The Internet & Freedom
February 13, 2012Could legislation to stop online piracy and fight other internet-centered crimes like terrorism, child abuse, and fraud actually endanger the freedoms we take for granted?
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Love Stories from StoryCorps
February 9, 2012Everyone’s got a love story. What’s yours?
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Summer Programs and Children's Learning
February 9, 2012Could engaging summer programs close the achievement gap between high and low-income students and change the face of education in our country?
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Glenn Ligon's AMERICA
February 8, 2012Where do we find the pivotal cultural moments in American history and how might an artist’s distillation of those experiences enhance our identity as Americans?
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Debt, Money, and the New World Order
February 8, 2012How will the ongoing European financial crisis and overall political uncertainty affect the potential for economic recovery here in the United States?
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
February 7, 2012What’s the best way to rear children? Every parent wants to do best by their kids, but whose method is correct and who should decide?
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America's Imperial Dream
February 7, 2012Hour 1: Where and when did American ambition for empire fade from possibility? We’ll spend this hour with journalist and historian Gregg Jones, author of the new book “Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream” (NAL, 2012). Jones will address the World Affairs […]
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The Case for Conscious Media Consumption
February 6, 2012How are the 24-hour news cycle and our always-available and on-line knowledge culture both helping and hurting us?
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The Calm Before the Wave
February 6, 2012Tsunamis are nothing new, but how is the ever-increasing human population along coastlines amplifying the threat from these killer waves?
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Becoming a Citizen in North Texas
February 2, 2012s North Texas a good place to become a citizen? What challenges and benefits do new immigrants face when they choose to settle here?
