Hunting For Traces Of America's First Inhabitants

Reporting in Science, researchers write of finding blades and spear points that pre-date Clovis tools — long thought to be the earliest evidence of people in the Americas. Archaeologist Michael B. Collins talks about how the discovery could change theories about the first inhabitants.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134855884/Hunting-For-Traces-Of-Americas-First-Inhabitants?ft=1&f=1007

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The Nation: Remembering The Triangle Factory Fire

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 people, most of them young women. Joshua Freeman of The Nation argues that the reason we still commemorate it is because the painful event was a catalyst for change and reform.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134817324/the-nation-remembering-the-triangle-factory-fire?ft=1&f=1057

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Defunding Public Media: Disaster Or Opportunity?

Supporters of public broadcasting say zeroing out federal funding would mean lights out for hundreds of local radio and TV stations. But critics say it would give stations a chance to reinvent themselves.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134830262/defunding-public-media-disaster-or-opportunity?ft=1&f=1014

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How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick

In an essay published last November in Canada's Maisonneuve journal, physician Kevin Patterson described his experiences working as an internist-intensivist at the Canadian Combat Surgical Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

One detail he noticed: The Afghan soldiers, police and civilians he treated in Kandahar had radically different bodies from those of the Canadians he took care of back home.

"Typical Afghan civilians and soldiers would have been 140 pounds or so as adults. And when we operated on them, what we were aware of was the absence of any fat or any adipose tissue underneath the skin," Patterson says. "Of course, when we operated on Canadians or Americans or Europeans, what was normal was to have most of the organs encased in fat. It had a visceral potency to it when you could see it directly there."

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/132745785/how-western-diets-are-making-the-world-sick?ft=1&f=1057

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Debating Year One Of The Health Care Overhaul

A sweeping health care overhaul was signed into law a year ago, promising to make insurance companies more accountable, offer more health care choices and reduce costs for patients. But perceptions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have been mixed. Guest host Farai Chideya explores the broad impressions, including the public and political responses to the law, with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134794858&ft=1&f=1014

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Wisconsin Court Race Turns Into A Political Dogfight

An election campaign for the state's Supreme Court is normally a quiet affair. But the fight over collective bargaining has turned the officially nonpartisan race into a referendum on the governor. With the contentious bargaining bill most likely headed to the court, union advocates are trying to flip its ideological balance.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134828234/wisconsin-court-race-turns-into-a-political-dogfight?ft=1&f=1014

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Obama Faces Criticism Of Mission In Libya

There's a tradition in which politicians try to hold back criticism of the president while he's on foreign soil. President Obama had not even stepped off Air Force One Wednesday when Speaker John Boehner released a letter listing pointed questions on the administration's plan for Libya.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134814105/Obama-Faces-Criticism-Of-Libyan-Mission?ft=1&f=1014

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The Nation: How Is Saudi Arabia A 'Good' Tyranny?

In light of the protests sweeping across the Middle East, there has been tension in Saudi Arabia ? recently the government banned public demonstrations. Robert Scheer of The Nation argues that it's troubling to see the U.S. attack Libya on the grounds of human rights while at the same time keeping an alliance with Saudi Arabia.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134817531/the-nation-how-is-saudi-arabia-a-good-tyranny?ft=1&f=1057

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