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Stuck Inside With The AC On? Try These Five Cool YA Reads

7:00am July 09, 2016

by Caitlyn Paxson

Summer can seem slow for eager readers — not much on the shelves, and not much coming. But we've got some recommendations for great young adult reads to while away the long hot days.

The Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would require food companies to disclose GMOs â but without necessarily using a GMO label on packaging. Companies would have several disclosure options, including using a QR code on packaging that custom

Senate Passes A GMO Labeling Bill That The Food Industry Likes

12:24pm July 08, 2016

by Dan Charles

The bill requires food companies to reveal whether their products contain GMOs. But those companies are pleased, because they won't have to print "GMO" on food packages.

Dispelling The Myth Of A Classless Society In 'White Trash'

6:33pm July 07, 2016

Is America really a classless society? As part of the All Things Considered series, "The New Middle," NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to author Nancy Isenberg about her new book, White Trash which argues the notion of a classless society is a myth that hides an ugly truth about how we view the poor.

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'Unbroken Brain' Explains Why 'Tough' Treatment Doesn't Help Drug Addicts

5:24pm July 07, 2016

"We have this idea that if we are just cruel enough and mean enough ... to people with addiction, that they will suddenly wake up and stop, and that is not the case," journalist Maia Szalavitz says.

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'Underground Airlines' Is An Extraordinary Work Of Alternate History

4:17pm July 07, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

In his new novel, Ben H. Winters imagines that the Civil War never happened and that slavery is still legal in some states. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Underground Airlines is "one suspenseful tale."

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'Underground Airlines' Presents A Scarily Realistic Alternate History

3:00pm July 07, 2016

by Bethanne Patrick

Ben H. Winters' new novel is set in a modern-day America in which almost everything seems normal — except for the fact that the Civil War never happened, and slavery is still legal in four states.

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'Coyote America' Honors An Animal Making North America Home For Centuries

7:50am July 07, 2016

David Greene talks to historian Dan Flores about his book, Coyote America, a biography of an iconic animal of the American West. Increasingly, the coyote has become associated with suburban life.

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'I Am No One:' Feels Like Somebody's Watching Me

7:00am July 07, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

In Patrick Flanery's new novel, the border between mental illness and justified paranoia grows porous as average guy Jeremy begins to fear he's under surveillance. But is he? It's never quite clear.

When she was 18, British actress Louise Linton spent her gap year in Zambia. It's the subject of a controversial new memoir, In Congo's Shadow.

#LintonLies: How Zambians Are Using Social Media To Talk Back

6:36pm July 06, 2016

by Tobias Denskus

Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.

Tracing The 'Rise Of The Judicial Right' To Warren Burger's Supreme Court

1:45pm July 06, 2016

Burger served as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 until 1986. Linda Greenhouse, author of The Burger Court, says those years helped establish the court's conservative legal foundation.

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