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Tuesday, November 25 2014

  • The Ferguson Grand Jury Doesn't Indict; Alec Baldwin & Ira Glass November 25, 2014

    A look at the evidence in Ferguson; Alec Baldwin&nbsp;and Ira Glass; new racial demographics of America; NJ pension fund politics; and authors Azar Nafisi, Jacqueline Woodson. (episode)

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    • Why The Ferguson Grand Jury Didn't Indict November 25, 2014

      Grand juries usually get just a sliver of the evidence in a case, but this one heard conflicting testimonies from so many witnesses that an indictment seemed increasingly out of reach.&nbsp;

    • New Jersey Pensions Change November 25, 2014

      Bob Grady resigned as NJ State Pension Fund overseer. David Sirota and Dan Primack discuss why.

    • Ira and Alec, In Conversation November 25, 2014

      For the return of Here's The Thing, Alec Baldwin thought, who better to have as a guest than Ira Glass, the Taylor Swift of public radio podcasts?

    • New America November 25, 2014

      William Frey shares the good news about diversity and the globailized, multiracial country the United States is becoming.

    • Books That Changed My Mind: Novel Takes on America November 25, 2014

      Did a novel you read in school change your mind about the world and your place in it? &nbsp;Writers Azar Nafisi and Jacqueline Woodson talk about finding themselves in fiction.