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Tom Hanks on HollywoodÕs tipping point over sexual misconduct
What do the Harvey Weinstein allegations reveal about power and gender in
Hollywood? When Tom Hanks recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown for a
conversation about his first collection of short stories, the legendary
actor also...
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Poetry helps youth at a juvenile detention center find peace
Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks...
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Why urban beekeeping is a rising trend in major cities
Bees are critical to agricultural production, but beekeeping is actually increasing in cities like Los Angeles and New York City, where restrictions on the practice were recently lifted. In Philadelphia, where there are thousands of...
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Is God beyond gender? Swedish church challenges traditional perception
According to the Church of Sweden, it's preferable not to refer to God as a "he." The official decision to use gender-neutral language will be a change in the way that many Swedish churchgoers worship -- and one that has divided the...
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Can students return a billion oysters to NY harbor
Oysters were once abundant in New York City, but decades of over-harvesting and pollution led to their near-extinction there. Now, an education initiative called the Billion Oyster Project teaches public school students how to help bring...
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Dance Helps Parkinson's Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement
Special correspondent Dave Iverson looks a unique program that uses dance as therapy for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Why Black Women Face A Triple Threat From Breast Cancer
For Black women in America, a breast cancer diagnosis brings with it a
disturbing statistic. Black women are less likely to develop breast cancer
but 40 percent more likely to die from it than white women, according to
the Centers for...
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American renters hard-hit by pandemic juggle complicated assistance systems, eviction laws
American Renters Hard-Hit By Pandemic Juggle Complicated Assistance Systems, Eviction Laws
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When we talk about North Korea, we forget whatâs happening to its people
When Min Jin Lee sees the latest headlines about nuclear weapons in North Korea, she thinks of her father, who fled the republic when he was 16, and lost touch with his family. And Lee thinks of not just the remains of her family still...
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Author Elaine Pagels Explores Why Humans Rely On Religious Belief
Why do people have faith in what they cannot see? Author Elaine Pagels explores the concept of religious belief, and shares her own experience with finding faith in the face of tragedy, in her new book, "Why Religion?" Jeffrey Brown...
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Even with Roe v. Wade intact, many states have aggressively restricted abortion access
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court has many abortion rights advocates worried that the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is in imminent peril. In many places the rollback of access is already steadily progressing....
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Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs
One of the world's most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching. But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them. By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS...
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The Cancun that tourists don't see - murders and drug war
It's not part of Cancun that tourists travel to see: heavily armed police
working to stop a soaring homicide rate. The fallout of Mexico's campaign
targeting drug cartel leaders is spilling onto the periphery of the famous
beach...
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Rick Atkinson
Book: 'Bad to the Very End': Author Reflects on the Long, Deadly Road to WWII Victory
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Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park
Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are...
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Uneasy Peace Takes Hold In Contested Region Of Azerbaijan
Ethnic-Armenian forces last week handed over two regions to Azerbaijani
control as part of Russia-brokered armistice that ended the six-week war
over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Moscow has sent peacekeepers to the
ethnic-Armenian...
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How scientists are tracking a massive iceberg in the making
Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf is disappearing section by section. A fast-growing rift, one of the largest ever seen, is now teetering on the edge of breaking away from the glacier. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien explores how...
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What 1 euro can buy you in Sicilian real estate
In Sicily and across Italy, towns are on the brink of extinction. Locals have been leaving these picturesque communities, with their antique buildings and narrow roads, in search of economic opportunity, and few babies are being born...
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John Banville Adopts Pen Name, Famous Protagonist to Reboot Chandler's Iconic Crime Series (March 21, 2014)
Irish writer John Banville slips into Raymond ChandlerÂs voice for a new crime novel starring one of the great characters in American fiction: private detective Philip Marlowe. 1950Âs Los Angeles, the femme fatale, Hollywood stars:...
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Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando shooting
When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando's largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday's mass shooting, he thought, "please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim." But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised...
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Laila Lalami’s “The Other Americans” Explores The Experience Of Being An Outsider
Jeffrey Brown caught up with the National Book Award fiction finalist Laila Lalami at the Miami Book Festival. Her latest work of fiction, "The Other Americans," explores issues of immigration and identity, part of our ongoing arts and...