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— “Children are Fighting on All Sides of Syria’s War” (archived)
— “Iraq War’s Effects Seen, Felt in High School’s Halls”
— “The Women Code Breakers Who Unmasked Soviet Spies”
— “Can You Turn a Terrorist Back Into a Citizen?”
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—The History of Preparing for Nuclear War
— Executive Order 9066 & Japanese Internments; Chapter 1: The Roundup
— Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - American Pendulum I
• Documentaries/Videos
— A (brief) history of the world’s trade wars
• Feature Articles
— “A 15-Year-Old (Sorta-Maybe) Basketball Prodigy”
— “Is This The NFL’s First Female Player?”
— “The Case Against High-School Sports”
— “Serena Williams’ Outfits Are Not the Issue for Tennis—It’s Her Blackness”
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• Feature Articles
— “The Economic Case for Letting Teenagers Sleep a Little Later”
— “The Surprising Ways Video Games Have Shaped the Economy”
— “The Rising Cost of Incarcerating the Elderly”
— “If a Teenager Lands a Summer Job, the Value is Lasting”
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— “How Poverty Can Follow Children Into Adulthood”
— “As Court Fees Rise, The Poor Are Paying the Price”
— “Michigan Punishes Mom for Her Daughter’s Brain Cancer”
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— Radiolab Presents: On the Media: Busted: America’s Poverty Myth’s
— This American Life: Our Town--Part Two
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— Wealth Inequality in America
— Amar
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— “Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea”
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— “Here’s Why All the Bees Are Dying”
— “Meet the 16 Year Old Climate Change Activist Suing the U.S. Government”
— “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”
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