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The census "Portrait of America" road tour will be in the Triad today. The bus tour is trying to raise awareness about the census and why it's important. Census data are used to decide how much federal money states receive, and how many representatives states get in Congress. More

 

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Carl Juste is a photographer with the Miami Herald. He was born in Haiti but grew up in New York and Miami and got to know Haiti as an adult. He talks with Dick Gordon about what he saw in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, and how his personal and family history in Haiti change his perspective. More

The State of Things

Author Jill McCorkle is part of the generation of writers who have defined contemporary Southern literature. Her early heroines were wise-cracking ambitious young ladies who grew into wise-cracking ambitious women. Her newest short story collection is called “Going Away Shoes,” and it features a long, deep look at what happens to those plucky Southern women when they hit middle age. More

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