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#NPRreads: Obsessing Over A Murder And The Times' Man In Tehran

12:56pm April 06, 2015

by Rachel Martin

This week, we go old school with an excerpt from the book Visiting Hours and then we cheat and go new school pointing to a New York Times video series about Tehran.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#NPRreads: From Supreme Court Justice To The Notorious R.B.G.

2:29pm March 20, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

For your weekend, here are four recommendations: How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became an Internet meme, how The Great Wave went viral, a profile of Hugh Hewitt and why 4Chan's founder walked away.

The pizza lobby tries to influence things like school lunches and the calorie labels that go on the pies.

#NPRreads: On America's First Suicide Bombing And Its Influential Pizza Lobby

5:51pm March 06, 2015

by Serri Graslie

From the people on our money to the effects of calling someone black, this week, we bring you four reads that illuminate a bit of history or pieces of regulation you may not have known about.

People line up outside the Bicentenario, a state-run supermarket, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 9. Most of the shortages in Venezuela are driven in part by the country's tight currency controls, which make it hard to get dollars at a subsidized rate for

#NPRreads: A Sign Of The Times? Trinidad Offers Venezuela Toilet Paper For Oil

5:44pm February 27, 2015

by Anders Kelto

For your weekend, here are three recommendations for stories that may surprise you about the rise of OxyContin, the fall of Venezuela and an undocumented immigrant who made money for Goldman Sachs.