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Students protest the rising costs of college loans in Los Angeles in 2012. Citing bank bailouts, the protesters called for student debt cancellations.

Fact Check: Is Refinancing Student Debt Really Good Policy?

2:40pm August 24, 2015

by Tamara Keith

Student loan debt is turning into a major campaign issue, and one solution many candidates can agree on is allowing graduates to refinance their student loans. But it may not be the best way to help.

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Donald Trump wears what's become a campaign signature: his

How Realistic Is Donald Trump's Immigration Plan?

2:39pm August 24, 2015

by John Burnett

Donald Trump had lacked for policy specifics until he came out with his very specific, hard-line immigration plan. But some of those in the trenches of immigration reform say it's dead on arrival.

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Caprese salad on a stick is one of the healthier options at this year's Iowa State Fair.

Eating Healthy At The Iowa State Fair Means Salad On A Stick

2:28pm August 24, 2015

by Sarah McCammon

A rite of passage at an Iowa State Fair awash with deep-fried Oreos and foot-long corndogs is trying food on a stick. And it's an uphill road for those pushing healthy choices — or even a balance.

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A homeless man panhandles along Manhattan's Eighth Avenue in New York City.

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New York City Struggles To Keep Up With High Homeless Numbers

2:25pm August 24, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

The number of people sleeping in New York's shelters has been slow to fall after hitting a record high of 59,000 last year. Advocates for the homeless say more New Yorkers are living on the streets.

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Peer reviews can be helpful for a company, but they can also prove problematic.

Peer Review Feedback: The Good, The Bad, The Really Ugly

2:13pm August 24, 2015

by Yuki Noguchi

Amazon was called out for its harsh co-worker critiques, but peer reviews have been popular in American offices for years. Some say they make a team better; others call the reviews "very toxic."

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Black Lives Matter Activist: Hillary Clinton's Racial Justice Record Is 'Abysmal'

2:01pm August 24, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Daunasia Yancey, the founder of Black Lives Matter in Boston, about the group's discussion with Clinton last week.

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The Creation Of An Emmett Till Archive

1:29pm August 24, 2015

by Linton Weeks

A historical collection of civil rights movement material — stemming from the brutal murder of a teenager in Mississippi in 1955 — finds a home in Florida.

Larry Wilmore is the host of The Nightly Show, a satirical news show that airs on Comedy Central.

With 100th Episode, Larry Wilmore's 'Nightly Show' Has Found Its Voice

1:05pm August 24, 2015

The self-deprecating host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show says it took a few months to get comfortable in his new role. "People are holding your feet to the fire immediately," he says.

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Tres hermanas- "Three Sisters", Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico, 1986.

Tony Gleaton: Photographing The African Story Across The Americas

11:23am August 24, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Tony Gleaton left a budding career in fashion photography to travel across continents, taking pictures of landscapes and people of the Americas that had special meaning for the African diaspora.

Angela Chalk looks at a home in New Orleans' 7th Ward that hasn't been touched since Hurricane Katrina. Chalk, the vice president of the 7th Ward neighborhood association, spends some of her free time tracking down and reporting dilapidated and abandoned

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New Orleans Neighborhoods Scrabble For Hope In Abandoned Ruins

10:27am August 24, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

Hurricane Katrina obliterated homes and drove out residents. Ten years later, the city is still struggling with how to handle the blight that remains in some wards — scars of an uneven recovery.

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