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Afghans With Disabilities Fight For The Right To Rights
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Afghanistan isn’t an easy place for anyone to make a living. But for those with disabilities, it’s a downright hostile environment. Support has mostly come from nonprofits, but activists are pressing the government to take action.
 

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Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
May 19, 2013 | NPR · The IRS has admitted it flagged tax-exemption requests from groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names starting in 2010. But some liberal groups and journalism organizations say their applications also faced long delays during the same period.
 

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Russian Lawmakers: Don’t Criticize Soviet Actions In WWII
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Don’t mess with Soviet history, especially when it comes to World War II. That’s the message coming from some hard-line Russian legislators who are angry with an opposition lawmaker who criticized Josef Stalin’s World War II counterintelligence agency, SMERSH, and likened it to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo.
 

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Three-Minute Fiction: ‘Ten Ring Fingers’ And ‘Ghost Words’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · NPR’s Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Ten Ring Fingers by Tamara Breuer of Washington, D.C., and Ghost Words by Matheus Macedo of Winthrop, Mass.
 

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Siblings’ Separation Haunts In ‘Kite Runner’ Author’s Latest
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Khaled Hosseini’s new novel, like his two earlier works, is set partly in Afghanistan — but this time, political turmoil isn’t a major element of the plot. Instead, And The Mountains Echoed is a story of a family’s loss that spans decades and continents.
 

Stories Of Hope Amid America’s ‘Unwinding’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · When the factory she worked at closed down, Tammy Thomas reinvented herself as a community organizer; and when Dean Price’s truck stop business went belly up, he became a champion of biofuel. In a new book, George Packer examines how ordinary people are adapting to a new America.
 

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Laura Mvula: A Soulful Voice That Once Answered Phones
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Less than two years ago, Laura Mvula was a receptionist honing her phone answering skills at music organization in Birmingham, England. Now, she’s got a record deal, a lot of critical acclaim and she’s touring around the U.S.
 

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Marques Toliver: An R&B Crooner With Strings Attached
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Toliver’s music is anchored by the violin, on which he is classically trained. He says he discovered the instrument in fifth grade — and that in a way, it chose him.
 

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Draco Rosa: A Pop Survivor Returns From The Brink, With Friends
May 18, 2013 | NPR · In the 1980s, he was Robi Rosa, the lead singer of Menudo at the boy band’s peak of popularity. Rosa went on to write hits for bandmate Ricky Martin and develop a solo career. When Rosa was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, some of the biggest names in Latin music assembled to support him.
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