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Small-town America is not as homogenous as it used to be. Take Wausa, Wisc., home to more than 4,000 Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia. In a special broadcast from Wausau, guests and callers discuss  small-town immigration. Guests:  Mai Zong  Vue, refugee program specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development; former president of the Hmong National Development, Inc., an organization which helps the Hmong resettle in the United States  Brian Bull, acting news director for Wisconsin Public Radio; produced a documentary for Wisconsin Public Radio called, Tsim Txom ("Suffering"): Domestic Violence in Hmong Society  Fred Prehn  Wausau area dentist; former president of the Wausau School Board that was recalled in the 1990s  Phil Nadeau  deputy city administrator for Lewiston, Maine  Katherine Fennelly, professor of public policy at the University of Minnesota NEAL CONAN, host:  From NPR News in Wausau, Wisconsin, I'm Neal Conan and this is Talk of the Nation.  Around the country, smaller cities and towns struggle with sometimes-sudden surges of outsiders. Lewiston, Maine became a destination for Somalis. Former city councilman Roger Philippon.  Mr. ROGER PHILIPPON (Former Councilman, Lewiston, Maine): There were a number of rumors and almost all of them were found to be without merit. Rumors ranging from the beliefs that Somalis were getting preferential treatment in general assistance, or in housing; that they were getting special treatment in the schools, that they were even being given cars.  CONAN: Here in Wisconsin, we focus on the story of Hmong refugees. Plus, we'll talk with mystery writer Victoria Houston about the lure of rainbows, brownies, muskies, and murder.  It's the Talk of the Nation after the news.  This is Talk of the Nation. I'm Neal Conan. And today, we're broadcasting live from the University of Wisconsin Marathon County Theater in Wausau, Wisconsin. We have a live audience.  (Soundbite of applause)  A live audience of enthusiastic listeners to Wisconsin Public Radio and we thank them for coming here.  According to the U.S. Census, this town of roughly 38,000 people was once the whitest city in America. And I'm not talking about the snow. In 1980, less than one percent of Wausau identified as non-white. Demographics slowly began to change as local churches sponsored the city's first Hmong refugees.  Hmong fought with the U.S. during the war in Vietnam and faced persecution in their native Laos. Thirty years on, Asians, most of them Hmong make up roughly 12 percent of Wausau's population. In other smaller cities and towns across the country new arrivals might be from Somalia, or more usually from Mexico.  Like Wausau, many places that use to be homogeneous aren't that way anymore. We're here to learn how communities cope with unexpected strains on schools, on infrastructure, on social services, on the fabric of society. Why immigrants choose Wausau over, say, Chicago or Los Angeles, on the challenges and the opportunities of immigration in small cities and towns.  Later in the program we'll talk with Victoria Houston, the author of the Loon Lake Mysteries that focuses on fly-fishing and felonies in Wisconsin's northern woods. But first, a look at how immigration is transforming towns in Wisconsin and across the U.S.  We especially want to hear today from those of you who are in towns where they're experiencing a surge of immigration. How has your town reacted? If you're a recent immigrant who settled in a smaller town, why did you go there? What's life been like? Our number is 800-989-8255, that's 800-989-TALK. We also have an email address, talk@npr.org.  We begin with Mai Zong Vue. She's the former president of the Hmong National Development Incorporated, an organization, which helps Hmong adjust to American life. She currently works on refugee issues for Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development and arrived in Wisconsin as a refugee in her teenaged years. She's with us here in the UW Marathon County Theater.  Thanks very much for being with us today.  Ms. MAI ZONG VUE (Refugee Program Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development): Thank you for having me.  (Soundbite applause)  CONAN: Tell us a little bit, if you would, how did you come to Wisconsin initially? Why did you settle here?  Ms. VUE: If I have a choice I probably, you know, wouldn't do it if I knew it was going to be so cold. But I didn't know anything about snow and a lot of us don't have a choice in terms of where we come to in the United States. For those of you who know, our federal policy dictates how the refugees are going to resettle in the United States; and that is assimilate them as fast as we can.  And so, the churches have a lot to do with the sponsorship of refugees in the United States. And for me, as well as many other refugees, it's through the churches and that's how we landed in Wisconsin.  CONAN: Mm-hmm. And what did you, as you say, cold was probably a novelty for you. Wh

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Question: Pullman Porters Helped Build Black Middle Class

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Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown were descendants of Pullman porters -- that distinctive and distinguished figure from yesteryear -- the uniformed African-American train worker, who forged his way into the middle class.     As part of this years National Train Day celebration on Saturday, Amtrak is honoring the legacy of Pullman porters in Philadelphia.  The porters served first-class passengers traveling in the luxurious Pullman sleeping cars, and the safe, steady work that allowed tens of thousands of African-Americans access to middle-class life.   The legacy of Pullman porters is complex, author Larry Tye tells NPRs Steve Inskeep.   George Pullman, the entrepreneur who invented the sleeping car and began hiring porters for them in 1868, was looking for people who had been trained to be the perfect servant, and these guys backgrounds [were] as having been chattel slaves. He knew that they knew just how to take care of any whim that a customer had.    Tye, who wrote Rising from the Rails: The Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class, says Pullman knew they would come cheap, and he paid them next to nothing. And he knew that there was never a question off the train that you would be embarrassed by running into one of these Pullman porters and having them remember something you did that you didnt want your wife or husband, perhaps, to remember during that long trip.  Over time, the porters were able to combine their meager salaries with tips.  They saved and put their children and grandchildren through college, which helped them attain middle-class status.   After decades of discrimination and abuse, the porters eventually organized in 1925 and became the first African-American labor union. The porters hired an outsider named A. Philip Randolph, who patiently fought for, and won, a collective bargaining agreement in 1937.   Randolph used his experience fighting the Pullman Company to help organize the civil rights movement.  E.D. Nixon, a Pullman porter and leader of a local chapter of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, worked with one of his employees to help start the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama.   Nixon used Rosa Parks arrest as a rallying cry to help organize the boycott. Because Nixon was often out of town attending to his duties as a porter, he enlisted the help of a young black minister new to Montgomery to run the boycott in his absence: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.    As train service declined, and the civil rights movement grew, the number of Pullman porters dwindled. STEVE INSKEEP, host:  When Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus, she made a phone call that reveals a lot about the Civil Rights Movement. She called E. D. Nixon, local head of a modest sounding union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Historian Larry Tye says it was the right call.  Mr. LARRY TYE (Historian, Author): She calls Nixon and Nixon turns around and calls 13 of the leading ministers in Montgomery. Number three or four on his list was a young guy named Martin Luther King.  INSKEEP: Rosa Parks called on a group that played a powerful role in African American life for a century. Pullman Porters will be honored this weekend as part of Amtrak's National Train Day. In a time when train travel took days, the porters worked in sleeping cars made by inventor George Pullman. Larry Tye's book, "Rising From the Rails" says they made the most of a lowly job.  Mr. TYE: They were the guys who, when you did this long trip across country on these very elegant Pullman sleeping cars - you were in magnificent surroundings, you had a very comfortable place to sleep, you were fed the best food - but the thing that you most remembered was these extraordinary black men who waited on you. They did everything from acting as chamber maid to a waiter. They were the people who came in and made your trip guaranteed to be comfortable.  INSKEEP: Now I want to talk about that a little bit more. George Pullman, he's the guy who invented this kind of sleeping car that became extraordinarily popular for about a century or so, why did he decide that this was a black man's job?  Mr. TYE: He was looking for people who had been trained to be the perfect servant, and these guys' backgrounds was, as having been chattel slaves, and he knew that they knew just how to take care of any whim that a customer had. He knew they would come cheap, and he paid them next to nothing. And he knew there was a never a question, off the train, that you would be embarrassed by running into one of these Pullman Porters and having them remember something that you did that you didn't want your wife or your husband, perhaps, to remember during that long trip. These guys lived in a different social universe and that was just what George Pullman wanted.  INSKEEP: Can I just point out the irony here, because it seems that George Pullman for the most appalling

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Question: Health Care Financing Initiative Filed

Late word this afternoon that the initiative has been filed for funding the health care reform plan now awaiting state Senate approval, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez as its official authors.
The initiative asks voters to approve a financing plan to pay for the $14 billion a year reform proposal, and includes [...]

