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  • Thousands of ‘juvenile lifers’ place their hope in Supreme Court

    The court ruled that imprisoning teens for life is cruel and unusual. The question now is whether that should apply retroactively.   

    Oct 13, 2015 read more
  • Economist wins Nobel for research into poverty

    Angus Deaton of Scotland has won the Nobel Prize in economics. We look at his work and its real-world impact.   

    Oct 12, 2015 read more
  • Michigan tribes make efforts to save native language

    An early childhood language immersion school is one way native tribes are trying to save the Anishinaabemowin language.   

    Oct 12, 2015 read more
  • Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day?

    History professor David Perry discusses the explorer’s true legacy and how to explain the holiday to kids.   

    Oct 12, 2015 read more
  • Dell buying EMC for $67 billion in largest-ever tech takeover

    The computer maker is set to buy the data storage company for $67 billion as the market for personal computers has been changing rapidly.   

    Oct 12, 2015 read more
  • Cleveland’s struggle to diversify its police force

    The city’s long history of police using force on black citizens has made it difficult to recruit African-American police officers.

    Oct 12, 2015 read more
  • A fix on the way for VW owners?

    The automaker is mired in an emissions cheating scandal that affects half a million cars in the U.S. and 11 million around the world.   

    Oct 9, 2015 read more
  • Sanders speaks up for guns, Trump gets Hispanic support

        

    Oct 9, 2015 read more
  • Prison inmates trounce Harvard debate team

    It sounds like a storyline out of Hollywood, but it happened on a prison stage in front of national college debate judges.

    Oct 9, 2015 read more
  • Dealing with alcoholism in the family

    Patrick Kennedy, the son of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, has broken what he calls a “conspiracy of silence.” It’s not an uncommon story.

    Oct 8, 2015 read more
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