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Former Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., served in Congress from 2001-2017. He is pictured here in 2014.

A Bill To Make Every American Bear Arms, In The Novel 'Big Guns'

5:52pm April 29, 2018

by Michel Martin

Steve Israel's new satire imagines a world where the gun lobby holds enough sway to pass such legislation through Congress. As a former Democratic congressman, he knows the subject intimately.

Middlesex County Correctional Facility Assistant Deputy Superintendent Scott Chaput with inmates in the prison's P.A.C.T (People Achieving Change Together) unit in Billerica, Mass.

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A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility

4:32pm April 29, 2018

by Cristina Quinn

Authorities in Massachusetts want to cut the recidivism rate for men ages 18 to 24. They're trying a new program based on a German model that teaches responsibility as a means to greater freedoms.

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Comedian Michelle Wolf performs at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington on Saturday.

Comedian Faces Criticism After Controversial Remarks At D.C. Gala

4:02pm April 29, 2018

by Martina Stewart

Twitter was abuzz after the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, with several political journalists sounding off on comedian Michelle Wolf's routine and soul-searching about the event.

A wooden cross marks an unidentified U.S. Army grave at Fort Laramie, Wyo., as pictured in 2009. The Fort Laramie National Historic Site will host a gathering of Lakota people this weekend to commemorate an 1868 treaty with the U.S. government.

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Amid Keystone XL Fight, The Lakota Treaty Of Fort Laramie Turns 150

8:10am April 29, 2018

by Jim Kent

Native Americans of the Northern Plains are gathering this weekend to commemorate an 1868 agreement with the United States — one often invoked in the debate on pipeline construction.

D.C. Press Corps Gathers For Correspondents' Dinner

8:10am April 29, 2018

Comedian Michelle Wolf drew controversy for some of her jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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Migrant Caravan Nears U.S. Border

8:10am April 29, 2018

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to immigration attorney Nicole Ramos of the group Al Otro Lado who is helping the Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.

Conservatives On The Courts

8:10am April 29, 2018

The Senate confirmed President Trump's 15th appeals court nominee. It's a strategy endorsed by the conservative Federalist Society. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to professor Jonathan Adler.

The Call-In: Teaching And School Funding

8:10am April 29, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Rick and Martha Moore Shaheen. Both parents taught school for decades, but they told their son he can't because of low pay and lack of respect for the profession.

Students make a question mark with an abacus.

What 'A Nation At Risk' Got Wrong, And Right, About U.S. Schools

6:00am April 29, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Thirty-five years after the landmark report warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in U.S. education, the statistics have been questioned, but the concerns still feel urgent.

The Rev. James Hal Cone taught at Union Theological Seminary until his death. He was there for decades and taught generations of students.

James H. Cone, Founder Of Black Liberation Theology, Dies At 79

6:41pm April 28, 2018

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

The Arkansas native is remembered for his fierce challenges to traditional Christian norms of his era.