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Joel Berg, executive director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger, on what it’s like to be on food stamps:(http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/nov/03/more-americans-rely-fo... (article)
The Takeaway for Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Final Edition (article)
<p>Headlines; Elections</p> (article)
Assessing the Obama Presidency, One Year After Election (episode)
It’s the first Tuesday in November, and voters in New Jersey, Virginia and cities across the country are headed to the polls. As the voting gets underway, we take a look back to this...
Business Takeout: The Supreme Court signaled they aren't too eager to intervene on excessive pay for Wall Street execs, but the Federal Reserve seems to be champing at ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will remain in office for another term after his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of a scheduled runoff election. We talk with Tony Karon, ...
Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will address a joint session of Congress and meet with President Obama. It’s her first U.S. visit since her re-election for a second term as Ger...
November is the time of year when most workers can elect to change their participation in the health care coverage offered by their employer. As health care costs continue to rise, it...
It's election day, and Atlanta may be on the verge of electing their first white mayor since 1969: Mary Norwood, a city council member for eight years. Georgia Public Broadcasting's S...
Add this to your list of indicators that the recession isn't over yet: There are now more Americans on food stamps than at any time in history. According to a report in Archives of Pe...
Congress Takeout: Todd Zwillich talks about how House Democrats are hoping to vote on their version of a health care reform bill later this week, while Republicans launch ...
Poor study habits, too much TV or goofing off are usually cited as reasons students get bad grades. But the state of Texas has a different idea for why some students are underperformi...
Fresh from a presidential election marred by accusations of fraud, Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he’ll work to eradicate the corruption which has “tainted” his country and govern...
It is voting day across the country, but a surprising amount of national attention has been focused on a special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District. The NRCC, Newt Gin...
If you go to any national park or protected wilderness in the U.S. today, you will find the friendly, heroic figure of the forest ranger: a uniformed caretaker of natural splendor, an...