S.C. Senate Votes To Remove Confederate Flag From State House Grounds
Lawmakers in South Carolina began debating Monday whether to remove the Confederate flag that flies in front of the State House in Columbia, S.C.
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Budget Cuts Force Colorado National Forest To Rely On Volunteer Labor
Uniformed volunteers are working visitors centers and monitoring trails in the busiest national forest in the country. The White River National Forest in Colorado is increasingly relying on free labor as federal budget cuts continue. The volunteers are doing what forest service staff used to do, including maintaining trails and educating visitors about bear safety.
Greece Stalls On New Bailout Proposal As European Leaders Meet
European leaders met in Brussels on Tuesday for an emergency summit on the Greek debt crisis. They expected a new Greek proposal for a bailout but ended the day empty-handed.
Greek Reform Minister: 'We Want To Keep Greece Within Eurozone'
NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Greek Minister of Administrative Reform George Katrougalos about the Greek debt crisis. He says he's hopeful a compromise can be reached between Greece and Europe.
Despite Large Cuts To Greece's Pension System, Creditors Want More
NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Matthew Dalton, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about how the Greek pension system has been as generous as reported.
S.C. Senate Moves To Take Down State Capitol's Confederate Flag
The Confederate flag is again causing controversy after the Charleston church shooting that killed 9 people. The alleged gunman is believed to have been influenced by white supremacists and the flag.
In Final Vote, South Carolina Senate Moves To Take Down Confederate Flag
The issue will now head to the House. Tuesday's 36-3 vote was widely seen as a formality; the S.C. Senate had voted 37-3 to advance the bill after its second reading Monday.
NAACP Plans Events Ahead Of Voter ID Trial
The N.C. NAACP will hold several events this week in Winston-Salem to draw attention to an upcoming trial focusing on the state's voter ID law.
In Rio Grande Valley, Some Campaign Workers Are Paid To Harvest Votes
It's a time-honored tradition in South Texas: Local candidates who need votes go to campaign workers known as politiqueras. But some of those workers are now charged with manipulating mail-in ballots.
U.N. Report Highlights Surprising Global Progress On Poverty Goals
In 2000 the world's leaders agreed on an ambitious plan for attacking global poverty by 2015. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these time-bound targets spurred an unprecedented aid effort that helped slash the share of people living in extreme poverty in half. Now nations are hammering out an even broader set of goals for 2030, but this time the task is proving highly controversial. The Millennium Development Goals were drafted in a highly casual way and that simple process proved the key to their success.