T.J. Raphael

Takeaway Digital Content Editor

T.J. Raphael appears in the following:

U.S. Attitudes of Bike Share Programs

Monday, September 16, 2013

PRI
WNYC

How do Americans feel about bike share programs? How many people ride bikes and why? The Takeaway partnered with research firm YouGov to find out what Americans think – this data explains why some folks who love bike share programs, and why some don’t.

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Enter The Takeaway Bike Challenge

Saturday, September 14, 2013

PRI
WNYC

Enter The Takeaway Bike Haiku Challenge today! Entries are open until 11:59 PM Eastern time on Sunday, September 22.

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One Man's Mission to Set Chopin Free

Friday, September 13, 2013

Aaron Dunn is on a music mission. His new Kickstarter campaign is called "Set Chopin Free." If successful, it will allow him to record all of Frederic Chopin’s music with the world’s ...

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New Movie Releases: "Hank: Five Years Later" and "Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve"

Friday, September 13, 2013

Two new documentaries—“Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve” and “Hank: Five Years from the Brink"—look at the financial meltdown five years later. Do they tell the truth? An...

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NASA's Voyager Now First Human-Made Object to Leave the Solar System

Friday, September 13, 2013

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first human-made object to reach interstellar space. Voyager 1 is not only doing this with technology that is decades old, but a computing s...

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A Government Shutdown is Looming—Again

Friday, September 13, 2013

In just a few short weeks, the current fiscal year ends. For now, there is no consensus on how government operations will be funded after September 30. GOP lawmakers are refusing to p...

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The Pentagon Weighs In on Syria

Friday, September 13, 2013

Military intervention in Syria seemed imminent following August’s horrific chemical attacks, but when President Obama brought the idea of a strike to Congress it foundered. Now, as a ...

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Fears of Global Population Boom Overblown

Thursday, September 12, 2013

According to a United Nations estimate, the global population is expected to balloon to 10 billion by the year 2100, which has naturally caused people to worry. But not everyone is bu...

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Family Planning: Challenges & Choices in Africa

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Anders Kelto, Africa Correspondent for The World, shares a glimpse of the issues Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa face when it comes to family planning. Those issues range from getti...

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Five Years After the Collapse, The Debate Over Financial Regulation Rages On

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Some say we've turned a corner since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and that the financial industry is able to prevent another crash like the one suffered in 2008. But others, like J...

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U.N. is Tested as Syria's Fate Hangs in the Balance

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Is it possible to make the U.N. work as Secretary Kerry and his Russian counterpart meet in Geneva? Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nancy Soderberg, says we should not l...

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Putin's Open Letter to America

Thursday, September 12, 2013

In an op-ed published yesterday in The New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke directly to the American people. Putin argues that a U.S. strike could throw the entire s...

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For Rep. Sanchez, Questions on Syria Remain

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Members of Congress returned to work on Wednesday, and though President Obama called off a vote on military action, questions remain over exactly how and when a diplomatic resolution ...

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Solutions for Curbing the Shadow Government

Thursday, September 12, 2013

What if you knew that the government had a massive secret master plan outlining its response to a series of improbable disasters? William Arkin is a former U.S. Army intelligence offi...

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World Population Set to Reach 10 Billion By End of Century

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

In 1960, there were 3 billion of us humans. By 2100, the world population could reach as much as 10.85 billion. That projection has some experts worried that the world won’t be able t...

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Architect David Childs on One World Trade Center as Symbol of Resilience

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, many people voiced strong and often conflicting opinions about what would be an appropriate way to rebuild New York’s World Tr...

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Nuclear Arms Control Expert on the Future of Assad's Stockpile

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Securing dangerous chemical weapons agents is no small task. Joining the program to discuss this is Ambassador Richard Butler, an expert on nuclear arms control and disarmament. Ambas...

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Harry Dean Stanton: Singer, Actor, Partly Fiction

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Harry Dean Stanton has appeared in over 200 films, including "Cool Hand Luke," "Alien," and "The Avengers." And yet, he's mostly managed to fly under the radar. A new documentary call...

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Accidental Diplomacy? Analyzing Kerry's Off-the-Cuff Remark

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

A seemingly off-the-cuff remark made by Secretary of State John Kerry may have radically changed the possibilities for U.S. intervention in Syria. On Monday, Secretary Kerry said Syri...

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Syrian Refugees Flood Jordan

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

According to the UNHCR, the number of Syrians registered as refugees or awaiting registration as refugees has now passed the 2 million mark. Of the 2 million Jordan has taken in more ...

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