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    Latin America's New Middle Class | Ira Glass on the Visible and the Invisible | Complications at a Massachusetts Crime Lab | 'Eve of Destruction': How 1965 Transformed American Histor... (episode)

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    • Latin America's New Middle Class December 3, 2012

      There is a middle class emerging in Latin America — far south of the white picket fences and the syndicated episodes of "Leave It To Beaver." But who is this middle class? What do the...

    • Crime Lab Chemist Allegedly Tampered with Evidence for Years December 3, 2012

      The fallout continues in Massachusetts where a former crime lab chemist allegedly tampered with evidence from drug tests for years. Authorities say Annie Dookhan may have tampered wit...

    • Latin American Immigrants in the United States December 3, 2012

      A middle class is emerging in Latin America, but does more opportunity exist in the United States for Latinos? Or less? Eileen Diaz-McConnell, an associate professor at Arizona State ...

    • 'We're Nowhere' on the Fiscal Cliff December 3, 2012

      Worries about the fiscal cliff are beginning to sound like predictions from the Mayan calendar. Dave Weigel, political reporter from Slate, tries to demystify the smoke and mirrors of...

    • 'Eve of Destruction': How 1965 Transformed American History December 3, 2012

      The year of 1965 marked a turning point in American history, as the War in Vietnam escalated, Malcom X was assassinated, and the Civil Rights coalition began to fracture. Brown Univer...

    • Ira Glass on His New Project, 'The Visible and the Invisible' December 3, 2012

      Ira Glass has perhaps one of the most recognizable voices in America. But, like most of us in radio, he is rarely visible to his audience. He decided to come out from behind the curta...