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Hands down, football is the most watched sport in America. It has also become one of the most controversial, and conversations around it now tackle much more than what happens ON the field. From concern over the long term health effects of the sport, to worries that its culture encourages ...

By a 44-5 vote, Chicago's City Council set a minimum-wage target of $13 an hour, to be reached by the middle of 2019. The move comes after Illinois passed a nonbinding advisory last month that calls for the state to raise its minimum pay level to $10 by the start ...

In collaboration with WFAE, NPR's Michel Martin took the studio to the story, she's went where the nation's most important conversations are happening. Michel joined audiences in Charlotte to talk voting rights.

Voting rights are under the microscope in communities across the United States, and North Carolina is no ...

NPR Presents Water± brings together Tony-Award winning director Kenny Leon, award-winning NPR Science Correspondent Christopher Joyce, and award-winning theater writers Arthur Yorinks and Carl Hancock Rux with an original sound score by acclaimed violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). The show starts its eight-city tour in New Orleans. It will be ...

Convening communities across the country, NPR Presents Family Matters moves the conversation beyond just talk for audiences at different phases in their economic journey. NPR Hosts, David Greene from Morning Edition and Robert Smith from Planet Money take multi-generational audiences in diverse cities across the country through an educational, interactive, ...

On Friday, September 19th, 2014, NPR host Michel Martin had a conversation on the changing Broadway landscape. She sat down with award-winning playwrights from diverse walks of life, exploring how artists are challenging a canon that has traditionally been by, for and about the white experience.

The conversation featured David ...

Fall 2014 Season

NPR Presents Family Matters, Your Financial Lifetime: An unconventional discussion about saving for college, home ownership, retirement and your financial lifetime.

Convening communities across the country, NPR Presents Family Matters moves the conversation beyond just talk for audiences at different phases in their economic journey. ...

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