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Question: The Sound of Silence

Molly Hullinger lost the ability to hear speech nearly 30 years ago, but that didn't stop her from attending a recent Paul Simon concert. She loves music. Even if she can't understand the words, she can hear some of the low tones, and she can feel the beat.  She also got help from three interpreters who were on hand to sign the lyrics. The interpreters are with Sign Language Associates, a Maryland-based company that provides interpretation at a variety of events, including conferences, government hearings and theater productions. Requests for sign-language interpreting at concerts started coming in after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990. It required venues to provide access for people with all kinds of disabilities, including hearing loss. Depending on the concert, there could be one deaf person in the audience, or as many as 20 or 30.  In most cases, the artist ultimately covers the cost of the interpreters.  To prepare for the Paul Simon concert, Janet Bailey, president of Sign Language Associates, and two other interpreters listened to Simon's music for two weeks. Line by line, they figured out different ways to interpret his songs. Signing music is not about word-for-word translation, Bailey said. It is about trying to convey meaning. Sign interpreters think conceptually, considering flow, rhythm and whether the signs convey visually the mood that each song tries to convey. ROBERT SIEGEL, host:  Live music events are a staple of summer. For most of us, they're a chance to see and, of course, hear our favorite artists. Now imagine not being able to hear or sing along.  Well, NPR's Andrea Hsu has this report on what the concert going experience is like for the deaf.  ANDREA HSU reporting:  It's a hot, sticky night at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Thousands of Paul Simon fans gather on the vast lawn. More take their pavilion seats indoors, among them, Molly Hullinger.  Ms. MOLLY HULLINGER (Deaf Concertgoer): I'm with my husband and good friend, Carrie, and her husband Pat.  HSU: Molly Hullinger is deaf. She lost the ability to hear speech in her early 20s - that was about 30 years ago. So you might ask, what's she doing here?  Ms. HULLINGER: Well, I'll make this very simple, I'll make it very clear, real fast. I like old music because back when I had more hearing, I learned the music and I learned the words to it. So I go see oh, Grateful Dead, Barry Manilow, things like that. The new singers I can't understand at all.  So an event like with Paul Simon, I got his new album, so I play it and listen to the music but I can't understand any of the words. When I come here tonight, she'll tell me the words and then when I go back home I'll remember some of the words, you know.  HSU: She is Janet Bailey, a sign language interpreter who's been interpreting my questions. She's one of three interpreters here tonight to sign lyrics for Hullinger. Who, by the way, is the only deaf person in this audience.  (Soundbite of audience clapping)  HSU: The lights dim. The crowd gets impatient. Finally - (Soundbite of applause)  HSU: Paul Simon takes the stage. But let's back up for a moment to the morning of the concert. Janet Bailey and co-worker Kevin Dyels are in final rehearsals for tonight's show.  Mr. KEVIN DYELS (Sign Language Interpreter): So I was just doing this for Cecelia.  HSU: Dyels runs through the signs he's chosen.  Mr. DYELS: Breaking my heart, I'm crushed, I'm crushed, my confidence is lost.  HSU: They've been listening to Paul Simon on their iPods for two weeks straight and in every spare moment, rehearsing their translations. All to make sure Molly Hullinger enjoys the concert.  Ms. JANET BAILEY (Sign Language Interpreter): I fell on the floor and I'm laughing.  Mr. DYELS: Yeah.  Ms. BAILEY: How are you doing that?  HSU: Bailey and Dyels have considered the various signs for laughter.  Ms. BAILEY: I'm suggesting the ha, ha, ha laugh, as opposed to the - HSU: Janet Bailey founded her company, Sign Language Associates, in 1982. It staffs conferences, hospital visits, theatre productions and video relay services. Requests for concerts started coming in after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990. It required venues to provide equal access for people with all kinds of disabilities, including hearing loss.  This season, the company will interpret at some 50 concerts in the Washington, D.C., area. But it's not a cash cow. For tonight's gig, including all the prep time, the three interpreters will earn a total of $700. Kevin Dyels says it's not about the money.  Mr. DYELS: We're finally able to give deaf people access to a part of American culture that they never had access to. And as such, there's a certain responsibility you feel to that audience, you know. They can't hear the music so they're - well, most of them can't hear the music - some of them have some residual hearing, right. So they're not going to get the aural experience. So we try to give t

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Question: Violence Against Immigrants In South Africa Turns Deadly

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Violence against immigrants in South Africa has killed at least five people, resulted in attacks on businesses owned by foreigners and sent thousands to take refuge at temporary shelters. A massive rally against xenophobia was held Thursday in Durban, the coastal city that has been the scene of much of the unrest. Migrants from Africa and South Asia have been the target of the violence, which was condemned by President Jacob Zuma. The fighting in Durban left five people dead — two immigrants and three South Africans, CNN reported. The charity Gift of the Givers told CNN that about "8,500 people fled to refugee centers or police stations this week because of the violence." In Johannesburg on Thursday, foreign-owned shops were attacked and looted, the BBC reported, prompting some 200 people to take refuge at a police station. The BBC adds: "Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the looters and arrested 12 people. ... Police used rubber bullets to disperse a group of migrants in Johannesburg who had armed themselves with machetes for protection." The unemployment rate in South Africa is 24 percent, and many in the country accuse foreigners of taking jobs. The violence, which has been widely condemned in South Africa, has been attributed to comments made by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who was quoted as saying foreigners should "go back to their countries." He says his remarks were misrepresented. South African officials have apologized to their African counterparts for the violence. Anti-immigrant violence in 2008 killed more than 60 people.

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Is this exciting or what? Friday's button puzzle -- where we lined up three buttons, and your job was to take one word or one concept per button to arrive at a saying or a name -- has produced a winner. And that winner, selected at random among the correct responders, is (drum roll) ... Maura Spiegelman of Silver Spring, Md. The answer: Minnesota Twins -- Minnie Soda Twins (that's what you get when you combine the Minnie Mouse button, the Democratic donkey drinking a Pepsi button, and a button celebrating the "Ress Twins"). And, asks Jon Harrison of Reno, Nev., who the heck are the Ress Twins? They're the sons of Manny Ress, whose Emress Specialty Co. (New York City) was among the biggest manufacturers of campaign buttons during the 1950s and '60s. Don't ask why I have that button. I have no idea. Good news: Because of the shortened week -- though I'll be here blogging every day but Thursday -- a new button puzzle goes up TOMORROW!

Good afternoon. Here are some headlines we're watching: Paul Ryan Campaigns On Medicare In Florida - With His Mom. (Politico) GM Recalls Nearly 250,000 SUVs Over Potential Fire Hazard. (Detroit News) John Lennon's Murderer Faces Seventh Parole Hearing Next Week. (CNN) In Apparent Diplomatic Thaw, Egyptian President Morsi To Visit Iran This Month. (AFP) New Family Of Spiders Discovered In Oregon - And They've Got Claws. (AP)


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Question: Professional Holiday Decorators

Stressed-out hosts across California are hiring some extra help this year. Professional decorating services are not just for the rich and famous anymore — they're also for hardworking folks with little time for the holiday trimmings. (Audio not yet available from this broadcast.)

