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Tuesday, December 2 2014

  • We Shared A Moment in Time December 2, 2014

    We asked listeners to take photos of the sky at EXACTLY 7:10 a.m. Eastern time yesterday and share it with us. From Port Washington to Madrid to a plane above JFK, this is what they saw. (article)

  • Libraries; Labor and Local Hometown News December 2, 2014

    Books that changed your mind on&nbsp;families, parenting and otherness; the news from your hometown; and a new kind of labor movement to help solve inequality.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Would a Grand Jury Really Indict a Ham Sandwich? December 2, 2014

      The old adage says a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.&nbsp;With all eyes on grand juries in Ferguson and Staten Island, we take a look at how they actually work.

    • Puns Punted From Chinese Media December 2, 2014

      Pulitzer-prize winning writer and former New York Times reporter Sheryl WuDunn talks about China's media-wide ban on puns and wordplay.

    • Your Hometown News December 2, 2014

      Catch us up on the big news stories from your&nbsp;far-away hometowns.

    • New Labor December 2, 2014

      Labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan says a refocused labor movement can solve the inequality crisis.

    • Books On "The Notion of Parenting" December 2, 2014

      In our ongoing series on "books that changed your mind", authors Andrew Solomon and Cris Beam talk about&nbsp;the approaches to parenting and kinship in their popular books.