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In Maryland, A Change In How Hospitals Are Paid Boosts Public Health

Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner, is eager to see hospitals in the city pitch in on public health. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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In Maryland, A Change In How Hospitals Are Paid Boosts Public Health

Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen has big dreams for her city, but finding the money to achieve them is a challenge. Putting Maryland hospitals on fixed budgets may be the key.

In Maryland, A Change In How Hospitals Are Paid Boosts Public Health

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Baltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote Outreach

Health worker Nathan Fields (left), Rep. Donna Edwards and Dr. Leana Wen show people how to use naloxone on a street corner in Sandtown, a Baltimore neighborhood where drug activity is common. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption

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Baltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote Outreach

Fatal overdoses are rising among an estimated 19,000 people who use heroin in Baltimore. To curb deaths, the city's health commissioner aims to make an antidote widely available to drug users.

Baltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote Outreach

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Music

A New Ride Down Dylan's 'Highway': What Do Millennials Think Of The Album?

Bob Dylan's seminal album, Highway 61 Revisited, celebrates its 50th birthday over the weekend. To mark the occasion, we're asking five of NPR's millennials to take a listen to the 50-year-old LP.

A New Ride Down Dylan's 'Highway': What Do Millennials Think Of The Album?

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Opinion

From Our Listeners

Letters: A Correction, And Comments On Coverage Of The Virginia Shooting

All Things Considered corrects a figure from a report earlier this week on the anniversary of the war in Gaza. Audie Cornish also reads audience comments on coverage of the shooting of a Virginia TV reporter this week.

Letters: A Correction, And Comments On Coverage Of The Virginia Shooting

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National

In Wake Of Riot, Ariz. Governor Fires For-Profit Prison Firm

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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to KJZZ reporter Alexandra Olgin about Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to cut ties with a private-prison operator in the wake of a prison riot last month in Kingman.

In Wake Of Riot, Ariz. Governor Fires For-Profit Prison Firm

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Award-Winning Casting Director Says Diversity Isn't A Trend, It's Evolution

Uzo Aduba (from left), Taylor Schilling, Laverne Cox, Selenis Leyva, Kate Mulgrew, casting director Jennifer Euston and Laura Prepon attend a Orange Is The New Black screening on Aug. 11, in New York City. Scott Roth/Invision/AP hide caption

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Award-Winning Casting Director Says Diversity Isn't A Trend, It's Evolution

Casting director Jennifer Euston has a gift for remembering and placing faces. And she's used that skill to place a diverse mix of actors in Emmy-winning shows like Orange Is the New Black.

Award-Winning Casting Director Says Diversity Isn't A Trend, It's Evolution

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Crime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts

Workers for the Safe Streets violence interruption project including Gardnel Carter, center, talk with Baltimore residents in 2010. Kenneth K. Lam/MCT via Getty Images hide caption

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Crime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts

Dr. Leana Wen came to Baltimore as health commissioner to combat the city's longstanding problems with violence, drug addiction and health disparities. She finds that solutions don't come easy.

Crime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts

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History

70 Years Later, Remembering The Lives Lost And Shattered At Hiroshima

Seventy years ago Thursday, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. To mark the anniversary, Melissa Block and Audie Cornish read from journalist John Hershey's interviews with the city's survivors in 1946.

70 Years Later, Remembering The Lives Lost And Shattered At Hiroshima

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Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?

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Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?

Leana Wen, Baltimore's new health commissioner, is trying to apply public health approaches to ameliorate the city's deep-seated problems with poverty, violence and disease.

Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?

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Europe

In Merkel's Uncomfortable Moment, A Glimpse Of Germany's Difficult Decisions

At a recent event, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met a Palestinian girl, who said she hoped to stay in Germany. When Merkel explained why she couldn't, the moment caught the people's attention.

In Merkel's Uncomfortable Moment, A Glimpse Of Germany's Difficult Decisions

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National

Remembering The 4 Marines Who Died In Chattanooga Shootings

Authorities announced the identities of the four Marines killed in the Chattanooga shootings: Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire Wells.

Remembering The 4 Marines Who Died In Chattanooga Shootings

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Director Julie Taymor Steers A 'Grounded' Portrait Of A Drone Pilot

Anne Hathaway plays a nameless drone pilot in Julie Taymor's latest directing project, Grounded. Joan Marcus/Courtesy of The Public Theater hide caption

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Theater

Director Julie Taymor Steers A 'Grounded' Portrait Of A Drone Pilot

The political, one-woman play starring Anne Hathaway seems to be the opposite of what Taymor — the creative force behind Broadway's The Lion King and Spider-Man musical — is known for.

Director Julie Taymor Steers A 'Grounded' Portrait Of A Drone Pilot

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Books

Postal Service Slips Up With Special-Edition Stamp For Maya Angelou

The U.S. Postal Service has put the late poet Maya Angelou's face and name, together with a choice quotation, on a special edition stamp. Trouble is, that quotation didn't start with her.

Postal Service Slips Up With Special-Edition Stamp For Maya Angelou

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Muslim Identity In Europe

Dresden Anti-Immigration Protests Cause Tension In Muslim Community

The German city of Dresden was at the center of large anti-immigration protests for months. Members of the city's Muslim community live with the tension caused by the protests.

Dresden Anti-Immigration Protests Cause Tension In Muslim Community

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Muslim Identity In Europe

Kurdish-German Journalist Makes Light Of Hate Mail In Spoken Word Act

NPR's Audie Cornish meets journalist Mely Kiyak, a German-born daughter of Kurds from Turkey. In her spoken word performance, she stages readings of hate mail directed at people of foreign origins.

Kurdish-German Journalist Makes Light Of Hate Mail In Spoken Word Act

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