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Forum talks with Bruce Ames about the links between micronutrients, nutrient deficiency and effects of hidden hunger on human health.

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Question: 'Turning Green,' Longing For Red, White And Blue

The title of Turning Green refers to several things, including the conversion of Irish currency to U.S. dollars. What it doesn't connote is that the movie's protagonist, an American-born 16-year-old, is becoming Irish. James (Donal Gallery) stubbornly refuses to do that, even six years after his mother died and his father shipped his two sons to Wickford to live with what James calls "our three heinous aunts." Set in 1979, Turning Green opens with tourist-board images of Ireland's natural beauty and small-town charm. But every postcard-worthy vista is undercut by James' remarks, which describe his unadopted country in terms that are mostly too earthy to be quoted. This introduction sets the tone for what might otherwise have been a routine coming-of-age parable. The story that writers-directors Michael Aimette and John G. Hofmann have crafted isn't novel, but it's enlivened by witty asides and playful commentary. All James wants from Ireland is a ticket back to New York. Two tickets, actually — he intends to take his 11-year-old brother, Pete (Killian Morgan), with him. To raise money for their escape, James has quit school in favor of various unseemly pursuits, including bar bets. That's another meaning for the movie's title: Green is the color the teenager turns after chugging more beer than grizzled pub veterans wagered he could. James' major source of income is collecting debts for Bill the Bookie (Alessandro Nivola), a dog-track baron who can pass for smooth in this rough town. James handles the easy cases; the hard ones go to Bill the Breaker (Timothy Hutton), a greasy-haired goon with few scruples and less finesse. Although James has no pals his own age, he has developed an Irish-style friendship with Tom (Colm Meaney), an alcoholic sometime fisherman who regularly owes money to the Bills. Tom's affection for James is hidden in hostile bluster, which is helpfully subtitled to reveal its true meaning. James spends a lot of time in the bathroom, pursuing an interest his aunts (the amusingly brittle Billie Traynor, Deirdre Monaghan and Brid Ni Chionaola) can't glean, but won't surprise any former 16-year-old boy. They decide their nephew is constipated, and send him to a specialist in London. Expecting a swinging city, James is disappointed: same food, same attitudes. But one thing is different. News agents carry a wealth of magazines with pictures of naked women, publications that are illegal in Ireland. Soon, the entrepreneurial teen has a thriving import business in skin mags, one that attracts unwanted attention; this leads to a gangster-flick showdown that lacks the preceding scenes' puckish self-awareness. Visually, the movie is also rather ordinary, and its use of pop songs (all much more recent than 1979) can be heavy-handed. On balance, though, Turning Green is more fresh than stale. Gallery holds his own impressively with the better-known supporting players, and the script — a Project Greenlight runner-up — is solidly constructed. Aimette and Hofmann may not be in the same league as the great Irish writers they briefly invoke, but for a couple of Yanks making their first feature, they've drawn a perceptive sketch of the Old Sod.

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Carl reads three quotes from the week's news: Is This Pledge a Lemon; Out With the Old, In With the Old; and Time Is on Their Side.


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A study out this week details the extent of global warming in the Arctic -- and it's greater than scientists thought. Guests:  Robert Corell, chair, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). Senior fellow, American Meteorological Society.  Daniel Lashof, science director, NRDC Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council.

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As the Metropolitan Council requires Twin Cities communities to build thousands of units of affordable housing, cities and residents raise concerns about sharing the burden and the opportunity.

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Question: The Definition of 'Brinkmanship'

Political historian Michael R. Beschloss talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the history and meaning of the term "brinkmanship." The word has been in the news this week after the head of the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring group used it to describe North Korea's actions.

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In the latest political love poem from the national media to Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new edition of Esquire magazine proclaims that the governor is leading the nation into a ¿new kind of politics.¿

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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert weren't the only funny ones at The Rally  to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall Saturday. Here are  some of the signs we spotted throughout the day. God Hates Snuggies I Was Told There'd Be Cookies. We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself, And Spiders. Kitlers Against Hitler Analogies Government Doesn't Suck Real Patriots Drink Whiskey Don't Tread On Anyone That's No Moon Hyperbole Or Instant Death Slogans Are Crap I Stand 4 Good Posture I'm A Veteran. I'm An American. I Am Muslim. I Support The Right To Arm Bears Calm The F*** Down America Fear Is Illogical Just Stop Bickering And Clean This Mess Up THIS FONT IS BIG Going Out Of Business Everything 70-80 Percent Off I Am Moderately Excited For This Stand On The Right, Walk On The Left You Don't Have To Be Nice, Just Don't Be Mean Libraries Are Socialist Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet I thought Neil Young was going to be playing 1 Percent Sane, 98 Percent American, You Do The Math! Olivia Munn Fan (No ...  Really ...) Fear Gives Me A Boehner My Wife Is A Muslim And Not A Terrorist, But I'm Scared Of Her Anyway Abide CAPSLOCK IS NOT PERSUASIVE Festivas For The Rest Of Us I Heart Beck's Album Mellow Gold It Was His Best In My Opinion Senate Math 41 > 59 Yelling Rarely Works ... I Know, I'm A Mom! Don't Stomp On My Head, Bro


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I think everyone by now is aware that last week's ScuttleButton puzzle led off with a button from the new governor of North Carolina ... and then, last night, North Carolina won the NCAA tournament ... once again showing to the world the influence of this blog. And while Ron Paul did not win the NCAA tournament -- it's that other contest, MY March Madness pool, that he's competing in -- we DO have a ScuttleButton winner. Read More >> Remember, you can't win without including your name and city/state. But more to the point: You need to take one word or one concept per button, add 'em up, and arrive at a saying or a name. Also: The answer does not necessarily have to be political. For instance, a few puzzles back the answer was "Minnesota Twins" -- not political at all, unless you're thinking Mondale and Humphrey instead of Killebrew and Oliva. Last week's buttons, in case you forgot: Bev Perdue for North Carolina -- A Democrat, she was elected the state's first female governor in 2008. Early for Congress -- Massachusetts Democrat Early won his first term in 1974 and served until he was defeated in '92 by Peter Blute (R). John Hill for Governor -- Hill, the Texas attorney general, defeated Gov. Dolph Briscoe in the 1978 Democratic primary but lost in the general to William Clements, the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction. Billy and Out With Willy/Vote for Billy -- Two buttons on the same line suggest that what I'm looking for is a plural. But does anyone know who these candidates are? So, when you add Bev + Early + Hill + Billies, you kind of get ... Beverly Hillbillies -- that wacky TV sitcom that ran on CBS from 1962 until 1971. The winner, selected at random among the correct responders, is (drum roll) ... Cynthia Dodge of Radford, Va. Several people missed the significance of the two "Billy" buttons on the same line, and thus submitted incorrect (or at least incomplete) answers. And as for those who complain that this particular puzzle doesn't belong in Political Junkie, once again, Janet Pickel of Pittsburgh comes to the rescue:  Should you hear any yammering that Beverly Hillbillies has no political connections, you can counter that Jed did run for office: Smog Commissioner! (I wonder if he had a campaign button?) And, of course, there was the greedy, scheming banker, Mr. Drysdale, who seems less like such a caricature and more like a role model for today's investment bankers.  Wanna be alerted the moment a new ScuttleButton puzzle goes up on the site? (How can you NOT???) Sign up on our mailing list at politicaljunkie@npr.org. New puzzle every Friday.

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'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' is a new film about a high school girl who's sent to a Christian gay conversion therapy center after she's caught kissing another girl. We talk with filmmaker, Desiree Akhavan, and Emily Danforth who wrote the novel that the film's based on. Akhavan is bisexual, and her parents are Iranian immigrants. "I didn't even hear of one Iranian homosexual my whole life," she tells Terry Gross. "And when I came out, it was like coming out as a leprechaun or a unicorn. It was like a fictitious thing."

