Female Political Trailblazer Ferraro Dies At 75

Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run on a presidential ticket, died Saturday. She was 75. Ferraro was serving in the House of Representatives for New York's 9th District when Walter Mondale asked her to be his running mate in 1984. The ticket made history. NPR's Guy Raz talks with former Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder about her friendship with Ferraro.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/26/134886056/Female-Political-Trailblazer-Ferraro-Dies-At-75?ft=1&f=1014

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The Eichmann Trial: Fifty Years Later

Fifty years ago one of the chief operators of the mass execution of Jews was tried for crimes against humanity. In her new book, The Eichmann Trial, author and historian Deborah Lipstadt explains how the trial transformed Jewish life and changed our perception of the victims of genocide.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/27/134821325/the-eichmann-trial-fifty-years-later?ft=1&f=1004

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Father Moves Past A Once-Unforgiving Diagnosis

In 1965, when Jon Brock's behavior began to change, his family took him to a psychiatric hospital, where he was treated for schizophrenia. The doctors said it was likely he would never leave. Today, he has a family ? and a career of helping mental health patients with their recovery.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134828647/father-moves-past-a-once-unforgiving-diagnosis?ft=1&f=1057

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The Root: How Racism Tainted Women's Suffrage

As Women's History Month winds to a close, Monee Fields-White of The Root takes a peek into the women's suffrage movement, and reveals how an 1894 showdown between anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and temperance leader Frances E. Willard revealed the grip that racial resentment had over women's voting rights.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134849480/the-root-how-racism-tainted-womens-suffrage?ft=1&f=1057

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FAA Orders New Air Traffic Controller Procedures

The Federal Aviation Administration gave air traffic controllers new procedures Friday as officials try to contain the fallout from an incident earlier this week in which two airliners landed at Reagan National Airport without assistance because the lone controller on duty was asleep.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/26/134879727/faa-orders-new-air-traffic-controller-procedures?ft=1&f=1014

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Weekly Standard: Pensions Are Not The Problem

As some states face budget gaps, they struggle to decide where and how to cut spending. But Eli Lehrer of The Weekly Standard argues that in the long run, zoning in on pensions won't trim much from state budgets ? they should focus on reducing spending elsewhere.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134849876/weekly-standard-pensions-are-not-the-problem?ft=1&f=1057

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Why We May Not Learn Much New About Radiation Risks From Fukushima

A leading radiation researcher in Japan says it will be tough to study health effects from the Fukushima accident in the population at large. The doses are likely to be small and very difficult to estimate.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/03/24/134833008/why-we-may-not-learn-much-new-about-radiation-risks-from-fukushima?ft=1&f=1007

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Foreign Policy: The Gadhafi I Know

In light of the current conflict in Libya between Col. Moammar Gadhafi and opposition forces, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni argues in Foreign Policy that though Gadhafi was no saint, the West was wrong to intervene in African affairs. Museveni also offers things he likes about the Libyan leader ? and things he doesn't.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134857870/foreign-policy-the-gadhafi-i-know?ft=1&f=1057

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