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Mark Whitaker: "My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir"

Mark Whitaker: "My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir"

November 3, 2011

CNN executive, former Newsweek editor and award-winning journalist Mark Whitaker delves into the factual and emotional aspects of his family's complicated, interracial history.

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Consequences of Granting Legal Status to a Fertilized Human Egg

Consequences of Granting Legal Status to a Fertilized Human Egg

October 31, 2011

Mississippi voters will be asked to decide whether to define a fertilized human egg as a legal person. Why advocates on both sides of the abortion issue warn that the measure, if passed, could have far-reaching consequences.

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Robert Frank: "The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good"

Robert Frank: "The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good"

October 27, 2011

New York Times economics columnist, Robert Frank, on what Charles Darwin can teach us about building a better society. Why he believes Darwin's understanding of competition describes our economic reality more accurately than the "invisible hand" of economist, Adam Smith.

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Why Occupy Wall Street is Now More Popular Than the Tea Party

October 26, 2011

New polls suggest Occupy Wall Street is more popular than the Tea Party. The appeal of the movement and its impact on American politics.

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Treating Young Children for ADHD

October 19, 2011

The American Academy of Pediatrics offers new guidelines for diagnosing and treating ADHD in children as young as four: Debate over ADHD behavior management strategies and drug options in the early years.

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Proposed Oil Pipeline from Canada

October 18, 2011

Pros and cons of a proposed pipeline to bring crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Understanding the stakes for the environment, the U.S. economy and the White House.

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Politics Behind the Tax Code

October 17, 2011

With economies stalling around the world, and job creation at a standstill, calls by groups like the "Occupy Wall Street" movement for the rich to pay more are gaining traction. We discuss how tensions over economic fairness are fueling the tax debate.

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Eli Saslow: "Ten Letters"

Eli Saslow: "Ten Letters"

October 11, 2011

A Washington Post reporter talks about the ten letters the President reads every night and the portrait they reveal of America today.

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Treating or Ignoring Prostate Cancer

October 11, 2011

A new report coming out on Tuesday says a routine prostate cancer test could do more harm than good. It recommends that healthy men should not get the prostate-specific antigen, or P.S.A., exam. Some physicians argue that the test can...

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State Action on Illegal Immigration

October 5, 2011

There is an exodus going on from the state of Alabama. The country’s strictest immigration law went into effect over the weekend. Among other things, it is the first state law to require schools to check the status of children...

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