NYC Teens Spotlight School Funding Woes On Stage
A lawsuit over the way public schools are financed in the state became so dramatic that it inspired some New York City high school students to write a play about it.
A lawsuit over the way public schools are financed in the state became so dramatic that it inspired some New York City high school students to write a play about it.
The little girl did something lots of kids do. She took her clothes off. The teacher acted as if the child had ruined her life. The Gaza Strip mother found the courage to rebuke the teacher.
NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with author and trivia master A.J. Jacobs about everything you always wanted to know about the Kentucky Derby.
The Dalai Lama describes himself as "a simple Buddhist monk." But he's also invested in a new digital venture that he hopes will make compassion and self-awareness go viral: AtlasOfEmotions.com
Howard Bryant of ESPN.com talks with NPR's Lynn Neary about the NBA playoffs and drug use by baseball players.
Crown is emerging as the meeting place of choice for the big end of town.
NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention about whether Republican evangelical voters will coalesce around Donald Trump now that he is the de facto GOP nominee.
NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Jean Peters Baker, a Missouri prosecutor who has brought murder charges against the father of a toddler who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A new report from the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General's office details egregious misconduct and extensive drug use on the job by a former employee of the state crime lab.
Google is trying to sharpen its Artificial Intelligence Engine by feeding it thousands of romance novels.
"In Aleppo, We Are Running Out of Coffins" was the title of an op-ed from Syrian doctor Osama Abo El Ezz. NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with him about attacks on hospitals in Syria.
Arizona Sen. John McCain has spent 30 years in the Senate but he's worried that sharing a ballot with Donald Trump this November could cost him his Senate seat.
When a teenager with special needs refused to get back into his seat on a recent flight, the crew asked if there were any teachers on board and Sophie Murphy answered the call.
An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly passing national security documents to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi
Authorities say a pilot was rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast after he parachuted from what they believe was a Harrier jet as it went down in flames.
Hilary Duff seems to be in a great mood as she heads for her car after a lunch date with friends on Thursday (May 5) in West Hollywood, Calif. The 28-year-old actress posted on Snapchat later that day that she was in a recording studio working on music. “This little pup is puttin down a [...]
Human rights groups have criticized Kenya’s “reckless” decision to close the country’s two main refugee camps, with Amnesty International accusing the Kenyan government of abdicating “its duty to protect the vulnerable.”
Getting in is easy part. It’s staying in that’s hard.
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More than a half-century ago, Betty Friedan set out to call attention to “the problem that has no name,” by which she meant the dissatisfaction of millions of American housewives.
Today, many are suffering from another problem that has no name, and it’s manifested in the bleak financial situations of millions of middle-class — and even upper-middle-class — American households.
Poverty doesn’t describe the situation of middle-class Americans, who by definition... Читать дальше...
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed…
CAIRO - An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed…
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A bruising presidential campaign is drawing to a close in the Philippines with a last-minute attempt by the president to unify candidates against a front-running mayor perceived as a threat to democracy virtually collapsing
As part of its attack, TCI said the company’s core business had gone “significantly backwards” over the past six years.