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Question: NYC Approves Building With Separate Entrance For Lower Income Residents

Anger has been building this week over the news that New York City has approved a developer’s plans for an apartment building with two separate entrances: one for wealthy residents, and another for those living in affordable units. The Riverside South development project, at 40 Riverside Boulevard on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, will not be the first building in the city with separate entrances. But the decision has sparked outrage, both in and out of New York. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talked about the project with Moses Gates, director for planning and community development at the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development in New York. Gates said that the two-entrance plan is “technically” allowed under New York City’s housing legislation, but he doesn’t think it is consistent with the spirit of the city. “These developments are made possible by the city of New York — and that’s not what New York City is about. New York City is about equality and integration,” he explained. Even though it’s legal, Gates said he hopes that use of what he calls the “poor door” won’t become common practice, noting that it doesn’t necessarily work out better financially for developers. Still, he’s been pleased by the public response to this particular building design. “The people of the city and the administration have made it clear that this is not something that they envision as a part of their development program,” he said. “I hope that developers understand that and kind of put a stop to it voluntarily. I think that there are going to be technical solutions — maybe not tomorrow, because that’s just not how our system works, but in a timely fashion.” Extell Development Company, the developer, declined to comment. Guest

Moses Gates, director for planning and community development at the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development. He tweets @MosesNYC.

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Good Friday morning - here are our early stories: Strong Earthquake Strikes Japan, Triggering Small Tsunami. And here are more early headlines: Skittish Investors Waiting For Latest Unemployment Rate News. (MarketWatch) Egyptian Opposition Refuses To Hold Talks With President Morsi. (BBC) Hamas Political Leader Visits Gaza For Visit After Conflict With Israel. (Bloomberg) Syria Situation Is 'Accelerating', Warns Clinton. (CNN) Hurricane Kills More Than 500 In Philippines, Just As Many Missing. (VOA) George Zimmerman Sues NBC For 'Yellow Journalism' In Martin Shooting Coverage. (Orlando Sentinel) Report: U.S. Seeks To Ease Rules On Brain Injury And Veterans' Benefits. (New York Times) NHL Contract Talks Break Down Again; No Pro Hockey On Horizon. (ESPN) Whale Carcass Rotting In Malibu Emits 'Severe' Stench For Residents. (Los Angeles Times)


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Carl reads three quotes from the week's news. This week: a Congressman reveals his hobbies and stops being a Congressman; President Obama fails to change the subject; and the only thing to last longer than the Health Care debate.

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On the 150-year anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Melissa Block speaks with Harold Holzer, author of several books on the Civil War period, about what newspapers said back then — both in the North and the South.

Good afternoon. Sorry for being late in our daily roundup. Here's what has been happening so far today: -- Search For Missing Jet Focuses On Objects Seen Off Australia -- Ukrainian Troops' Departure From Crimea Isn't A Simple Matter -- U.S. Adds To Sanctions On Russian Officials -- Westboro Baptist Church Founder Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. Dies -- Reprimand, $20K Fine, No Jail Time For General's Misconduct -- Jobless Claims Stay Toward Lower End Of Recent Range -- Book News: Meg Wolitzer To Publish A YA Novel Inspired By Sylvia Plath


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Guest: Irfan Ahmad, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the University of Illinois; Mark A. Shannon, Director of the Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water With Systems Center; Dietram A. Scheufele, Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin

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Question: What Migrants Displaced By The Dust Bowl And Climate Events Can Teach Us

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The World Bank predicts climate change could create as many as 143 million "climate migrants" by 2050. The result would be a mass migration twice as large as the number of refugees in the world today. Though the size of potential displacement is unprecedented, the relationship between migration and climate has played out on a smaller scale throughout the history of North America, say historians Nathan Connolly and Ed Ayers. Connolly, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, points to long-lasting droughts from the 12th and 13th centuries that caused relocations of indigenous communities in the American West. Archaeological records show periods of drought that lasted decades, starting as early as the 11th century. For Native American populations heavily reliant on crops like maize and consistent rain, those droughts pushed entire populations to leave their homes. Connolly says empty villages in the southwest, now tourist attractions, are a product of those migrations. "You're talking about thousands of people who are forced to move and relocate, oftentimes abandoning whole cities or civilizations," says Connolly. Dust Bowl migrants of the 1930s Centuries later, drought, economic depression and devastating dust storms created the perfect conditions for migration in the 1930s, away from the southern Plains states and towards the west, says Connolly. Facing millions of dollars of crop losses per day in the Dust Bowl, millions of residents from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri had no choice but to move or starve. They packed their bags, with many traveling west to California. The state of California resisted, citing the 1933 Indigent Act to turn back poor migrants along the state's major points of entry. John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, written in 1939, depicted this vilification of climate migrants through its story of a poor family of tenants driven out of the Dust Bowl and mistreated in California. Ayers, a professor at the University of Richmond who co-hosts the Backstory podcast with Connolly and others, says Steinbeck's novel is a useful glimpse at how climate change migrants may be received in the future, but the book doesn't paint a complete picture. "One reason we have Grapes of Wrath is that it was about white people moving," he says. "We don't really have representations of people of other ethnic backgrounds who have been displaced and moved." 1947 hurricanes created twice-displaced black families The idea that certain subgroups may be particularly vulnerable to climate change also has roots in the mid-20th century, when a series of hurricanes hit the Atlantic Coast. The strongest storm, Hurricane George, hit Fort Lauderdale in 1947, where a group of recently displaced, primarily black residents were the most at risk, says Connolly. He says that racial segregation statutes implemented after World War II already had forced thousands of African-Americans to relocate throughout the South. In one case, a black community of second-generation railroad workers in Miami was forcibly moved across town in 1947 to make room for an all-white school and firehouse. The black families watched as their houses were pulled onto a flat-bed truck and set up in a new community. The next month, Hurricane George pummeled the city. "It turned all of those unfounded homes, homes without foundations, into matchsticks," says Connolly. "Because they were just lying in the dirt. It was the total obliteration of people's livelihoods." He says the same story played out in other cities, as recently displaced African-American families with few roots in their communities bore the brunt of hurricanes. Connolly says there's a clear parallel to climate migration of recent decades, including Hurricane Katrina's impact on New Orleans. "So much of the displacement and hardship [from Katrina] is what we should call an unnatural disaster," he says. "When poverty and lack of appropriate infrastructure meets challenges of nature, it creates extraordinary human crises." The future of climate migration  It's difficult to estimate how many people will become climate migrants in the next few decades, but the conditions for climate displacements have been taking root for decades, according to Ayers. "Migration — voluntary and involuntary — is sort of creating, so to speak, a perfect storm," he says, "where people are moving to where the greatest vulnerabilities lie." Jesse Keenan, a professor at Harvard, says Americans increasingly are moving to the Southeast: Economic activity in its Sun Belt states, and the relative affordability of real estate along the coast, has pushed up population numbers in the region. "We've had a lot of retirees who have built coastal properties," he says. "And they're so new we haven't had cultural memories of why we didn't build there in the first place." A recent study from the University of Chicago finds that climate-change-induced migration in the next 50 years is expected to increase population in th

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Attack On University In Pakistan Kills At Least 20. -- Fire At Dubai High-Rise Tower Is Blamed On Electrical Issue In Spotlight. And here are more early headlines: Coast Guard Suspends Search Off Hawaii For Missing Marines. (KHON-TV) Portland Demonstrators Tell Armed Group On Federal Land To Go Home. (KOPB) Global Selloff In Asian Markets Continues. (MarketWatch) Report: Kurd Militias Tearing Down Arab Homes In Iraq. (Amnesty International) ISIS Confirms Suspicion That "Jihadi John" Killed. (New York Times) U.S. Official Urges China To Show "Leadership" With North Korea. (Yonhap) Fairy Tales May Be Older Than Some Religions. (Discovery News) To Help Some Farmers, Coconut Trees Aren't Trees Anymore In Indian State. (AP)


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Question: Post Zimmerman Charge, Florida Rep. Calls For Calm

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson promised to give a speech every day that the House of Representatives was in session until Trayvon Martin's killer was arrested. Now that George Zimmerman is facing murder charges, guest host Viviana Hurtado speaks with Representative Wilson about how her South Florida community can move forward.

