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Wednesday, October 10 2012

  • Today's Takeaway | October 10, 2012 October 10, 2012

    The Lake County Voters | 14-Year-Old Rights Activist Shot in Pakistan | What Makes Us Human | Author of 'Consider the Fork' on the Social History of Cooking and Eating (episode)

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    • Supreme Court Could Overturn Affirmative Action October 10, 2012

      On June 23, 2003, the Supreme Court upheld the affirmative action policy at the University of Michigan Law School. Today, just nine years after Justice O'Connor issued the Court's dec...

    • 15-Year-Old Female Activist Shot by Taliban in Pakistan October 10, 2012

      Malala Yousafzai lives in Pakistan and is known throughout her home country for the work she's done campaigning for girls' education.&nbsp;Yesterday she was shot in the neck.

    • NOVA Science Show Considers What Makes Us Human October 10, 2012

      <p><strong>David Pogue</strong>, technology columnist for The New York Times, talks about his new Nova Science Now series which explores a number of big scientific questions including: What makes us human?</p>

    • Member of Pussy Riot Released October 10, 2012

      <p>One of the members of Pussy Riot has been released.&nbsp;David Herszenhorn, who has been reporting on the issue for the New York Times, discusses the importance of the case, and what is at stake in Russia.</p>

    • Lake County Ohio: Voters Discuss The Presidential Election October 10, 2012

      All this week, we've been hearing from a panel of seven voters in Lake County, Ohio. The Takeaway’s host John Hockenberry spent time there over the weekend to get a better sense of wh...

    • Consider the Fork: A Food Writer's Cultural History October 10, 2012

      Food writer and historian Bee Wilson, author of the new book: "Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat," explains how our relationship with food is emotional, primal, fami...