Kristen Meinzer

Kristen Meinzer appears in the following:

Why It's Not Easy Being Green

Monday, December 07, 2009

Most of us know that environmental change is an issue and that our choices affect it... so why aren't we doing all we should to fix things? David Biello, associate online editor for S...

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Colleges as Courtrooms in Student Rape Cases

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Kristen Lombardi, investigative reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, just completed an in-depth investigation on how college campuses have created judiciary systems to handle...

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Is It Possible to Have Faith Without God?

Friday, November 27, 2009

Can you have faith but not believe in God? There are a growing number of atheists who declare themselves "faithful," but not all religious leaders think their belief system makes sens...

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Wes Anderson on 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

Friday, November 27, 2009

Wes Anderson's first animated film, "Fantastic Mr. Fox," was released nationwide yesterday. He chats with us about the process of auditioning puppets for the film, the magic of direct...

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First Time Shop Owners Face Black Friday

Friday, November 27, 2009

Today, on what's marketed as “the biggest shopping day of the year,” we check in with two small business owners facing their first Black Friday: Michael Sclafani, who operates the Par...

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When Church and State Are Not Separate

Thursday, November 26, 2009

As part of our week of coverage on Faith in America, we talk to Obama's 27-year-old head of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua Dubois. What is the line between church a...

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Mumbai, One Year After The Massacre

Thursday, November 26, 2009

A year ago, terrorists attacked hotels in Mumbai, India. We talk to Linda Blake, contributor for the Wall Street Journal in Mumbai, about what's happening there today, and to Felix Am...

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'The Princess and the Frog' and the Race and the Marketing

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Disney’s first movie to feature a black princess, “The Princess and The Frog,” opens this week in select cities, and nationwide on December 11. Jeff Yang, trend foreca...

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Finding Charity, Scarcity in this Recession

Thursday, November 26, 2009

We're entering the season for charitable giving around the country. But are the rising needs outweighing the charity? We check in with Susan Bond, who works in the trenches at the Sam...

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Muslims, Mecca, and the State Department

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

As the annual hajj pilgrimage begins, we check in with BBC reporter in Mecca, Shahzeb Jilani. We also talk with the State Department’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Fa...

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Negotiating Interfaith Marriages

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

We continue our week-long series on faith in America with Laurel Snyder, editor of "Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes," who talks about growing up in a Jewish/Catholic ho...

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Gay-Affirming, Pro-Environment Evangelical Christians

Monday, November 23, 2009

We begin a week-long series on faith in America with a conversation about pushing boundaries within religious traditions. Jay Bakker, son of 'televangelists' Jim and Tammy Faye, discu...

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Picking Winners at the National Book Awards

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Today, on the day that the National Book Award winners will be announced, Patrik Henry Bass, Takeaway contributor and books editor for Essence, tells us who's nominated, who he thinks...

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Rakim: A Hip-Hop Hero's Third Act

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

[Rakim's "Guess Who's Back"] Rakim’s influence is all over contemporary hip hop (and beyond it), from Tupac and Jay-Z to Eminem and Rage Against the Machine. He relea...

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Women, Republicans and Sarah Palin

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

As Sarah Palin chats with Oprah and releases her new book, "Going Rogue," we take a look at the role of women in the GOP and Palin's political future. Why are there relatively few Rep...

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50th Anniversary of 'In Cold Blood'

Monday, November 16, 2009

Fifty years ago today, Truman Capote came across an article in The New York Times about an entire family murdered in their Kansas home. He immediately began to investigate the crime a...

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Why Did Lou Dobbs Leave CNN?

Friday, November 13, 2009

[Lou Dobbs' leaving CNN was kept secret until he made this announcement on-air] This week, Lou Dobbs surprised the world by announcing that he would be leaving CNN. K...

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The Nation's First Court for Veterans

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Last year, Judge Robert T. Russell, Jr. of Buffalo, N.Y., started the nation's first veterans' court to deal with the specific needs of former military personnel accused of minor crim...

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Two Germans Remember East and West After the Wall Fell

Monday, November 09, 2009

Twenty years after the Berlin Wall came down, we talk to Ros Atkins, host of the BBC's World Have Your Say, live from Berlin.  We're also joined by two Germans – one from the West and...

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From Print to Screen: The Evolution of 'Precious'

Friday, November 06, 2009

[Watch the trailer for the just-released film "Precious"] Before it was a film, "Precious" was a screenplay. And before it was a screenplay, it was a novel called "Pu...

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