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Children Of Immigrants Less Likely To Get Benefits
" Adriana, who did not give her full name because she is in the country illegally, recently came looking for help at CASA de Maryland, a nonprofit agency outside Washington, D.C., that assists immigrants. At the time, Adriana, 21, was a few days away from giving birth to her...
Head of NYTimes Online Leaves for NPR
Big news in the world of big media: the head of online operations for The New York Times, Vivian Schiller, will be leaving the venerable newspaper to take over as president and chief executive of National Public...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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351 views | 29 recommendations | 8 comments
Obama for President in Italy?
Uh, no. Senator Barack Obama is not on any ballot in Italy. However, one of the candidates in the Italian prime minister's race has drawn inspiration from the senator's campaign, embracing the United States...
created by Karen Hatter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
2153 views | 17 recommendations | 13 comments
2153 views | 17 recommendations | 13 comments
First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...
The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...
created by YOOPERNEWSMAN | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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1710 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
NPR Marketplace To Tackle Open Source Science
If there's going to be a "Science 2.0" you need raw data to be openly available, not restricted to expensive journals. Janet Babin is interviewing scientists for her Marketplace series and it is discussed here.Dick the Optimist
"I came across this fun bit from a Juan Williams interview of President Bush on NPR:"MR. WILLIAMS: Well, another question about Vice President Cheney – he said last week that – here I'm quoting – "we've...New Public Broadcast Head Not All That Into Public Broadcast
"Tell me which sitcom this is -- there's this guy with kids and he doesn't always see eye to eye with his wife. He has crazy relatives and works with this crazy guy and makes funny faces as the wackiness ensues....Redundancies in the air
If you're a collector in the word game (as I am), keeping your redundancy box full is a fairly easy matter. All you have to do is pay attention occasionally.That's what I was doing when I was driving along...Former Supreme Court judge says US risks edging near to dictatorship
Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who retired last month after 24 years on the Supreme Court, has said the US is in danger of edging towards dictatorship if the party's rightwingers continue to...
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