Health care reform is signed into law. Anger turns to ugly threats. And Google pulls out of China. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Battle of two thousand bands. We’ll sample critics’ picks from Austin’s South by Southwest Music Festival.
Tehran cracks down on Iran’s most beloved poet. She’s 82. We’ll look at the trials of Behbahani.
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Texas is changing its textbooks. Down with Jefferson. Up with intelligent design. We’ll ask what it means for the country.
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Did testosterone on Wall Street cause the financial crisis? We’ll look at hormones on the trading floor.
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The top brass of American national security head to Mexico City to shore up the war on drugs. We’ll look at the reach of the cartels and their hold on Mexico.
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All about bugs and their amazing life on the planet. We’ll crack open the big new “Insectopedia.”
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States’ rights and the pushback against Washington. Americans are resisting federal powers, and not only on the right.
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Blogger and lexicographer Ben Zimmer takes over William Safire’s language column. We’ll catch the new wave of American language.
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Are Americans angrier than ever, or does it just seem that way? We’ll look at our hot-under-the-collar country.
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Harry Markopolos was on to Bernie Madoff early. He went to the SEC, to the press, to investors. No one listened. They are now. We’ll hear him out.
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Playwright Lydia Diamond and her potent new slice of African-American drama, “Stick Fly.”
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“Black tar” heroin is cheap, potent, and being sold door to door. We’ll investigate its new push into Middle America.
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Shadow puppets and elephant hunts, from Central Africa and Bali, brought to life in musical field recordings. We’ll listen and explore.
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