News Headlines: Sept. 26, 2007 AP: Lawmakers Seek Jena 6 Teen's Release -- "'Our first responsibility is to get young Mychal Bell out of prison,' said Rep. John Conyers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who said he will pressure the Justice Department to take a hard look at 'the miscarriages of justice that have occurred in Jena, Louisiana.'" Jesse Jackson says Pres. Bush should intervene in this case. Should he? More Headlines:The AJC: Cosby, Morehouse Chief: Parenting Is the Answer Chicago Tribune: Family Steps Up Search for Missing Chicago Woman The AJC: Tyler Perry Property Dispute Creates Drama Radio Free Europe: At UN, Bush And Ahmadinejad Talk Poverty, Tyranny | Bush's UN Speech Full of Phonetic Pronunciations AP: Giuliani $9.11 Party Draws Criticism From Dodd CBS News: Subtle Racism Might Make Your Brain Hurt AP: Group Points Out O'Reilly Race Comments Reuters: Smithsonian Opens Virtual African American Museum The New York Times (Editorial): Detroit at the Brink NBC News: Verdict In: Bonds Ball Headed for Cooperstown [An update to our interview with Marc Ecko.]


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Question: Oof, Y'all, Dictionary.com Just Added Over 300 New Words And Definitions

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While some of them might be enough to make you say "oof," the over 300 new words and definitions added to Dictionary.com during its most recent round of updates reflect the realities of our rapidly changing world.  Words that have been popularized by the coronavirus pandemic, technological advances and racial reckoning across the U.S. are now on the popular dictionary website, which is based on the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. "The latest update to our dictionary continues to mirror the world around us," said John Kelly, Dictionary.com's managing editor. "It's a complicated and challenging society we live in, and language changes to help us grapple with it." After more than a year of online and hybrid learning, students are likely familiar — maybe too familiar — with two of the additions: definitions of "asynchronous" and "synchronous."  People who experience lingering symptoms after contracting COVID-19 will recognize the term "long hauler," which makes its debut.  This week's update is the first made to the site's offerings since spring 2021, when words such as "doomscrolling" and African American Vernacular English variants such as "chile" and "finna" were added. The latest additions include a number of words popularized by Black Americans online. "We can thank Black social media for the fun — and multifunctional — smash slang hit of yeet, variously used as a joyful interjection or verb for forms of quick, forceful motions," Dictionary.com editors noted in a post about the updates. "We can thank artist Ty Dolla $ign for popularizing the zesty zaddy, an alteration of daddy that means 'an attractive man who is also stylish, charming, and self confident.'" Initialisms like DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) also made the dictionary, alongside CW (content warning) and TW (trigger warning),  media alerts often shared before discussing potentially upsetting or violent topics. New definitions have also been introduced, including one for "y'all," which has been added to the dictionary as its own entry, separate from "you-all." The word, commonly associated with Southern American English and Black English, has been recognized by Dictionary.com as one that now communicates an informal tone more than it does regional identity, and one that has become popular among younger demographics for its inclusivity.  "Y'all has new popularity among former you guys users, who now appreciate the lack of gender associations with y'all," according to the Dictionary.com post. Josie Fischels is an intern on NPR's News Desk.

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Brett Favre announced yesterday that he will continue playing. But only for one more year. And if you believe that, then you also must believe that the following events will also occur, as they appear to be far more likely than his actual retirement -- as we noted in a post that ran one year ago yesterday. 1. Yale Students Welcome Snooki On Her First Day 2. Lady Gaga Unveils Line Of Tummy-Shaping Undergarments 3. New 'American Idol' Judges Are A Big Hit; Show's Problems Solved 4. J-Lo Arrested In Extensive Anti-Booty Rioting 5. Brett Favre Eaten By Coyotes 6. James Franco: 'It's Probably Time To Calm Down' 7. Kathryn Bigelow Says James Cameron Is 'Probably Right' About 3D 8. What Ever Happened To Justin Bieber? 9. Herbert Hoover Reincarnated As Large, Enthusiastic Cocker Spaniel 10. Bryn Mawr Endows Katy Perry Chair 11. Musicologists Discover 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' Speeded Up 800 Percent Sounds Like 'Yakety Sax' 12. Experts Agree: Helen Mirren Has Totally Let Herself Go 13. Bret Michaels Gets Green Party Endorsement 14. Kanye Interrupted At VMAs By Irate, Obscene Rant From Bon Iver's Justin Vernon 15. Brett Favre Shocks World By Totally Not Retiring At All 16. Starbucks Introduces Prozac-Infused "Happuccino" 17. Health Trend Continues As 'Fiber Emporium' Buys Out 436 Dying Cupcake Stores 18. Internet Reaches Consensus: 'It Turns Out It Was Mostly A Misunderstanding' 19. Public Embraces Inexpensive Pacifiers Made From Recycled Truck Tires 20. It's Official, Guv'nor: Brits Love American-Made Tea 21. Worldwide Fretting Over Jennifer Aniston's Love Life Suspended 22. Brett Favre Struck By Lightning While Playing Golf 23. Cold Fusion Discovered By Participant In ABC's 'Shark Tank' 24. Facebook Streamlines Privacy Controls With 'Just Don't Tell Anybody Anything About Me Unless I Say It's Okay' Button 25. Brett Favre Plans Stint In Minor League Baseball: What Could Go Wrong?


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Question: Why Oil Prices Rose After Downing Of Russian Fighter Jet

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A “stab in the back” is how Russian President Vladimir Putin is describing the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey. After news came out of the downing, oil prices rose. Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan looks at why with Ali Velshi, host of “Ali Velshi on Target” on Al Jazeera America. We also look at a fight in OPEC over oil production levels. Guest

Ali Velshi, host of “Ali Velshi on Target” on Al Jazeera America. He tweets @AliVelshi.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Republican Thorn Ted Cruz Announces Run For President. -- Is A Confederate Flag License Plate Free Speech? -- Police To Release Findings Of Probe Into Rape Claims Made In 'Rolling Stone'. And here are more early headlines: Doctors Without Borders Claims World, U.N. Ignored Early Ebola Crisis. (BBC) NATO Chief Urges Weapons For Ukraine, Says Russia Arming Rebels. (VOA) Founder Of Modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Dies. (AP) U.N. Warns Yemen Tipping Into Civil War. (CNN) Oso Residents Mark First Anniversary Of Washington State Landslide. (KPLU) U.S. Gas Prices Fall, Oil Prices Decline In Latest Survey. (Bloomberg) Oil Refinery Workers On West Coast To Vote On Contract This Week. (Reuters) North Korean Fire At Border Creeps Into South Korea. (Yonhap) Need To Cheat On A Test? Answers Sent By Paper Planes. (Telegraph)


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Question: As U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, 2 Afghan Siblings Discuss The Country's Future

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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Afghan journalist Sanjar Sohail, who lives in Canada with his family, and Nilofar Sohail, his youngest sister who lives in Kabul, about the outlook for Afghanistan.

