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Times are tough, so many young people are looking to their parents for help — or even for their own room back. The discussions can be tense. Did you get (or give) a parental bailout?... (article)
For high quality video, click the "HQ" button. This year 3.2 million students are expected to graduate from high school and of those, roughly 70 percent will go on to get a col... (article)
The war on drugs has been going on in American for around 40 years. Is it time to try a new approach? Suggest a new name to replace "the war on drugs." What's your take? Leave a com... (article)
Headlines; Military tribunals (article)
The Torture Debate Ensnares the President (episode)
Bush administration policies on the treatment of detainees have now embroiled President Obama in a growing controversy. News broke last night that the U.S. will restart milit...
This Sunday President Obama will deliver the commencement address at The University of Notre Dame. Given his support for abortion rights and stem cell research, his upcoming appearanc...
All week in our series Pomp in these Circumstances, we've been looking at life after graduation. Many young adults will be going out into the real world, trying to get jobs and to liv...
The Europe-wide song contest Eurovision isn't just about music anymore. The event is turning out to be one of the biggest landmarks in Russia's gay-rights movement. Joining us from Mo...
Last Wednesday, President Obama reversed his position and decided to block the release of photographs documenting abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan by United States military ...
Regulating greenhouse gases has been one of the most contentious issues for the EPA. In 2003, the agency ruled that carbon dioxide could not be regulated as a pollutant. A 2007 Suprem...
In the current economic climate, it's hard to imagine a place where the economy is growing by 4, 5, or 6 percent. A place where banks are adding branches and holding onto their deposi...
When we covered the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, a listener criticized us for not addressing charges that breeding practices, drug use, and harmful track surfaces are costing ma...
Thousands of people are fleeing the SWAT valley in northwest Pakistan today. The government temporarily lifted a curfew to allow the civilians to flee the intense fighting between gov...
President Nixon coined the term "war on drugs" in 1969, and began fighting the problem of drug use with arrests and prison time. Since then every administration has more or less done ...