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How Are Student Loans Affecting Your Life?

On Friday, the House of Representatives voted to keep interest rates for Stafford student loans down by tapping into funds from the health care reform law — despite the threat of a veto from President Obama. We’ll...
by Michael Cadenhead
 

 
 
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Tropical Storm Isaac Batters Gulf Coast

Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down overnight as Tropical Storm Isaac hit the shores of Louisiana and Mississippi, causing surges of up to 15 feet of water. Ray Suarez talks to Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurrica...
by Michael Cadenhead
 

 
 
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The World’s Best and Worst Places to Be a Mom

Transcript GWEN IFILL: We turn now to a new report which ranks the countries where mothers and their children are at the most and the least risk. The international nonprofit Save the Children finds Norway the healthiest for th...
by Michael Cadenhead
 

 

 
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Father’s Day Booklist

By Danielle Steinberg For as long as I can remember, reading has been an activity that my dad and I have always been able to enjoy together. When I was a baby, he read me stories before bed. As a child, we’d wake up early Sat...
by Michael Cadenhead
 

 
 
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Teachers Talk Teaching, Classrom Challenges

As part of our American Graduate focus on teachers, testing and accountability, Ray Suarez moderated a discussion with several New York public school teachers on the challenges they face in the classroom and how they think they...
by Michael Cadenhead