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Good morning, we're looking at these stories today: As Fighting Rages In Damascus, Survival Of Assad's Regime Is In Doubt. Video May Show Suicide Bomber Who Attacked Bus In Bulgaria. Former Egyptian Vice President And Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman Dies In U.S. (Reuters) Ramadan Starts At Sundown, Muslims Begin Their Holiest Month Of The Year. (BeliefNet) Widening U.S. Drought Means Some Higher Food Prices. (USA Today) Zimmerman Sorry For Trayvon Martin's Death, Terms It 'God's Plan'. (Miami Herald) New Inquiry Into Plane Crash That Killed UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold In 1961. (Guardian) Russian Muslim Leader Shot And Killed, Had Criticized Islamist Violence. (BBC) 3 European Hostages Freed In Mali After 10 Months, Fly To Burkina Faso. (AP) Television's 64th Emmy Award Nominations Out Today. (Los Angeles Times)


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Question: Critic Ted Libbey Joins

Critic Ted Libbey joins Martin for another of their weekly visits to the PT Basic Record Library. Today, in observance of Maundy Thursday, Ted recommends recordings of one of the summits of human musical achievement: the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Stories: 1) Congressman, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis 2) Journalist, Author Ta-Nehisi Coates


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The Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Chris "The Fix" Cillizza take a look at the Obama operation's switch from airtight campaign to transition leakfest:  "There is nothing they can do about it -- vetting and FBI background checks require a lot of calls, and that leads to leaks," explained Steve Elmendorf, a longtime aide to former House minority leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) and now a lobbyist in Washington.   And unlike in a campaign, there is now simply more information to disseminate and more outlets chasing the ever-elusive scoop. "It's the era of the Internet; what do you expect?" joked a former Clinton White House senior adviser who is not involved in the transition process.  Luckily for the Obama camp, most of the names floated thusfar have been seemingly well-received -- with the exception most notably of campaign finance chair (and Hyatt hotel heiress) Penny Pritzker, who took herself out of the running for Commerce Secretary yesterday when it became clear that her business entanglements would create problems in the confirmation process. UPDATE: Another wave-making potential appointment...John Brennan as CIA director. Not a popular choice among the netroots left given his ties to the George Tenet legacy.

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Question: House Democrats Are Already Ramping Up Investigations Into The Trump Administration

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The House Oversight Committee is launching probes of the Trump administration. The chairman vows a deliberative approach but he has to navigate a panel with firebrands on the right and the left.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Biden: McConnell Refused To Sign Bipartisan Statement On Russian Interference. -- Trump Lashes Out After Schumer Withdraws Offer On Border Wall. -- Remains Of 5 Gas Rig Workers Recovered After Explosion In Oklahoma. -- The Memo, The Bureau And The Missing Texts: Get Caught Up On The War Over The FBI. -- Google's Space Race To The Moon Ends, And Nobody Wins Lunar X Prize. -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth's Pregnancy Set To Be Another First For The Illinois Democrat. -- Gunmen Storm Afghan Office Of Save The Children. And here are more early headlines: Ex-Brazilian President Lula Waits For Corruption Appeal Verdict. (AFP) New Interim San Francisco Mayor Picked; Opponents Say Race A Factor. (SF Gate) Foreclosures Could Increase In Puerto Rico After Hurricanes. (AP) Senate Close To Voting On HHS Nominee, Alex Azar. (The Hill) "Where We Net Out At This": The Jargon At Davos. (BBC)


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We've come to a crossroads with ScuttleButton. In the seven months of the Political Junkie blog -- 28 weeks or so of button puzzles -- there's a ScuttleButton rule that I never spelled out. Unfortunately, last week's puzzle forces me to address the issue. And that rule is, you cannot take part of a word to arrive at one of your answers. In other words, you can't look at a button that says "Frelinghuysen" and come up with the word "Free." That's against the rules. And as it happens, this affects this week's ScuttleButton winner. Read More >> A recap of the, um, other rules: All you have to do is check out our button puzzle/rebus each Friday. Take one word or one concept per button, add 'em up, and arrive at a familiar saying or a name. (Seriously: a saying that people from Earth might be remotely familiar with.) Submit your answer and hope you're the person chosen at random. That's it! Oh wait. You MUST include your name and city/state to be eligible. And also remember, the answer does not necessarily have to be political. For instance, the answer to a puzzle a while back was "Minnesota Twins" -- not political at all, unless you're thinking Mondale and Humphrey instead of Killebrew and Oliva. Last week's buttons, in case you forgot: Sexon State Representative -- Not a clue who this is. LSD Not LBJ -- What can I say? 1967 was a very interesting year. Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame / WMMR -- Button from a legendary Philadelphia rock station. It's "Sexon," not "Sex." Even someone at this age knows the difference. So, when you add Sexon + Drugs + Rock N' Roll, you kind of get ... Sex and Drugs and Rock n' Roll -- Not so much the "sex, drugs and rocknroll" slogan of the '60s as it is the song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. (Hey, at least it's not "Jon and Kate Plus Eight.") Anyway, click here to hear the song. The winner, selected at random among the correct responders, is (drum roll) ... Tim Barnes of Bad Schwalbach, Germany. Tim is our first winner from Europe, and the second from overseas; our Dec. 12 ScuttleButton winner was from Johannesburg. Wanna be alerted the moment a new ScuttleButton puzzle goes up on the site? (How can you NOT???) Sign up on our mailing list at politicaljunkie@npr.org. New ScuttleButton puzzle up every Friday.

Good afternoon. Here are some headlines we're watching: Paul Ryan Campaigns On Medicare In Florida - With His Mom. (Politico) GM Recalls Nearly 250,000 SUVs Over Potential Fire Hazard. (Detroit News) John Lennon's Murderer Faces Seventh Parole Hearing Next Week. (CNN) In Apparent Diplomatic Thaw, Egyptian President Morsi To Visit Iran This Month. (AFP) New Family Of Spiders Discovered In Oregon - And They've Got Claws. (AP)


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Question: Vital Federal Program To Help Parents In College Is 'A Drop In The Bucket'

