Students Lead Movement to Bring Peace to Darfur April 30, 2006 • Mark Hanis is a young activist for the Darfur cause. He leads a group called the Genocide Intervention Network that has raised $250,000 for the African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur. Students Lead Movement to Bring Peace to Darfur Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372538/5372539" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education I. King Jordan: Reflections on a Changing Culture April 30, 2006 • Gallaudet University's first deaf president is stepping down after 18 years. In a Q & A, he spoke with NPR's Joseph Shapiro about his legacy, and how the DPN movement changed and energized the deaf community
Education At Gallaudet, a Turn Inward Opens New Worlds April 30, 2006 • In 1988, students at Gallaudet locked the gates of the Washington D.C. campus in protest of the university's new, hearing president. The takeover ended with appointment of a popular, deaf dean, I. King Jordan, to the post. Now, Jordan is leaving. His legacy: a school that's made communication easy for a culture that's all too often isolated. At Gallaudet, a Turn Inward Opens New Worlds Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369960/5369967" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sports 'Clemente' Tells Story of a True Baseball Hero April 30, 2006 • Today's many Latino baseball stars owe a debt to Roberto Clemente, the first Latino ballplayer to rise to U.S. stardom. Clemente died at 38, delivering supplies to earthquake survivors in Nicaragua. His life is the subject of a new biography by Pulitzer-winner David Maraniss. 'Clemente' Tells Story of a True Baseball Hero Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369849/5371972" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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News Rally Demands Attention for Sudan's Darfur Region April 30, 2006 • Thousands gather Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., demanding an end to genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. Celebrities, politicians, religious leaders and demonstrators urge President Bush to use his office to strengthen the multinational force protecting Darfur civilians. Rally Demands Attention for Sudan's Darfur Region Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372487/5372488" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries John Kenneth Galbraith, In His Own Words April 30, 2006 • John Kenneth Galbraith -- social economist, Harvard professor, diplomat -- is dead at 97. His work influenced Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson and generations of U.S. politicians. He spoke to Howard Berkes in 1999. John Kenneth Galbraith, In His Own Words Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372103/5372104" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Paying at the Pump What Constitutes Price-Gouging in the Oil Industry? April 30, 2006 • With gas prices passing $3 a gallon, accusations of price-gouging are common. But what exactly is price-gouging? How is it defined? And are the oil companies guilty of it? What Constitutes Price-Gouging in the Oil Industry? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372121/5372122" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Paying at the Pump A Future Full of Pumped-Up Gas Prices? April 30, 2006 • How will our lives change if gas prices continue to rise? Don Gonyea and Robert Cervero, head of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, peer into the future. A Future Full of Pumped-Up Gas Prices? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372124/5372125" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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News Latino Community Divided over Boycott Plan April 30, 2006 • To boycott or not to boycott? That's the question in the Latin community as Monday approaches. As Rob Schmitz of member station KQED reports, many are trying to discourage this particular form of protest. Latino Community Divided over Boycott Plan Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372112/5372113" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Paying at the Pump Arizona Drivers React to Rising Cost of Fuel April 30, 2006 • High gas prices have set off calls for conservation and investigation of price gouging. But among residents of Arizona, high gas prices have also provoked some less predictable reactions. Arizona Drivers React to Rising Cost of Fuel Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5372127/5372128" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Katrina & Beyond Jazz Festival Brings the Music Back to Big Easy April 29, 2006 • Tourists and townsfolk alike are dancing to the beats of the Jazz Festival in New Orleans. It's the first major music festival in the city since Hurricane Katrina struck last year. So far, ticket sales have been brisk. Jazz Festival Brings the Music Back to Big Easy Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5371600/5371601" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Immigration Debate Rumors of Immigrant Round-Up Abound April 29, 2006 • Rumors of random round-ups of illegal immigrants have kept many undocumented workers and their families at home in the past week. The Department of Homeland Security says is stepping up investigations of employers who hire illegal workers, but denies it is conducting random sweeps. Rumors of Immigrant Round-Up Abound Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5371597/5371598" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Immigration Debate Debating the May Day Boycott April 29, 2006 • Should immigrants stay away from work and refuse to buy things Monday to show their impact on the U.S. economy? Organizer Juan Jose Gutierrez joins a boycott opponent, Maryland lawmaker Ana Sol Gutierrez, to discuss the issues with Scott Simon. Debating the May Day Boycott Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5371016/5371017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Immigration Debate Sudanese Refugees Find New Home in Maine April 29, 2006 • The largest Sudanese immigrant population in the United States is now in Portland, Maine. About 2,000 people have arrived in the past 12 years, fleeing civil war and genocide in Sudan. Sudanese Refugees Find New Home in Maine Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5370972/5370973" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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News A Conversation with Iraq Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad April 29, 2006 • U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has acted as a liaison among sectarian interests to help forge a unity government. He talks about Iraq's newly designated prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki of the Dawa Party, and other issues. A Conversation with Iraq Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5370966/5370967" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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