pays Off

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Rhode Island, other states question the real value of Lieutenant Governor

Global Politics

Rhode Island teen faces scorn, hate after protesting public school’s prayer

Global Politics

A Dictionary of American Dialect

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Teenager Faces Public Outrage Over School Prayer Lawsuit

Jessica Ahlquist, a 16-year-old-junior at Cranston High School West, is an outspoken atheist who believes that prayer should not be on display in public schools. Last month she expressed her views at school board hearings and a federal judge ruled in her favor deeming prayer’s presence at Cranston High School to be unconstitutional. In retaliation, […]

Governors Petition to Reclassify Marijuana

The Governors of Washington and Rhode Island are petitioning the federal government to reclassify marijuana. Why? And will it matter? The Takeaway speaks to a former White House drug advisor.

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Childrearing Advice From Single Dads

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We’re thinking of Dad ahead of Father’s Day when the number single father families nationwide has nearly doubled since 1990. Angelo Marinosci of Warren, Rhode Island and Bob Murgo of Newport, Rhode Island talk about what makes a good single father.

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Tribute to Senator Chafee

The environmental movement lost one of its great champions last week when Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island died of heart failure at the age of 77. Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut remembers his friend and colleague.

Rhode Island Oil Spill

Dr. Judith McDowell, a scientist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, fields questions from Steve Curwood on the recent spill of heating oil in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Rhode Island.

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