African Grandmothers Demand Support in Role as Caregivers

By Mantoe Phakathi
Inter Press Service
May 13, 2010

"Africa cannot survive without us," is the message from grandmothers representing all corners of the continent...

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Bill Moyers Retires

by ERIC ALTERMAN
May 10, 2010 edition of The Nation.
April 21, 2010

Nearly twenty years ago, I spoke to Edward R. Murrow's top producer, Fred Friendly, who told me he thought of Bill Moyers as "the Murrow of our time...the broadcaster who most upholds his mantle." But while Murrow remains television journalism's most admired historical figure, it's all but inarguable that Moyers long ago surpassed his achievements...

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How 'The Hidden Brain' Does The Thinking For Us

Morning Edition
January 25, 2010
National Public Radio

...The autopilot mode can be useful when we're multitasking, but it can also lead us to make unsupported snap judgments about people in the world around us. Vedantam says that when we interact with people from different backgrounds in high-pressure situations, it's easy to rely — unconsciously — on heuristics...

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