Michel Martin

NPR

Michel Martin appears in the following:

Making Space For People Who Are Out Of the Spotlight

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

A very smart person I know, a long time civil rights activist, told me once that "gratitude is overrated."

Now, I know that sounds harsh, but what I think she meant was that some people, especially, in her view, women, are too often too quick to settle for less than ...

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The Value Of Storytelling

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

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When Players Step Off The Court, Should Colleges Step Up?

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Finally today, I have to say something about Kevin Ware — the Louisville basketball player who suffered a gruesome injury during an NCAA tournament win against Duke last Sunday.

You don't need to have seen the injury itself — a compound fracture of the right tibia — to know ...

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Choices Between Work And Home Still A Problem

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Finally today, I read this sentence a couple of weeks ago and I've been thinking about it since: "When you can't change what's bothering you, a typical response is to convince yourself it's not really bothering you."

Let me try that again: "When you can't change what's bothering you, a ...

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Everybody's All American

Friday, June 29, 2007

Eddie Glaude, Jr., associate professor at Princeton University, a regular contributor to The Tavis Smiley Show and the author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, then Ruben Navarrette, Jr., syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Group, then Michel Martin, host of ...

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Everybody's All American

Friday, June 29, 2007

Last night’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate focused on domestic issues and was notable for having a panel of questioners comprised of journalists of color. We’ll hear excerpts from, and get listeners’ reactions to, the debate along with analysis from two of the questioners, columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. and NPR’s Michel ...

Race and the Media; Privacy

Sunday, June 22, 1997

Too painful to discuss: Reporting on race relations.

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