Between studying for her weekly anatomy and physiology exam, and writing an English paper, Kate Hough somehow finds time for coloring, dress-up parties and putting together four different Halloween costumes (a princess, a cowgirl and two clowns). Hough is working toward her nursing degree at Mount Wachusett Community College, in central Massachusetts, while raising four kids — two toddlers and two in elementary school. "Being a student parent is all about balance," Hough says. "It takes a lot, like I don't go to bed until about 2 a.m. every night and then I get back up at 6 a.m. every morning." According to a recent government report, about a 1 in 5 college students in the U.S. are, like Hough, raising kids — that's more than 4 million people. Student parents often have higher GPAs than students without children, but they are also more likely to drop out, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. One of the biggest struggles these students face is getting child care, which has been declining on college campuses for many years, IWPR found. A new proposal by U.S. House Democrats would expand the only federal program that helps: Child Care Access Means Parents in School, or CCAMPIS. The proposed expansion would quadruple CCAMPIS funding, upping it to $200 million. It's part of a larger effort to overhaul current federal higher education law, which still has an uphill battle in Congress. "This isn't just about quality care for kids," says Rep. Katherine Clark, a Democrat from Massachusetts who's leading the effort to expand CCAMPIS. "This is the workforce. If you want to recruit and retain talent, if you want people to get an education to fill those jobs that you need in your business, then we need to invest in childcare." "It's a drop in the bucket" Here's how CCAMPIS works: The Education Department awards grants to colleges to help low-income student parents pay for childcare — either on campus at a daycare or preschool, or off campus with an accredited provider. In 2018, Congress more than tripled CCAMPIS funding — from $15 million to $50 million. Even with that increase, estimates by IWPR show the program only serves about 11,000 student parents. "It's a drop in the bucket," says Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, who studies student parents at IWPR. Reichlin Cruse estimates there are 1.8 million student parents who could qualify for the program — that means CCAMPIS currently serves less than 1% of those who could benefit from it. "Child care is arguably one of the most — if not the most — important support for student parents to be successful in college," Reichlin Cruse says. "Helping students graduate via helping them afford childcare is a real gain; a real benefit for society more broadly." In at least 30 states, average yearly child care costs surpass the costs of in-state tuition at public colleges, according to the nonprofit Child Care Aware of America. And access to affordable child care isn't just an issue for college students — it has measurable impacts on the economy, especially when it comes to women. "Campus childcare cannot fix what all families are experiencing with unaffordable child care," says Reichlin Cruse, "but it's part of a broader conversation about child care in this country." "It gives a parent peace of mind" About 300 campuses nationwide receive CCAMPIS funds, according to estimates from IWPR. Mount Wachusett Community College is one of them. When visitors approach the main academic building from the parking lot, they're often greeted by a surprising group of students: 3- and 4-year-olds. They're preschoolers at the Garrison Center, the college's on-site early education program for children of students and faculty. It's just one of the many ways this campus feels different — more geared to help its estimated 1,000 students who are raising kids. There's also the bulletin board decorated with historical photos depicting college students and their children; and there's the flier advertising a student parent club that meets once a month. The president of the college even wrote a children's book called Mommy Goes To College based on his dissertation. "Try doing a 10-page paper with a 2-year-old in the room. It's not going to happen," says Ann Reynolds, who runs the CCAMPIS program at Mount Wachusett. "It gives a parent peace of mind by having their child in a childcare setting or preschool, so they can stay on campus to do school work, focusing, completing their education." According to the nonprofit Child Care Aware of America, the average cost of toddler childcare in Massachusetts is about $19,000 a year. At Mount Wachusett Community College, CCAMPIS only provides funding for 24 students each semester; and the waitlist for the program is nearly as long. Kate Hough, who juggles class time with toddler time, uses CCAMPIS to help pay for her 3-year-old daughter Nova to go to the preschool on campus — just across the courtyard from her own college classes. "Because of that, I'm able to

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Question: Medicare Spending On Hospitals Gets Web Treatment

You may have heard during the debate over health overhaul that health spending varies wildly between states and even between tiny hamlets. But seeing is believing, right? Well, now you can check it out for yourself, thanks to an online tool just released by the government. You can use it see how much hospital care costs Medicare by state. The dashboard shows the number and total cost of payments to hospitals for treating 25 top diagnoses and allows you to compare spending by state. Joint replacements lead the list with more than 400,000 performed last year. Read More >> The chart also lists which hospitals were the most frequent providers of care for a given diagnosis. A separate bubble chart illustrates total spending for each state between 2006 and March of this year. But still, we have to say the charts don't tell us as much as we'd like. For instance, the graphics don't include population data that could put the figures in perspective. More patients in California, Florida, New York and Texas -- the four most populous states -- received treatment than in any other state in all but three of the 25 diagnoses. Not a big surprise. The site is part of President Obama's much broader Open Government Initiative. In a statement last year announcing the initiative, Obama said "[o]penness will strengthen our democracy," and he called on agency heads to come up with plans and tools to achieve that goal. Those plans were due yesterday. The White House gave every agency except the Office of Personnel Management and the Council on Environmental Quality top marks for transparency. Yet, the Obama administration has struggled with making government data both accessible and useful at the same time. Recovery.gov was sold as part of an "unprecedented" transparency push for the economic stimulus package. But, at least at first, the Recovery.gov was a hodgepodge of confusing jargon and missing data. One report described funding for "NTIA DTACBP," bureaucratese for the T.V. converter box program. That site has gotten much better, however. Now, a detailed map lets users know the location, cost and contractors for specific projects at the street level. The CMS data tool, now in a "beta" stage, could go through the same life cycle. CQ HealthBeat reported yesterday that officials plan to release far more data later this year. You can let CMS know what you'd like to see by sending a comment here. Weaver is a reporter at Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service.

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-- NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports a Senate committee finally agreed this week to take up the issue of campaign finance reform. The full Senate will consider changes to the campaign finance laws and debate the new McCain-Feingold bill later this year. The bill was streamlined and stripped of two elements usually used to kill it. Public financing of campaigns and limits on spending. The bill does still ban soft-money contributions and limit some types of political ads.

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Question: 'White Lies' Shines New Light On An Old Murder Case

In 1965, Reverend James Reeb, a white Unitarian minister, was murdered in Selma, Alabama, at the height of the civil rights movement. Three men were tried and acquitted, but no one was ever held accountable. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered Reeb’s eulogy in Selma. Here’s part of what he said:  James Reeb was murdered by the indifference of every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained-glass windows. He was murdered by the irrelevancy of a church that will stand amid social evil and serve as a taillight rather than a headlight, an echo rather than a voice. He was murdered by the irresponsibility of every politician who has moved down the path of demagoguery, who has fed his constituents the stale bread of hatred and the spoiled meat of racism. He was murdered by the brutality of every sheriff and law enforcement agent who practices lawlessness in the name of the law. He was murdered by the timidity of a federal government that can spend millions of dollars a day to keep troops in South Vietnam yet cannot protect the lives of its own citizens seeking constitutional rights. Yes, he was even murdered by the cowardice of every Negro who tacitly accepts the evil system of segregation, who stands on the sidelines in the midst of a mighty struggle for justice. So in his death, James Reeb says something to each of us, black and white alike—says that we must substitute courage for caution, says to us that we must be concerned not merely about who murdered him but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murder. His death says to us that we must work passionately, unrelentingly, to make the American dream a reality, so he did not die in vain.  Fifty years later, NPR‘s investigative podcast White Lies has uncovered new details about the case. We talk with the podcast’s hosts about uncovering a story that says as much about America today as it does about the past. Show produced by Morgan Givens. GUESTS Chip Brantley, Co-host, producer, White Lies podcast; lecturer, Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama Andrew Beck Grace, Co-host and producer, White Lies podcast; instructor, Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama;  @andrewbeckgrace For more, visit https://the1a.org. © 2019 WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio.

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Question: Michele Norris On Race, And 'The Grace Of Silence'

