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May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama discussed America's counter-terrorism strategy — including the use of drones and the prison at Guantanamo Bay — during an address at the National Defense University on Thursday. He rejected the idea that the country can fight an open-ended "global war on terror."
 
May 24, 2013 | NPR · In Massachusetts, what's been a relatively lackluster campaign to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry is heating up. Veteran Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez, a businessman and former Navy SEAL. Gomez is a political newcomer.
 
May 24, 2013 | NPR · David Greene talks to filmmaker Alex Gibney about the new documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. In 2006, Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks and encouraged anyone in the world to pass on information that might expose government secrets.
 

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May 25, 2013 | NPR · Income and wealth inequality is just about as American as baseball and apple pie. And although the economy has improved in the last few years, the unemployment rate for black Americans is about double that for whites.
 
May 25, 2013 | NPR · This past week, President Obama laid out the foreign policy objectives for the remainder of his time in office, a speech that included his wish to end not just the war in Afghanistan but the "war on terror." Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic.
 
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden speaks with Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution about the Espionage Act. This Word War I-era legislation has been used more frequently in recent times to prosecute government employees who leak information to the press, but the limits set by the act are poorly defined for our modern age.
 

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May 25, 2013 | NPR · The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance.
 

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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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May 15, 2013 — After the She Works site launched last week, it became clear that NPR staff and journalists were just as eager to share advice for women at work as our listeners. Colorful posters popped up around NPR HQ, and our colleagues were blowing up the #sheworks hashtag. Check out what they had to say.
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Apr 26, 2013 — NPR's Planet Money co-host Adam Davidson appeared on The Colbert Report last week to explain Bitcoin and what "shady people" do with this digital currency. To wrap up the segment, Host Stephen Colbert added some NPR-style context to the issue.
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Apr 24, 2013 — During the stream of breaking news last week, NPR News was mid-move to our new HQ. Divided between two buildings, our journalists reported hours of live coverage without missing a beat. Their work helped inform people across the country not only on air but on television screens as well.
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Apr 18, 2013 — When you listen to NPR, the audio usually floats along from segment to segment, seemingly without a hitch. We've had our fair share of glitches, snags and utter meltdowns in audio editing though. Hear about a few of these tech headaches from employees who've experienced them first hand.
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Mar 20, 2013 — NPR was at SXSW last week, while the rest of us kept tabs on music and tech happenings online and in social media. Check out photos from the sights and shows in Austin, and see press coverage of NPR activities at the conference.
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Feb 15, 2013 — NPR headquarters may be in Washington, D.C., but we've got correspondents, shows and coverage happening across the country and around the world. Here's a snapshot of how our journalists and reporting are making news cycles from LA to Austin and up the East Coast.
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Jan 29, 2013 — NPR journalists made a round of television appearances this week to help dissect the top headlines of 2013 so far. Watch the videos here.
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Jan 22, 2013 — Numb thumbs didn't stop the NPR crew from being part of the social media buzz during yesterday's 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. See special behind-the-scenes (and above-the-stage) photos from our team reporting yesterday's inaugural ceremonies.
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Jan 4, 2013 — Many other media outlets joined us yesterday in welcoming Michele Norris back and in announcing hosting positions for the now familiar voices of Audie Cornish and Rachel Martin. Check out the news.
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Dec 20, 2012 — NPR podcasts are making many people's best of 2012 lists.
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