Jo-Ann Robinson: The Other Heroine Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks became an icon of the American civil rights movement for her part in the Montgomery bus boycott. After Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man, an activist named Jo-Ann Robinson stepped in to help galvanize support for the boycott. Robinson's efforts led to a court order that desegregated buses in Montgomery. As part of Tell Me More's Black History Month series, NPR's Amy Ta profiles this educator and civil rights leader.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/04/133497434/Jo-Ann-Robinson-The-Other-Heroine-Of-The-Montgomery-Bus-Boycott?ft=1&f=1057

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Justice Department Strengthens Focus On Civil Rights

The Obama Justice Department wants to make protecting civil rights one of its legacies. Now, roughly a dozen U.S. attorneys across the country have started special units to devote more attention to building those cases.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/06/133524465/justice-department-strengthens-focus-on-civil-rights?ft=1&f=1003

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Egypt Unrest: Didn't U.S. Intelligence See It Coming?

The U.S. spy community is being asked whether it missed signals that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime was in jeopardy. And going forward, the U.S. is trying to assess what the protests in Egypt will mean for the intelligence partnership between the two countries.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/05/133510910/intelligence-officials-face-hard-questions-on-egypt?ft=1&f=1014

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GOP Contenders Making Moves For 2012

Jon Huntsman, the Obama administration's ambassador to China and a former governor of Utah, is leaving his post in Beijing to test the waters for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. He's one of the latest Republicans stepping onto the track for the presidential race. Host Scott Simon talks with Matthew Continetti of The Weekly Standard about the GOP pool and its strategy for 2012.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/05/133520549/GOP-Contenders-Making-Moves-For-2012?ft=1&f=1014

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How Long Moms Work Linked To Slight Increase In Kids' Weight

The link wasn't explained by other factors, including the amount of TV watched or the time of day moms worked. The weight gain was small, about a pound, and no reason for moms to feel guilty, the lead researcher says.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/02/04/133466178/how-long-moms-work-linked-to-slight-increase-in-kids-weight?ft=1&f=1057

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GOP Contenders Making Moves For 2012

Jon Huntsman, the Obama administration's ambassador to China and a former governor of Utah, is leaving his post in Beijing to test the waters for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. He's one of the latest Republicans stepping onto the track for the presidential race. Host Scott Simon talks with Matthew Continetti of The Weekly Standard about the GOP pool and its strategy for 2012.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/05/133520549/GOP-Contenders-Making-Moves-For-2012?ft=1&f=1003

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Beware the Islamists in the Wings

Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
From the American perspective, the transition now underway in Egypt confirms John Kenneth Galbraith's famous appraisal of politics as a choice between "the disastrous and the unpalatable."What the Obama administration must dread is not the prospect of Cairo repeating the disaster that was Tehran in 1979 but St. Petersburg in 1917, when one revolution — its leadership democratic but hopelessly divided — was followed within months by a second, its leaders murderously disciplined and malevolently focused.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/05/beware_the_islamists_in_the_wings_250007.html

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Chef Jeff Collects Soul Food Through The Generations

Chef Jeff Henderson of the Food Network's The Chef Jeff Project has a new book of more than 130 soul food recipes, called America I Am: Pass It Down Cookbook. The idea, Henderson says, is for the "community cookbook" to stay in the kitchen for hundreds of years.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/04/133430214/chef-jeff-collects-soul-food-through-the-generations?ft=1&f=1057

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