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For GOP presidential candidates, a plea for a vote and hawking a book

Global Politics

Many of the Republican presidential candidates are trying to sell a book while they’re on the campaign trail. But, perhaps fnone more than Newt Gingrich, the current front-runner, who has a much newer book than all the rest and who has written an average of two books a year.

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Takeaway Listeners on Their Experiences as Working Children

‘Life Isn’t Fair’: Listeners React to Gingrich’s Child Labor Comments

Yesterday, The Takeaway  spoke with Diana Furchtgott-Roth from the Manhattan Institute and sociologist Pedro Noguera about Newt Gingrich’s policy proposal to change the child labor laws  to allow 9-year-old kids to go to work. The Takeaway listeners had a lot to say about child labor. Takeaway listeners  Bill Arnott, from Columbia, South Carolina, and  Carol, from Wellesley, Massachusetts, discuss […]

Newt Gingrich Proposes Radical Change in Labor Laws

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says we need a radical proposal to “change America’s culture of poverty,” and put children to work. He advocates allowing kids as young as nine to replace school janitors. Gingrich thinks this approach would not only teach good work ethic to children in poor communities, but also help them earn […]

GOP and Newt Gingrich Part Ways on Budget

Top members of the GOP and Newt Gingrich are trading barbs after Gingrich  criticized  the Paul Ryan budget. After Donald Trump’s announcement that he wouldn’t run, Gingrich may be one of the most bankable presidential candidates for Republicans, but is he already burning bridges? Newt Gingrich said about Paul Ryan’s proposal: “I think that that is too […]

Newt Gingrich Readies Presidential Bid

He’s got a website, an exploratory committee and a history of leadership; can Newt Gingrich become the next president? The former speaker of the house has officially entered the race. With analysis is Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich.  

The World

Newt Gingrich: An Enigmatic Portrait

Once an active environmental protectionist, House Speaker Newt Gingrich is better known these days as an advocate of environmental deregulation. Reporter Terry FitzPatrick provides this portrait of Newt’s green contradictions. Come spend the speaker’s 53rd birthday at the Atlanta zoo.