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What Visa Changes Say About U.S. Immigration Priorities
The immigration overhaul bill currently circulating around the Senate would scrap a two-decade old program that distributes diversity visas to countries with historically-low rates of immigration to the U.S. But it would also introduce the merit-based visa, given to those with a job and high-level education.
Congress Heads Back To Debt Talks, Immigration
Lawmakers return to Congress on Monday, following a week's hiatus. Host Rachel Martin checks in with NPR congressional correspondent David Welna about what's on their agenda for the upcoming session. Internet sales tax, paying creditors, immigration, Benghazi hearing, Syria, Guantanamo
In Latin America, Obama Stresses Partnership
President Obama traveled to Central America this weekend, to Mexico and then to Costa Rica, where he met with other leaders from the region. Host Rachel Martin speaks with Eric Olson of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, who attended the meeting.
How Different Cultures Handle Personal Space
How we navigate one another's space is an important and nuanced part of communicating. Two authors observe how this dynamic plays out in Cairo and Sao Paulo.
Karen Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia! was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2...
Three-Minute Fiction Round 11: Finders Keepers
For this round of our short story contest, write a piece of original fiction in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning.
When illustrator Ralph Steadman accepted an assignment with writer Hunter S....
A 'Decadent And Depraved' Derby With Hunter S. Thompson
Illustrator Ralph Steadman had never heard of Hunter S. Thompson before he flew to Churchill Downs on assignment to cover the Kentucky Derby. But after an unforgettable, booze-ridden weekend with the writer, Steadman's life was never the same.