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A Border Patrol Official's Take On Trump's First 100 Days

8:07am April 23, 2017

Art Del Cueto, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council and co-host of The Green Line podcast, talks with Lynn Neary about whether Trump has lived up to campaign promises made.

Voices From The March For Science

8:07am April 23, 2017

Thousands of people gathered around the world to show their support for science, after President Trump's cuts to the EPA. We'll hear from folks in some of those countries and around the U.S.

Jamie Ruppert of White Haven, Pa. is a swing voter who picked Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Nearly 100 days into his presidency she gives Trump a grade of C+ to B- but she still hopes for an A near the end of his time in office.

Nearly 100 Days In, Trump Voter In One Rust Belt County Shares Concerns

8:07am April 23, 2017

by Jeff Brady

Jamie Ruppert of Pennsylvania supports President Trump, but says she'd give his first few months in office a B- or C+. He "stepped up" for the people of Syria, she says, but failed at health care.

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The University of Chicago campus in 2015.

Student Loans: You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers

8:07am April 23, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Is trade school the ticket? Does the middle class have the worst debt woes? Listeners weigh in with burning student loan questions.

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Reinford Farms has 700 dairy cows. As you can imagine, they produce a lot of ... um... material to be converted into electricity.

Waste Not, Want Not: Why Aren't More Farms Putting Poop To Good Use?

8:00am April 23, 2017

by Alan Yu

Digesters convert livestock manure into electricity. Farmers can use it to power their operations or even sell some back to the grid. But some have found the technology too pricey to maintain.

His Teacher Told Him He Wouldn't Go To College, Then He Did

6:04am April 23, 2017

by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

African-American students with disabilities are disciplined far more and graduate far less than their counterparts, researchers say. What needs to change to help more succeed?

A nurse turned patient writes about her experiences after being prescribed the wrong dosage of a medication.

Chemo Scrambled My Brain

5:00am April 23, 2017

by Meredith Rizzo

After an incorrect dose of a chemotherapy drug for Crohn's disease caused Anne Webster's bone marrow to shut down, she decided that, if she survived, she'd write about her experience.

Left to right: George Fermon (standing), Benjamin F. Fermon (seated, author's grandfather; father of children pictured), Jessie Fermon (standing, back row), Benjamin "Bizzy" Fermon (front row, white romper), Harold Fermon, (grey knee-britches suit), Jessi

Why My Coal Mining Grandfather's Deathbed Advice Applies To Minority Americans

4:31am April 23, 2017

by Amy Alexander

As my grandfather lay dying from Black Lung disease, his eldest children did not question or doubt his advice to them: go out and get educations, and master newer ways of working.

Demonstrators gather before the March for Science on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

Saturday's March Aims To Stand Up For Science

10:50pm April 22, 2017

by Wynne Davis

"I think the profession of science is under attack," says one organizer of the worldwide event. "[We've] left that open for politicians to [hijack] science for their own selfish needs."

Participants in the March for Science walk along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

PHOTOS: Scientists Take To Washington To Stress A Nonpartisan Agenda

9:22pm April 22, 2017

by Meredith Rizzo

The science community feels threatened under the current administration. Researchers, educators and activists took to the nation's capital to stress that cuts to scientific funding affect us all.