Round-Up

By On April 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, Bente Birkeland, Capitol Coverage, Colorado Springs, Crime, Energy, KRCC News, Prisons, Pueblo, Round-Up, Water

Bill to repeal the death penalty in Colorado moves forward…and a water pipeline gets approval.

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Hair Removal Ad Makes Pakistani Women Go ‘Wow’ — But Not In A Good Way
April 26, 2018 | NPR · The commercial celebrates hairlessness. And it prompted a cricket star to speak out, charging that the ad promotes “body shaming and objectification.”
 

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Caravan Arrives In Tijuana, As Migrants Prepare To Request Asylum
April 26, 2018 | NPR · A group of Central American asylum-seekers, who have been traveling through Mexico for weeks, are gathering near the border with the U.S. They say they will request asylum on Sunday.
 

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Scores Of Schools In Arizona Close As Teachers Embark On Massive Walkout
April 26, 2018 | NPR · Thousands of demonstrators descended on Phoenix, where they are marching on the Capitol to demand pay bumps and boosted budgets. Across state lines, teachers in Colorado are also protesting.
 

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CNN’s Jake Tapper On McCarthyism, Trump And The ‘Jar Jar Binks Principle’
April 26, 2018 | FA · Tapper’s new novel, The Hellfire Club, takes place in 1954 during Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Communist “witch hunt” — a time he describes as “very resonant” with the current political climate.
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Filtering American History Through A ‘Brown’ Lens
April 26, 2018 | NPR · Kevin Young’s new book of poetry, Brown, is colored by memories from his family and childhood, U.S. history and black culture.
 

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Superparents Break The Fourth Wall In ‘Eternity’
April 26, 2018 | NPR · Cosmonauts Abram and Myshka have traveled the universe and gained superpowers — but in Eternity, they face a new challenge: Parenthood. (And an epic conflict over the destiny of their super-kid.)
 

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Ranky Tanky On Mountain Stage
April 26, 2018 | NPR · Hear the Gullah-inspired sounds of Ranky Tanky’s self-titled release, performed live by the powerful jazz quintet based out of South Carolina.
 

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Avicii’s Family Statement Implies Suicide Was The Cause Of The Young Producer’s Death
April 26, 2018 | NPR · In a statement today, Tim Bergling’s family lamented the machinery of the music industry and cited the producer’s aversion to the spotlight.
 

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Watch Tom Misch Perform ‘South Of The River’ Live In The Studio
April 26, 2018 | KCRW-FM · With an en vogue unaffected croon, the DJ and producer best known for his work with Jordan Rakei and Kaytranada in the London electronic scene steps in front of the mic for his debut album, Geography.
 

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