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It’s really important to blow smoke about how we’re the last true defense of freedom against tyranny. That, however, is complete and utter BS.
7 years ago
Forced out of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria, Rutgers grad looks for new home for her lab
The devastation left by last month’s powerful storm is making it impossible to continue her work on Puerto Rico.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Lisa Thomas-Laury’s “On Camera and Off”; Manafort indictment
Air Date: October 31, 2017
Listen 49:15Trump's apologists couldn't care less about indictments
No matter what happens on the legal front in the days and weeks ahead, Trump’s credulous fan base will remain wedded to him 'til death do they part.
7 years ago
Gee, what a shock: Long live the bump stock
Ever wonder what happened to the tiny glimmer of gun reform that briefly competed with Thoughts ‘n’ Prayers?
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.
7 years ago
Listen 6:10Horror movie sounds evoke primal fear
Sound designers have a bag of acoustic “scares” to frighten and unnerve an audience.
7 years ago
Listen 7:14Senator versus demagogue, and history's verdict
It's great that Jeff Flake stood up to Donald Trump's serial lies and dangerous toxicity, but, lest we forget our history, Flake's act was not unprecedented.
7 years ago
Trump OKs test program to expand domestic drone flights
President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead Wednesday, signing a directive intended to increase the number and complexity of drone flights.
7 years ago
At Philly police conference, AG Sessions vows to make combatting street gang MS-13 a 'priority'
Sessions said he would urge federal prosecutors to use whatever laws they can think of to “dismantle” the transnational criminal organization with an estimated 40,000 members.
7 years ago
Authoritarianism 101: Do not question the military
The lowest moment of Trump's latest Gold Star misfire came on Friday when his mouthpiece decreed from a White House podium that military brass should be exempt from scrutiny.
7 years ago
Black women at higher risk for pregnancy-related heart failure, prolonged recovery
A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.
7 years ago
Q&A on the GOP effort to overhaul the nation's tax system
But can they deliver? What are the next steps for Congress? How would the changes affect the average taxpayer? Some questions and answers:
7 years ago
NAACP names new leader for more active future
The NAACP has decided to hire its interim leader, Derrick Johnson, as its 19th president and CEO.
7 years ago
At law enforcement conference in Philly, Sessions tells street criminals: ‘we are coming after you’
Sessions' speech went on without incident, but by mid-afternoon protesters that had gathered and marched through the city clashed with Philadelphia officers.
7 years ago