Archive for June 2012

The Takeaway | June 29, 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

How the Supreme Court's ruling will affect the health care market | Former Obama advisor weighs in on Supreme Court's decision | Stolen Valor Act overturned | 'Ted' and other movie releases | Looking back at the Court's dramatic week | Republicans plan next steps | CNN and Fox drop the ball | A pediatrician's perspective on the health care ruling | Mexico voting in presidential election.

Today's Takeaway | June 28, 2012

Thursday, June 28, 2012

How will hospitals change after the Supreme Court's ruling? | Egypt's president-elect makes two surprising appointments | House of Representatives to vote on Holder contempt charge | Hillary Clinton visits 100th country as Secretary of State | Wildfire experts on what needs to be done to contain the blaze in Colorado | Stockton, California to be the largest bankrupt city in America |  Molly Ball on the merits of the rest of Romney's vice presidential pick options | Live coverage of Supreme Court healthcare decision with Todd Zwillich.

Today's Takeaway | June 27, 2012

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Documentarian profiles Americans in underfunded hospital waiting rooms | Tennis officials attempt to reign in "excessive" grunting from players | College football prepares for move from BCS to playoff system | Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich recaps primary races | Bob Hennelley profiles Chris Christie | President Obama awards Congressional Gold Medal to African-American Marines | Following up on yesterday's conversation about balancing work life and home life | Several large banks asked to submit "living wills" | Who benefits financially from the Olympics? | The black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama.

Today's Takeaway | June 26, 2012

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Supreme Court rules on Arizona immigration law | Baltimore selling ad space on fire trucks to pay for public services | Whaling among Inupiaq communities in Northern Alaska | Will Romney pick Rob Portman as his running mate? | The Supreme Court forbids sentencing juveniles to life without parole | How will Court's ruling on Arizona affect states with similar laws? | What it's like to live without dental care | Why women can't have it all.

Today's Takeaway | June 25, 2012

Monday, June 25, 2012

Egypt Elects Muslim Brotherhood Candidate | Saving the World, One Controller at a Time | The Agenda | The Books that Shaped America | Rubio "High Risk, High Reward" as Possible Romney VP | Obama and Romney Unleash New Ad Campaigns | Jimmy Fallon: Late Night's King of Musical Comedy | Politics and Voting in a Militarized Mexico

Today's Takeaway | June 22, 2012

Friday, June 22, 2012

Preparing for the aftermath of the ACA ruling | Reviewing this weekend's movies | Romney makes his appeal to Latino voters | Reviewing the week in news | The elusive victories in war from Lincoln to Obama | How the Supreme Court is weighing ACA | Louisiana sex offenders must now disclose their offender status in social media | The rape crisis in the U.S. military.

Today's Takeaway | June 21, 2012

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Obama invokes executive privilege to keep "Fast and Furious" documents from Congress | Shareholders can now block company pay deals in the UK | What the American absences at the climate summit in Brazil mean for our plans for climate change | Pottery provides evidence for ancient dairy farmers | A new reality TV show from Sundance follows four women in wheelchairs | Aging cities offer to repay student loans to attract new, young residents | Is Pixar's new film anti-feminist? | Moving from 'Why don't you have children?' to 'Why do you have children?'

Today's Takeaway | June 20, 2012

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Mubarak "Clinically Dead" | International Sex Trafficking Trail Leads to the US | Romney and Obama to Speak Back to Back at Latino Political Conference | Possible Contempt Vote for Attorney General Eric Holder | Gay and Republican: Are They Compatible? | What Would Mubarak's Death Mean for Egypt? | Audio Essay: Hosni Mubarak and Ariel Sharon's Enduring Legacies | Julian Assange, International Fugitive | The Roosevelt Legacy: Conservation of National Parks

Today's Takeaway | June 19, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Gov. Jon Huntsman on U.S.-China relations and campaigning for president | A statute in North Carolina aimed at mitigating racial bias faces annulment | A showdown in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling military council | Celebrating the end of American slavery | Why we fail to speak up for others even when we know we should | Looking at SCOTUS' health care hearings under a microscope | Questioning the path of health care reform | Rev. Fred Luter Jr. is set to become the Southern Baptists' first African-American President since its creation 167 years ago | John Lanchester calls London's celebratory facade into question with "Capital"

Today's Takeaway | June 18, 2012

Monday, June 18, 2012

Pro-Bailout Party Wins Greek Elections | Greek Wine Exports Thriving Due to Internal Turbulence | This Week's Agenda: Greek Elections, a Federal Reserve Meeting, and the Campaigns | State Rep Banned from Speaking for Use of the "V-Word" | Promoting a Culture of Science in the United States | Republicans Struggle for a Unified Response to Obama's Immigration Order | America's 'Adolescence' and the War of 1812 | Showdown Over the Control of Egypt | Rodney King Dies at 47 | Jackie Joyner Kersee on the Legacy of Title IX