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Michele Norris, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, can still picture her father vividly: Belvin Norris Jr. walked a little unevenly, with a touch of syncopation. She never thought much of the very slight limp until 2008 -- long after her father's death -- when her uncle made a shocking, off-hand comment. "I was having breakfast with my Uncle Joe," Norris tells her NPR colleague, Steve Inskeep. "He was on this rant about how young people have it easy, and they don't know what other people have sacrificed for them." Between spoonfuls of oatmeal, Uncle Joe said matter-of-factly: "Well, you know your dad was shot." Norris had no idea; her father had never told her. The revelation drove her to launch an investigation into her family's history -- and their place in the larger, painful history of race in America -- stories which she tells in her new memoir, The Grace Of Silence. 'He Put It Aside' Belvin Norris, an African-American from the South, moved to Minnesota and bought a house in an all-white neighborhood. On snowy mornings, he'd shovel the sidewalks before anybody else woke up, Norris says, as if to announce that the black family on the block had their house in order. It was difficult for Norris to find out what really happened to her father during his youth in Alabama. The shooting occurred in Birmingham in 1946, and almost everyone involved in it had already died. The event was not covered by the media. Norris has determined that this much is true: Her father was a veteran of the Navy and had just returned to Birmingham, Ala. The city had been transformed by World War II -- it was full of steel mills, and many people had migrated there to take advantage of defense industry jobs. Veterans of the war returned home to a country in transition. "[Black veterans] had fought for democracy overseas," Norris says, "and they were hungry for a taste of it back home." Just days after her father returned, his fellow black veterans marched in lockstep through the streets of downtown Birmingham. They converged at the courthouse, and walked inside to assert their right to vote. "Birmingham wasn’t ready for that," Norris says. Belvin Norris was not at the demonstration that day, but he and his brother Woodrow had gone out for the evening for an event at the Pythian Temple -- one of two buildings in Birmingham that housed the city's black establishment. Tensions in the city were high, and as the brothers approached the elevators, police officers cut them off. One officer stuck a police baton in Belvin's face. Norris, who remembers her father as nonconfrontational, was initially surprised to learn that he swatted the officer's billy club aside -- it was "the kind of thing that would get you in a whole lot of trouble in 1946 in Birmingham," Norris says. In the scuffle that ensued, one of the officers pointed a gun at Belvin's chest. Woodrow deflected the gun and it discharged -- hitting Belvin in the leg. He and Woodrow were arrested. Norris' father suffered a "superficial physical wound," Norris says, but she knows the event must have affected him deeply -- and she wishes she understood how. "I yearn to be able to talk to him about this," she says. "He put it aside, and he left it in his past like a forgotten sock, [but] I know that it had to have lived somewhere deep inside him." 'Not With Anger, But With Hope' While writing her memoir, Norris wrestled to understand why her father never told her about the shooting. She grew up surrounded by a lot of relatives, all of whom knew the story. But nobody thought to tell her about it while her father was still alive. Norris says she has come to accept her father's decision not to burden her with what had happened to him. The title of her memoir, The Grace of Silence, is in honor of what she calls his "incredibly graceful act" of shielding her from his past. "Our parents tell us what they think we need to know," Norris says. "And my father didn't think I needed to know [about the shooting]. He wanted to make sure that my path forward was uncluttered by his pain." Had she known about this painful episode, Norris says, she certainly would have been a different child, and likely would have been a different adult. Belvin Norris' choice to leave the past behind is representative of his generation of black veterans, Norris says -- these men had fought for their country overseas, and then had to fight again for their dignity back at home. "They had every reason to be angry at America," Norris says. "They had every reason to be disappointed with their country. … They moved forward not with anger but with hope. They woke up every day trying to show America what they could be. And in doing that [they were trying] to show America what it could be." Now a parent herself, Norris says she appreciates now more than ever how wise her parents were. "I'm raising children now, and I have to decide every day what I tell them," Norris says. Though her father never shared this dark chapter of his

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Question: As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Biden To Announce A Plan

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NPR's David Greene talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, public health policy researcher and dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, about COVID-19 challenges facing Joe Biden's transition team.

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Question: Sharon Weighs Amending Gaza Plan after Defeat

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he may amend his plan for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip -- but he vows not to abandon it. Sharon is reportedly mulling his options after members of his Likud Party voted overwhelmingly against his proposal. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

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Question: My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico

Guest: Marcus Eriksen, Director of Research and Education for the Algalita Marine Research Foundation and an active member of Veterans for Peace

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One of the fantastic things about doing a show like this is that you get to talk to some great storytellers ... people who've led amazing lives, whether they're famous or not. Today we had two of them on, both named Clarence. Clarence Garrett dropped out of college to take care of his family. Nearly 50 years later he went back to college ... and graduated at the age of 87. And Clarence B. Jones got a personal visit from Martin Luther King, Jr. in the early Sixties. Rev. King asked Clarence -- a successful Los Angeles lawyer -- to help with the movement. Clarence said ... no. But Rev. King won him over with a bit of rhetorical persuasion. Check out how Jones went on to become one of King's closest advisors ... and enjoy both of these men's stories.

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Question: Bring On The 'Yabbies': Australia Ditches The Bad British Food

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Travel often brings the unexpected. But I was unprepared to find some of the best food I've ever eaten in Australia. On a recent trip, we stopped at a café for lunch. An Australian woman we had seen earlier at a sheep dairy ran over and recommended the marron salad. "What is marron?" I asked. "Well," she said, "you know what yabbies are." Toto, we're not in Kansas any more. We are in Oz — which is what the locals call Australia. And bad British food is no longer the norm. Continue Reading Marron and yabbies look kind of like crawfish, in case you were wondering. At the amazing Sydney Fish Market they sit side-by-side with all kinds of seafood I've never heard of: Balmain bugs, blue-spotted goatfish, mud crabs and the impossibly delicious barramundi. One of every four Australians is from somewhere else. This on a continent with fewer people than California. And most people live on the coast, so they eat a lot of fresh fish. Aboriginal people lived here as hunter-gatherers for about 40,000 years before the British started sending criminals to Australia in 1788. Subsequent waves of immigration brought people from all over the world. War, poverty and politics brought significant numbers from Europe, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the Middle East. The immigrants found a climate varying from temperate to tropical where they could grow just about anything year round. The wine and olive industries flourished. When a Sydney friend was raising her children in the late 1970s, she sent them to school with Vegemite sandwiches on white bread. Now her 5-year-old granddaughter takes Lebanese bread with hummus. The school cafeteria serves sushi on Thursdays. The urban food markets overflow with quince, passion fruit and custard apples. The meat cases are filled with ox tongue and beef cheeks, wild boar and kangaroo, baskets of fresh eggs and cases of local cheese. We had wonderful Italian meals and excellent Middle Eastern snacks, but the Asian influence is the most dramatic. Crab-filled Chinese buns with Thai basil mayonnaise, an egg net holding pork, prawns and peanuts, and barramundi curry with pea eggplants, bamboo, wild ginger and holy basil. Stunningly fresh ingredients, cultural diversity and inventive cooking are the new norms. Australia is your basic food paradise. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:  Travel often brings the unexpected, so WEEKEND EDITION food commentator Bonny Wolf was unprepared to find some of the best food she has ever eaten in Australia. BONNY WOLF, BYLINE: We were on Kangaroo Island and stopped at a cafe for lunch. An Australian woman we'd seen earlier at a sheep dairy ran over and recommended the marron salad. What is marron? I asked. Well, she said, you know what yabbies are. Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. We are, literally, in Oz, which is what the locals call Australia. Like the Emerald City, it is a land of enchantments - many of them culinary. Marron and yabbies are related to crawfish. At the amazing Sydney fish market they sit beside all sorts of other seafood I've never heard of - Balmain bugs, bluespotted goatfish, mud crabs and the impossibly delicious barramundi. Because most people in live on the coast, they eat a lot of fish - really, really fresh fish. Another piece of the Australia food puzzle is that one of every four Australians is from somewhere else. This, on a continent with fewer people than California. Aboriginal people have lived as hunter-gatherers for about 40,000 years before the British started sending criminals to Australia in 1788. Subsequent waves of immigration brought people from all over the world. War, poverty and politics brought people from Europe, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the Middle East. The immigrants found a climate varying from temperate to tropical where they could grow just about anything year round. The wine industry flourished, and they grow the best olives. By the end of the 20th century, bad British food was no longer the norm. When a Sydney friend was raising her children in the late 1970s, she sent them to school with Vegemite sandwiches on white bread. Now, her five-year-old granddaughter takes Lebanese bread with hummus. The school cafeteria serves sushi on Thursdays. The urban food markets made me want to fall to my knees. Quince, passion fruit, custard apples, meat cases filled with ox tongue and beef cheeks, wild boar and, yes, kangaroo, baskets of fresh eggs, cases of local cheese - stunningly fresh ingredients, cultural diversity and inventive cooking. Your basic food paradise. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MARTIN: Bonny Wolf is the contributing editor of NPR's Kitchen Window. You can follow her on Twitter. She's @BonnyWolf. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MARTIN: This is NPR News.

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