Emma Bowman

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Brothers Pass On Their Farmer Father's Life Lessons

Friday, November 01, 2019

Arguster and Lebronze Davis and their 14 siblings grew up and worked with their parents on the family's Alabama farm. The brothers remember their father, who taught them how to "do the right thing."

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As California Wildfire Neared, A Family Raced To Save Its Animals

Friday, November 01, 2019

As the fire engulfed their small farm in the Santa Clarita Valley, Samantha Hull and her family managed to escape. But they lost their home and many of their beloved animals.

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Rep. Katie Hill, Facing An Ethics Investigation, Says She Will Resign

Sunday, October 27, 2019

The freshman congresswoman announced her resignation "with a broken heart," following an ethics probe into allegations that she had sexual relations with a staff member, an allegation she denies.

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Wind-Fueled Wildfires Push California Governor To Declare State Of Emergency

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom is freeing up state aid as high winds fuel two major fires across the state. The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County has burned 30,000 acres, prompting evacuation orders for some 180,000.

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Nearly 1 Million Customers To Lose Power In Planned PG&E Power Outages

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Pacific Gas and Electric says dry and windy conditions drove the utility to expand its power blackout zone by 90,000 customers across Northern and Central California to prevent the risk of wildfires.

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George Soros: Open Societies Are Under Threat

Saturday, October 26, 2019

The billionaire philanthropist and liberal champion says the wealthy and powerful in government worldwide are posing a danger to the societal freedoms of "inclusive democracies."

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Their School Integrated But Racial Divisions Remained: 'We Missed Knowing Each Other'

Friday, October 25, 2019

Eli Brown, who's black, and Natalie Guice Adams, who's white, were classmates when their Louisiana school integrated 50 years ago. "Our lives were so intertwined, but so separate," Adams said.

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'The Blob,' A Smart Yet Brainless Organism Fit For Sci-Fi, Gets Its Own Exhibit

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Is it an animal? A type of fungi? No, it's "the blob." The amorphous "slime mold" may not have a nervous system, but it's the star of a new exhibit at the Paris zoo.

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Trump Drops Plan To Host G-7 Summit At His Miami Resort

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Blaming "Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility" as the reason for his reversal, the president said he will consider other sites for next year's meeting of international leaders.

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U.K. Parliament Votes To Delay Vote On Johnson's Breakthrough Brexit Plan

Saturday, October 19, 2019

In compliance with the Letwin Amendment, approved 322 to 306 on Saturday, a reluctant Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to the EU requesting an extension to the Oct. 31 no-deal deadline.

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He Traded Single Life To Be Foster 'Pop' To More Than 50 Kids

Friday, October 18, 2019

Guy Bryant has fostered dozens of children over the past 12 years. At StoryCorps, he told one of his foster kids that he wants them to pass on what they've learned from him.

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'Exalting The Banal To The Monumental' Through California Skate Parks

Sunday, October 13, 2019

The state that gave birth to modern skateboarding is home to concrete playgrounds that are works of art in the eyes of photographer Amir Zaki: "They become more imaginative and open as spaces."

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Ronan Farrow Stands By His Reporting On NBC's 'Corrosive' Secrecy Around Sexual Abuse

Friday, October 11, 2019

Farrow tells NPR powerful media executives went to great lengths to kill his story on sexual assault allegations, to the point where he thought, if it didn't see light, "more people would get hurt."

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'A Great Burden Was Lifted': A Father's Made-Up Day Of Forgiveness

Friday, October 11, 2019

Bernie Feldstein created "Amnesty Day," a tradition he started so his kids could confess anything without punishment. "I just wanted you to feel that you could share anything with me," he told them.

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Rachel Maddow On How Russia's 'Resource Curse' Drove Putin To Election Interference

Saturday, October 05, 2019

The MSNBC host's new book examines how the Russian economy's reliance on oil and natural gas contributed to Vladimir Putin's decision to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

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Before He Animated For Disney, He Sketched Cartoons In An Internment Camp

Friday, October 04, 2019

As a child, Willie Ito spent nearly three years in a Japanese American internment camp. At StoryCorps, he tells his son how he went from doodling on Sears catalogs to animating for Walt Disney.

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David Cameron Talks Brexit And His 'Greatest Regret' In New Book 'For The Record'

Sunday, September 29, 2019

The former prime minister, who called for the referendum that unleashed the ongoing turmoil around Britain's exit from the EU, says he is "deeply depressed by what's happening."

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Sikh Deputy 'Trailblazer' Fatally Shot In Houston-Area Traffic Stop

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Sandeep Dhaliwal emerged as a symbol of religious diversity in law enforcement as the first Sikh to become a sheriff's deputy in Harris County. "He was a unifying symbol," a city official said.

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A Refugee Family Takes Viewers On A Years-Long Escape In 'Midnight Traveler'

Saturday, September 28, 2019

An Afghan filmmaker and his family shot hundreds of hours of cell phone footage after fleeing the Taliban. Producer Emelie Mahdavian said it was important to let their first-person story stand alone.

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Texas Country Rocker Paul Cauthen Preaches The Good, The Bad And The Prickly

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Faith may be a constant in the country music artist's new album, Room 41, but he's not hiding his demons. "I just try to write some lyrics that can maybe prick somebody's heart," Cauthen says.

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