Today's Takeaway | June 15, 2012

Friday, June 15, 2012

Summer Jobs Dwindling for America's Teens | Jamie Dimon and the Art of Apologizing | Advocates Against Sexual Abuse Take on Statute of Limitations | Friday Follow: The Future of Print Journalism, Sheldon Adelson, and White House Leaks | Egyptian Parliament Dissolved On the Eve of Elections | The Art of Rap | Ron Christie: The Week in Politics and HBO's "41" | This Week's Movie Date | Taking Stock: America's Changing Relationship with the Military

Today's Takeaway | June 14, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Russia Defends Against Criticism Over Syrian Arms Sales | Income Inequality, As Seen from the Tree Tops | Taking Stock: Latinos and the 2012 Election | The True Story Of Arizona's False Prophet | You'll Need A License For That | Pastor's Support of Gay Marriage Costs him his Congregation | The Times-Picayune and the Death of the Daily Paper | June 14, 1922: An Important Day for Radio | Finding a Voice In Politics and In Islam

Today's Takeaway | June 13, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Campaign Messaging as Tweet and as Tome | An Incentive to End Traffic | How Big Data Can Solve Big Problems| Former NFL Player Wade Davis on Coming Out | Peacekeeper Calls Syria Conflict "Civil War" | Brian Lehrer On the End of War | Rev. Cynthia L. Hale on Race Relations Since Obama | How Washington Mutual Went from Beloved to Bust

Today's Takeaway | June 12, 2012

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Political advertising targets you, specifically, through social media | Our inclination to root for, and against, players rather than teams | The potential outcomes for the Supreme Court's decision on Obama's health care law | Making the world's best cup of coffee | The thirty year anniversary of a racially-charged killing in Detroit | Maintaining expanded coverage regardless of the Supreme Court's decision on Obama's health care law | Why no woman has moderated a presidential debate in 20 years | And Rep. Barney Frank on Marriage and Retirement. 

Today's Takeaway | June 11, 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012

Tapping Social Security to Weather the Recession | New Leader Rebel Leader in Syria Draws Criticism | The Agenda: Greece's Elections, Obama's Gaffe, and the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate | Google Search Patterns Betray Racism, Voting Tendencies | Are we all Liars and Cheaters? | Why the American Political System Doesn't Work | The Quantum Kid: High School Senior Authors a Groundbreaking Physics Paper | New Details Further Incriminate Chesapeake Energy CEO | Holder Attempts to Plug the Leak | President Obama, Dr. King, and Coalition Politics | Author Dan Ariely on "The Honest Truth About Dishonesty."

Today's Takeaway | June 8, 2012

Friday, June 08, 2012

Is the U.S. Government Too Prone to Leaks? | Why a Falling Euro Might Not Make for a Cheaper Vacation | Mega-lawsuit Alleges NFL Concealed Concussion Information | Follow Friday with Dan Damon and Farai Chideya | Romney, GOP Trump Obama and Dems in May Campaign Fundraising | Defending Texas | Rio de Janeiro Closes One of the World's Largest Garbage Dumps | Movie Date | Austrian Painter Gustav Klimt Back in the Spotlight

Today's Takeaway | June 7, 2012

Thursday, June 07, 2012

As Bernanke Offers His Economic Outlook, Takeaway Listeners Offer Theirs | Remembering Ray Bradbury | The Secret Police Files from Mubarak's Reign | Crisis Management In The Vatican | Gail Collins Explains Texas' Outsize Influence on American Politics | Are Republican Governors to Thank for Swing State Growth? | How Much Do Americans Know About America? | Town in Alabama Poses Historic Challenge to Voting Rights Act | When Sesame Street Tunes Become the 'Songs of War'

Today's Takeaway | June 6, 2012

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Results from Walker's recall in Wisconsin | David E. Sanger on Obama's secret wars | What Walker's fate means for the rest of the United States | Unemployment falls in auto industry swing states — a good sign for Obama? | Jill Lepore on what comes after death.

Today's Takeaway | June 5, 2012

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Voters in Wisconsin decide Walker's fate | The future of handheld gaming | How The Beach Boys Became Cool | Undocumented valedictorian fights to stay in the United States | Syria as Obama's Bosnia | Actor Evan Handler on cancer and comedy | Venus crosses the Sun as onlookers stare ...

Today's Takeaway | June 4, 2012

Monday, June 04, 2012

Wisconsin votes on Walker | Fixing the persistent gender wage gap | Economic reports impact campaigns | Queen marks 60 years in Diamond Jubilee | Weak jobs report brings grim outlook for American economy | Mubarak sentenced to life in prison as Egyptians protest | Cartel violence north of the border | Author Linda Hirshman on the gay revolution

Today's Takeaway | June 1, 2012

Friday, June 01, 2012

New movie releases with Kristen and Rafer of the Movie Date podcast | A lawyer tries to help Syrian nationals gain asylum in the United States | Why prohibition didn't work | Documentary filmmaker Ami Horowitz on the United Nations' relationship with Syria | A young writer now in very prestigious company | Will racist soccer hooligans ruin Euro 2012?