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City Council of Arlington, Texas

Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion

With the spotlight now on institutional racism, the city council of Arlington, Texas, took a historic stand by bucking a state law and refusing to expand a gas well complex close to a preschool for Black and Latino children.

Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion
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Meet the women who escorted Jane Doe to her abortion

Meet the women who escorted Jane Doe to her abortion

Winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

Winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

Many leads, no suspects yet in deadly attack on Boston Marathon

Many leads, no suspects yet in deadly attack on Boston Marathon
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A Trip Home with Thao Nguyen

A Trip Home with Thao Nguyen

Bike ridership low due to promotion of helmets, urban motility expert says

Evidence clearly shows the benefits of wearing a helmet in a bike crash. But some critics are now arguing that there are unintended consequences to helmet-wearing, like a decrease in bike ridership.

Bike ridership low due to promotion of helmets, urban motility expert says

Supreme Court May Hear Challenge to Ban on Foreign Political Contributions

Supreme Court May Hear Challenge to Ban on Foreign Political Contributions
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Your Occupational Tattoos

Last week on the show, we heard from people who are so passionate about their careers as scientists and mathematicians that they've tattooed equations and fragments of DNA on their bodies. So we asked: Do you have a tattoo related to your profession?

Your Occupational Tattoos
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UK Chorus Tries to Lift Spirits While Stranded at Airport

UK Chorus Tries to Lift Spirits While Stranded at Airport
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Gold star families convene in Arlington

As many as two thousand members of Gold Star families ? families who lost members while serving our country ? convened at Arlington cemetery's 'Tomb of the Unknowns' this weekend. This event marks the largest gathering of such families in history.

Gold star families convene in Arlington
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Hundreds of graves mishandled at Arlington National Cemetery

Over 200 bodies may have been misidentified or misplaced at Arlington National Cemetery. The superintendent and deputy have been ousted following a newly released Pentagon report revealing misidentified graves and poor recordkeeping.

Hundreds of graves mishandled at Arlington National Cemetery
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Thao Nguyen

At just 24, she put out one of 2008's best indie rock records, We Brave Bee Stings and All and she's touring the country now with her band. She grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where her mother owns a coin laundromat and dry cleaning business. We sent Jesse Dukes to meet up with Thao and her mother at the laundromat to find out how she grew into a rock star.

Thao Nguyen
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ESA Commentary

ESA Commentary
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Music Commentary

Music Commentary