Audience Takes Issue With Hip-Hop Mogul Russell Simmons

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and producer Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback to conversations heard throughout the week and offer important news updates. This week they sound off about Martin's commentary about a controversial Pepsi ad aired during the Super Bowl. Also, one listener takes issue with the program's recent interview with business and hip-hop music mogul Russell Simmons. Plus, former guest and R&B crooner El DeBarge tells fans he's entering rehab.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133870716/BACKTALK?ft=1&f=1057

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Runaway Wisconsin Democrats Cheered By Protesters

The state's 14 Democratic senators fled in an attempt to stall a vote on the Republican governor's plan to end collective bargaining rights for public workers. One of the lawmakers said they were prepared to be away for weeks. Demonstrators camped out at the Capitol called the tactic "brilliant."

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133864165/runaway-wisconsin-democrats-cheered-by-protesters?ft=1&f=1057

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Could Gaming Be Good For You?

What if games could help solve, rather than exacerbate, real-world problems? Jane McGonigal, author of the new book, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, thinks they can. She explains how games fulfill needs that reality doesn't, and how to make real life more like a game.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133870801/could-gaming-be-good-for-you?ft=1&f=1007

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Could Gaming Be Good For You?

What if games could help solve, rather than exacerbate, real-world problems? Jane McGonigal, author of the new book, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, thinks they can. She explains how games fulfill needs that reality doesn't, and how to make real life more like a game.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133870801/could-gaming-be-good-for-you?ft=1&f=1007

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Could Gaming Be Good For You?

What if games could help solve, rather than exacerbate, real-world problems? Jane McGonigal, author of the new book, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, thinks they can. She explains how games fulfill needs that reality doesn't, and how to make real life more like a game.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133870801/could-gaming-be-good-for-you?ft=1&f=1007

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Why FDR Warned Against Public Unions

James Sherk, New York Times
“It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”That wasn’t Newt Gingrich, or Ron Paul, or Ronald Reagan talking. That was George Meany -- the former president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O -- in 1955. Government unions are unremarkable today, but the labor movement once thought the idea absurd.The founders of the labor movement viewed unions as a vehicle to get workers more of the profits they help create. Government workers, however, don’t generate profits. They merely negotiate for more tax money. When government unions strike, they...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/20/why_fdr_warned_against_public_unions_250811.html

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Threat Of Shutdown Looms Large Over Budget Debate

House Speaker John Boehner has done little to tamp down speculation about a government shutdown amid a fight over funding. A stopgap measure expires in two weeks, and Republicans want to replace it with one that carves out billions of dollars from current spending levels. Democrats are balking.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/19/133883555/threat-of-shutdown-looms-large-over-budget-debate?ft=1&f=1014

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