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DuPont-Columbia Award
2002
For radio documentary Surviving Torture: Inside Out
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What was your first job as a journalist?
Covering HS football & wrestling for Main Line Times while still in high school.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, when I was a temp secretary, never in a news room
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John Cassidy states the obvious, but states it with clarity and moral force. I reiterate, America needs an... fb.me/XsGWEb8h
Why America Still Needs Affirmative Action
newyorker.com — Later this week, or next week, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling greatly restricting, or even ending, affirmative action in admissions to public colleges. If this happens, it will be a great pity. Set aside, for a moment, the explosive issue of black or brown versus white, which underpins much of the discussion about affirmative action.
Open letter to @guardian Enuf of the NSA & Snowden on the home page. let's move on now.
Someone I've never heard of but this woman is a radio documentary waiting to happen ... dibs! fb.me/V6o2pcdp
Carol Kaye is Paul McCartney’s favorite bass player, he just doesn’t know it was her
dangerousminds.net — You've definitely heard her play guitar and bass. Statistically, you're likely to own albums she played on. Your parents almost certainly did. According to her, she is responsible for many of the famous Motown bass lines usually attributed to James Jamerson, including "Bernadette," "Reach Out," "I Can't Help Myself" and "I Was Made to Love Her."
Stepping out to meet my big brother, Howard Schuman, for lunch. Chinese food and politico/cultural history are on the menu.
Read this in conjunction with reports of Putin at G-8. Know a destroyer when you smell him:... fb.me/1EbPt1LP1
A Year of Living Hopelessly
latitude.blogs.nytimes.com — Anatoly Maltsev/European Pressphoto Agency MOSCOW - I feel like I have been attending one wake after another recently. This is strange, because no one has died. At the end of May, I went to an annual awards ceremony for political journalists.
Too long but very, very important. " one million American university professors are earning, on average, $20K a... fb.me/330CKUs8N
How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps
junctrebellion.wordpress.com — A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, "In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, 'History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' I think he got it right.
RT @_RichardHall: I may be wrong, but I reckon what people of Turkey fear most is that somewhere, right now, Thomas Friedman is looking at …
A report on Britain's Syrian community and how it has dealt with is dealing with the destruction of their... fb.me/2n8N8I7p0
A report on Britain's Syrian community... - Michael Goldfarb
facebook.com — A report on Britain's Syrian community and how it has dealt with is dealing with the destruction of their homeland is up at Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace Fb...
How Syrians in Britain deal with their country's dismemberment:... fb.me/1LKSO7TKs
Britain's Syrian community: how war is dividing families
guardian.co.uk — Zaher Shehab clearly remembers how he heard the news. The Bath University student had been meeting his PhD supervisor when he logged on to Facebook. To his horror, the site was filled with rumours that his family had been killed.
For decades this place haunted my sleep. Zoom down to the narrow end of Southeast pond. It was the place I was... fb.me/1LNeezlvd
For decades this place haunted my sleep.... - Michael Goldfarb
facebook.com — For decades this place haunted my sleep. Zoom down to the narrow end of Southeast pond. It was the place I was freest as a boy. I no longer dream of it...Have a Story?
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