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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The writer Jason Reynolds has a new novel out this month. It focuses on a moment of decision that occurs in an elevator where a young man is on his way to avenge the killing of his brother. The novel is called Long Way Down, and J
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Yesterday we were absolutely enthralled by the first 1600 exciting lines of Beowulf. Can anyone recap for us? Hrothgar, king of the Danes, on the island of Zealand has built the mead hall Heorot for feasting his warriors, but they abandoned it becaus
By Noel King Juba 05 January 2006 One year ago, a peace deal between Sudan's northern Islamist government and southern rebels turned Juba city into the capital of a new autonomous southern Sudan. Loca
Good evening, everybody! said the teacher, Donna. Where is everybody? That was sort of a daily joke by Donna. Usually the class started with only two or three students present, and then filled up as the minutes went by. It was summertime. Summer scho
By Brian Wagner Port-au-Prince 09 October 2007 Thousands of Haitian schools reopened their doors for a new school year last month, thanks in part to the support of the United States and other international donors. As Haiti's government works to reco
Music Industry Addresses Drug, Alcohol Problems The shocking stories are familiar - lives cut short by alcohol and drug abuse. Cocaine contributed to Whitney Houston's death. She drowned in her bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel earlier this year. Mich
Displaced Syrian Children Struggle for Education During a school day at the Bab al-Salama school in northern Syria, several classes study under this tent, with one of four pitched on the edge of camp not far from the border with Turkey. About 1,000 c
Iraqi Kurdistan Church Helps Christian Children Cope 伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区教会帮助基督徒孩子们 IRBIL In the past six weeks, tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians have been forced to flee their homes by Islamic State militants and f
Friends and Family I was thinking about how everybody cant be everthing to each other ,but some people can be somethig to each other ,thank God ,from the ones whose shoulder you cry on to the ones whose half-slips you borrow to the nameless ones you
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Our next guest is Ahmir Thompson, also known as Questlove. He's a drummer and a bunch of other things. AHMIR THOMPSON: People know me as a founding member of The Roots. I DJ occasionally. I was a professor at NYU - oh, a televisi
Weve all been bored from time to time. Sometimes, when were really at loose ends, we might even say were bored to death or so bored I could die! We dont really mean it, of course. But according to one study, it may be true. That is, it seems possible