A womans activist group based in Fresno said it is probably not going to protest as it had planned. The group, called Boobs not Bombs, occasionally rallies throughout the state to protest such things as environmental destruction, equal rights for wom

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英文小故事

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The recession may be easing, but American states are still feeling the pain. Most of the fifty states began their budget year July first. Almost all states require balanced budgets. Already, some pre

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At least one million children in the United States experience homelessness each year, putting them at increased risk for problems with their health, safety and education. Without a fixed address and with their family facing financial problems, homele

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NOEL KING, HOST: Next we have an exclusive story. The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices. NPR has obtained documents that show the White House is pr

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Study subjects were able to accurately assess men's physical strength based only on listening to them speak Which of these guys would you guess is stronger? Him? [Arnold Schwarzenegger saying One of us is in deep trouble.]. Or him? [Pee Wee Herman sa

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Marriage Goes from Lackluster to Loving in 'Hope Springs' After more than three decades together, Kay and Arnold are in a rut with the same routine day after day. For reasons neither will talk about, their love has grown cold. Desperate for help, Kay

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The stock market has been booming lately. After the Dow crossed 20,000 for the first time in January, it kept surging. It's been above 21,000 this week. NPR's Chris Arnold looks at what's going on and what it means for your retirem

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you've got student loans, you might want to listen closely to this next story. The Trump administration is diluting the power of a federal office that's supposed to look out for people with student loans. It's called the offic

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration wants to dramatically cut funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's the agency created after the financial crisis to protect Americans from abuse by financial firms. Elizabeth Warren an

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Starting tomorrow, the U.S., Canada and Mexico will begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. And despite very tough talk about NAFTA during the campaign, it appears the Trump administration is backing away from

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Americans' overall household debt has hit a record high, nearly $13 trillion and rising, which makes people wonder if we've already forgotten the lessons of the bubble of borrowing in the run up to the Great Recession. Here's NPR

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Republicans are set to unveil their tax bill compromise later today. And people who build affordable housing are desperate to see what is in this bill. That's because the House version would scrap a tax incentive that underpins a

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump made an eyebrow-raising claim yesterday. As part of an effort to make America more business friendly, the president said he thinks his administration can eliminate 75 percent or more of government regulations. Thr

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'Mystery Shoppers' Help U.S. Regulators Fight Racial Discrimination At Banks play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:35repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or updat

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to get another view of how the growing trade fight is affecting American businesses by learning about what's happening inside U.S. meat lockers. Here's NPR's Chris Arnold. CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: If you want to see what

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have an update now of a story about a troubled federal grant program for public school teachers. It's supposed to help them. Many teachers have had grants unfairly converted to loans, leaving some of them with more than $20,00

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To another story now. Forty percent of Americans don't have $400 to cover emergency expenses such as car repairs. Some people turn to payday loans or other costly ways to borrow money. But now, as NPR's Chris Arnold reports,

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暂无音频 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN ARNOLD, MISSOURI TOWN HALL Fox Senior High School Arnold, Missouri 10:25 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody please have a seat. Have a seat. Thank you so much. What a wonderful introd

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Over the past decade, many teachers who got federal grants for teaching in the nation's most vulnerable public schools say they have had those grants unfairly taken away and turned into loans. NPR reporters Chris Arnold and Cory

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