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Friday, May 16 2014

  • Today's Takeaway: Workers, Schools & Veterans Continue to Seek Justice May 16, 2014

    Whistleblower Sheds Light on VA Neglect | 60 Years After 'Brown,' What Still Divides America's Classrooms? | The Reviews of This Weekend's Big New Movie Releases | Why The Indian Elec... (episode)

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    • Whistleblower Sheds Light on VA Neglect May 16, 2014

      A doctor who tried came forward about service delays for patients at risk of committing suicide at a VA facility in St. Louis was sanctioned by his employer, demoted, investigated, an...

    • 60 Years After 'Brown,' What Still Divides America's Classrooms? May 16, 2014

      <p>Decades after the landmark Supreme Court decision, what are the realities of public education in under-resourced schools that may not be segregated by law &mdash;&nbsp;but are far from the integrated ideal?</p>

    • Why The Indian Elections are Massive in Scale and Importance May 16, 2014

      <p>There's a national sport in India and it's not baseball or even cricket. It's politics. Some 550 million people made it to the polls in the longest and best-financed democratic election in the country's history.</p>

    • Wage Theft Rampant in Low Skill Industries May 16, 2014

      <p>Wage theft is rampant in low wage industries. While workers in cities around the U.S. are demanding a higher minimum wage, some say we should be focusing on enforcing the minimum wage we have.</p>

    • News Quiz | Week of May 16, 2014 May 16, 2014

      <p>Be smarter than your pals. Prep your dinner party factoids. Gauge your knowledge about what happened this week, as heard on The Takeaway.</p>