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  • Everyone Only Wants Temps
    July 19, 2012
    | Gabriel Thompson
    A reporter's personal account shows how blue collar temp agencies are taking advantage of both the market and their own workers.
  • Explainer: The Libor Scandal
    July 11, 2012
    | Cora Currier, ProPublica
    Still catching up on the interest rate rigging scandal? Read this backgrounder from our friends at ProPublica.
  • Five Poems by Philip Appleman
    July 3, 2012
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    Watch and listen as the honored poet reads from his works, including "A Simple Explanation for Everything."
  • The Labyrinth
    July 3, 2012
    | Philip Appleman
    Philip Appleman explores God, Darwin and the Meaning of Life.
  • What Drives 'Nuns on the Bus'
    June 27, 2012
    | Andrew Fredericks
    Sister Simone Campbell talks about their mission and its connection to Catholicism.
  • A Delay for Disclosure
    May 29, 2012
    | Justin Elliott, ProPublica
    Under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, political ad data showing election spending could be posted online as early as July — or much later.
  • Excerpt: "A Ponzi Scheme of Torture"
    May 24, 2012
    | Larry Siems
    Read an excerpt from The Torture Report.
  • Broadcasters Sue to Block Transparency
    May 23, 2012
    | Justin Elliott, ProPublica
    The parent companies of NBC, CBS, Fox and others fight a new FCC rule requiring stations to post political ad data online.
  • Understanding the 'Robin Hood Tax'
    May 11, 2012 | Updated September 17, 2013
    | Robert Pollin
    Economist Robert Pollin explains why he thinks a financial transaction tax is the way Wall Street can help heal Main Street.
  • Queen of America Book Excerpt
    May 4, 2012
    | Luis Alberto Urrea
    Luis Alberto Urrea's latest book follows the epic journey of his great-aunt Teresa Urrea from Mexico to turn-of-the-century industrial America.