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Business, Economics and Jobs
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Here and Now
August 27, 2008
Social entrepreneur John Wood quit his job at Microsoft and started building libraries and schools in poor countries around the world.
Global Politics
The congressional races to watch
The Takeaway
November 03, 2008
House Democrats could see big gains -- how key congressional races around the country are shaping up.
Arts, Culture & Media
Meklit Hadero's African twist to American jazz
Here and Now
August 26, 2011
Singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero has made a sensation on the music scene, melding American jazz with the rhthym and language of her native Ethiopia.
Arts, Culture & Media
New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin bursts onto national scene
The Takeaway
February 13, 2012
Jeremy Lin couldn't find a university that would offer him a scholarship, so he went to Harvard. Lin couldn't get drafted, so he signed a free agent contract with the Golden State Warriors. He couldn't catch on there, so he went to the NBA Development League. Then he got to New York where was to be the team's third string point guard. But a funny thing happened. After a triple-double in a return to the D-League, he went on a tear and brought "Linsanity" to the Knicks.
Environment
Archaeologist argues first Americans were from Europe 22,000 years ago
The Takeaway
March 02, 2012
New archeological finds have led a Smithsonian Institute researcher to write a book detailing what he believes is the journey of the first Americans, from Europe to North America's east coast. This contradicts earlier evidence that the first Americans came from Asia.
Arts, Culture & Media
Looking back on Bruce Springsteen's rise to superstardom
The Takeaway
March 27, 2012
Released in August 1975, "Born to Run" proved to be a career defining song and album for Bruce Springsteen. As Springsteen prepares for another international tour, it's hard to imagine where his career started.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Stockton, Cal., to become the largest city to file for bankruptcy in America
The Takeaway
June 28, 2012
The city of Stockton, Cal., is facing a $26 million budget deficit amid rising crime and foreclosure rates. Unable to reach an agreement with its creditors, the city has voted to file for bankruptcy, in what will be the largest city bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
New documentary goes inside Jewish-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem
The World
September 04, 2012
In 2009, Mohammad El Kurd's Palestinian family was kicked out of their home in East Jerusalem, so Jewish settlers could move in. The entire episode was controversial, with protests on all sides. And now it's been made into a documentary.
Environment
'Energy sufficiency' for the U.S. in reach as American oil companies consider exports
Living on Earth
October 23, 2012
For the first time in years, U.S. energy companies are moving to ship a sizable amount of U.S. crude oil abroad, in this case to Canada. It's just the latest step on the road to what economist Joe Stanislaw calls American "energy sufficiency."
Environment
Locals concerned by local, global impact of increased coal exports
Living on Earth
November 05, 2012
As coal demand around the globe increases, at the same time it moderates in the United States, coal companies are looking abroad to sell their commodity. But that means new facilities need to be built to get them abroad -- and they're looking to the Pacific Northwest.