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Daily highlights from The Takeaway, the national morning news program that delivers the news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. The Takeaway, along with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston, invites listeners every morning to learn more and be part of the American conversation on-air and online at thetakeaway.org.
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MLK's Original 'I Have A Dream' Speech
We all know Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have ...
We all know Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech—it’s remembered nearly every January, when we celebrate the federal holiday dedicated to the civil rights activist. The speech, delivered at the 1963 March on Washington, will celebrate it
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Actor James Gandolfini Dead at 51
HBO's "The Sopranos" changed television, it changed the entertainment industry ...
HBO's "The Sopranos" changed television, it changed the entertainment industry and actor James Gandolfini himself changed the character of the Italian-American made guy. News broke late Wednesday that Gandolfini, who was in Italy for a film festival, die
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Immigrant Families Torn Apart by Deportation
In the small Mexican town of Malinalco Takeaway host John ...
In the small Mexican town of Malinalco Takeaway host John Hockenberry met Hermelinda Medina Millan. In April, 1997 when she and her husband first decided to migrate north, cross the border, and enter the United States illegally. Her husband Anselmo Vazqu
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Was the I.R.S. Correct to Flag Certain Organizations for Additional Review?
Was the I.R.S. correct to flag certain organizations applying for ...
Was the I.R.S. correct to flag certain organizations applying for tax-exempt status for additional review? New analysis from The New York Times finds that in many cases groups singled out by the IRS may, in fact have been involved in “improper campaign a
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The Mayor of Oklahoma City on How His City is Coping
Yet again the mayor of Oklahoma City has been tested ...
Yet again the mayor of Oklahoma City has been tested and challenged by tragic circumstances. The latest giant tornado to strike the Oklahoma City area and its suburbs on Monday destroyed entire neighborhoods, leaving at least two dozen dead, and hundreds
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Why We Stay When We Know We Should Leave
We’ve all found ourselves in bad situations, and chosen not ...
We’ve all found ourselves in bad situations, and chosen not to get out. On a personal level, those situations might be a bad jobs or unfulfilling relationships. On a bigger level, they might be international conflicts or government cover-ups. But regardl
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Star Trek: Past, Present and Future
They vowed to go where no one has gone before. ...
They vowed to go where no one has gone before. But can the crew of the Enterprise really go new places without paying tribute to the old? And what are those old places that brought us to where we are now? David Goodman is something of a “Star Trek” histo
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Sexual Assault in the Military: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Proposals for Change
A recent Pentagon report demonstrates the severity of the problem: ...
A recent Pentagon report demonstrates the severity of the problem: based on anonymous surveys, the Defense Department estimates that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in fiscal year 2012, up from 19,000 the year before. Of these 26,0
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Selling the Affordable Care Act
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act is the responsibility ...
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Human Services, which largely writes the regulations; oversees notifying hospitals and providers about what is changing; provides insurers with fair warni
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Isabella Rossellini's 'Mammas'
This Sunday marks a year since last Mother’s Day, and ...
This Sunday marks a year since last Mother’s Day, and while many of us say thanks in the form of a card, a text or a bunch of flowers, celebrated actress, model and environmental activist Isabella Rossellini says thanks through a short film series called
