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Chicago School Closing Battle Targets Elected Officials
May 23, 2013 | NPR · The Chicago School board has voted to close dozens of schools, despite community protests that the closings disproportionately affect minority students. The Chicago Teachers Union and community activists aren't ready to let the issue drop.
 
College Students Eye Calendar, Wait To See If Loan Rates Double
May 23, 2013 | NPR · College students could end up paying a higher interest rate on their government subsidized loans unless Congress steps in. In a replay of last year's battle, Republicans, Democrats and the Obama administration all have competing proposals. A vote is scheduled in the House of Representatives Thursday, but with no consensus in sight, it's not at all clear if lawmakers can keep interest rates from doubling on July First.
 
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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline.
 

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Identities Of 24 Victims In Okla. Tornado Emerge
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Oklahomans who were hit by a massive tornado on Monday are trying to recover and rebuild.
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Basements Not An Option For Many Homes In Oklahoma
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block talks to NPR Two-Way blogger Scott Neuman about why basements in Oklahoma are so uncommon.
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Documentary Shows George Plimpton's Best Story Was His Own
May 22, 2013 | NPR · A new documentary about writer George Plimpton uses its subject's own voice to tell the story of his career as a path-breaking "participatory journalist" and longtime editor of the Paris Review. The film also uses the voices of Plimpton's friends and colleagues to defend him against the charge of dilettantism that dogged him throughout his career. NPR's Joel Rose reports.
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
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Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.
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Late Conservative Blogger Breitbart Had Impact On Right, Left
Mar 1, 2012 — In his way, Breitbart was a hyperactive Web reinterpretation of the pre-Revolutionary pamphleteer Thomas Paine. Or of Philip Freneau, who, as a Philadelphia journalist during the early American republic, was an anti-Federalist propagandist for then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.
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Thursday Political Grab Bag: Obama To Call For Ending Oil Firm Tax Breaks
Mar 1, 2012 — With gas prices rising and Republicans blaming him, President Obama was expected to call for an end to oil company tax breaks. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney said he does indeed support a bill that would allow employers to not provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives.
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Andrew Breitbart Exposes How Politicians Raise Cash
Sep 17, 2010 — Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart exposed how money is raised in D.C. by posting to his website a voicemail from Washington Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
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Michael Steele (Hearts) Andrew Breitbart But Shirley Sherrod (Sues) Him
Jul 29, 2010 — Two points of view on conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart.  The view of Michael Steele of the RNC is positive; he's invited Breitbart to head up a GOP fundraiser next month.  The view of Shirley Sherrod is less positive; she's suing him.
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A 'Teachable Moment'? What's The Lesson?
Jul 27, 2010 — Host Michel Martin explores the lessons that can be learned from the Shirley Sherrod story — by the president, by Fox News Channel and by all journalists — about race, politics and the power of the truth.
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The ACORN Videos: Did NPR Ignore Them?
Sep 23, 2009 — When Fox News first released damming videos involving employees of ACORN, the community organizing group, the mainstream media, including NPR, was slow to respond. Why? A just-released study of press coverage of ACORN for the last two years might ...
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Andrew Breitbart, Controversial Web Provocateur, Has Died
Mar 1, 2012 — He cultivated controversy and was a thorn in liberals' sides. Breitbart died of natural causes, according to his newssite.
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Rep. Weiner Admits Lying, Sending Lewd Photo, Inappropriate Conversations
Jun 6, 2011 — The New York Democrat has been at the center of a media firestorm in recent days over sexually charged photos allegedly sent from his online social media accounts to several women. He will not resign from office, he says.
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Shirley Sherrod Sues Andrew Breitbart; He Says 'Bring It On'
Feb 14, 2011 — Sherrod says Breitbart defamed her. He says she's trying to divert attention away from other reporting he's doing.
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Shirley Sherrod: No Need For Obama To Apologize
Jul 22, 2010 — Shirley Sherrod made the rounds on the morning news shows in kind of a victory lap.
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