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Npr: Algebra Project Teaches Math Skills That Pay
How can we help low-income students and students of color achieve in math? Robert Moses, founder of The Algebra Project, talks about his efforts to help students succeed in math and science through this "national math literacy project."...
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Npr: Students' View of Intelligence Can Help Grades
How is a child's view of intelligence and grades linked? Can intelligence increase? A study from the journal "Child Development" examines the topic of intelligence and "shows that it you teach students that their intelligence can grow,...
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Npr: Who Will Succeed Central Asia's Dominate Leaders?
A March 2007 summary examination of the political leadership in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
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Npr: With New Pipeline, Azerbaijan on Verge of Oil Boom
An examination of the potential impact of a new oil pipeline on the economy, society, and foreign policy of Azerbaijan. Provides links to related stories on Azerbaijan. (16 April 2006)
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Npr: Global Competitors Clamor for Kazakhstan's Oil
A June 2007 analysis of the growing importance Kazakstan's oil and the resulting global competition for it. Also provides audio and links to related stories.
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Npr: The Bird Flu Resurfaces in Vietnam
A June 2007 report on the re-appearance of Bird Flu in Vietnam. Audio only, approximately four minutes in length. Also provides links to related topics.
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Npr: New Malarial Therapy Reaches Remote Africa
Details efforts by Doctors Without Borders to bring state of the art malaria treatments to some of the most remote parts of Africa ( available in audio format). Also provides links to related sites.
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Npr: Altered Mosquitoes May Save Humans From Malaria
A March 2007 interview [4:00] with a professor of biosystems research at the University of Maryland on the use of genetically altered mosquitoes to fight the spread of malaria. Provides links to related topics.
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Npr: Rubber Ducks Make Cross Oceanic Voyage
This radio broadcast describes the tracking of rubber ducks that were accidentally dumped into the north Pacific Ocean in 1992. Scientists are learning a lot about ocean currents as the ducks arrive on land in various countries.
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National Public Radio's official site offers hourly news audio as well as streaming audio and transcripts of some shows.
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Npr: Beagle 2
NPR provides the story of Beagle 2, the Mars Lander. See a video animation of the descent and photo gallery of the Mars Express. Unfortunately, the Beagle 2 is a lost mission.
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Npr: August Wilson, Writing to the Blues
An interview with playwright August Wilson about the people who most influence his writing. He includes Amiri Baraka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Romare Bearden, and most especially, blues singer Bessie Smith. In addition to the interview,...
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Npr: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture
NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor interviews Alice Walker about her connection to Zora Neale Hurston. Walker talks about how Hurston inspired her writing, even though the two writers never met. The site also contains audio of Walker reading her...
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Npr: The Legacy of Blackface
This site is an NPR two-part report for the Travis Smiley Show explores the history of Blackface and it's impact on society both past and present. There are related stories on Hip-hop and Racial Harassment.
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Npr: From the Kalahari to Malibu
Join Jumanda Gakelobone and Roy Sesana in their quest for help in their fight to live on their ancestral lands in Botswana. The Bushman of Kalahari have a dispute with the government of Botswana that centers on the dilemma of modernism...
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Npr: Welfare Reform in America
The federal welfare reform act has been in existence from 1996. This article, dated 3/2004, looks at how we are doing. What is the state of welfare reform -- has it helped or hurt the situation.
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Npr: Taking Stephen King Seriously
Several related stories are featured here as heard on National Public Radio, mainly centered around King's National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters.
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Npr: Judy Blume on Censorship
Famed children's author Judy Blume discusses censorship in this excerpt from Weekend Edition. Requires RealPlayer.
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Npr: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Dies at 80
A comprehensive story about the career of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Audio is included.
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Npr: Preparing for a Flu Pandemic
This two-part report from NPR answers questions about the avian flu virus and the potential for a pandemic. Questions are answered by experts from the National Wildlife Health Center and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
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Npr: How Federal Grand Juries Work
An overview of the procedures of Grand juries and the history behind them is given in this article on NPR. A great glossary of Grand jury terms is provided along with a link to download the Federal Grand Jury handbook.
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Npr: The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
A report, by National Public Radio, about the newly restored gospel of Judas unveiled to the public by the National Geographic Society in April 2006. Discovered in a cave in the Egyptian desert in the 1970s, the gospel had remained...
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Npr: Nation Sees Effects of 'Day Without Immigrants'
A brief look at the nationwide boycott by immigrants that took place across the nation on May 1, 2006 and its effect if any on our economy.
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Npr: What's Behind High Gas Prices?
A concise and interesting Q&A article about gas prices, profits, etc.