Enlarge Erika Beras Marcia Esters hopes charity will pay for dental work that Medicaid used to cover. Erika Beras Marcia Esters hopes charity will pay for dental work that Medicaid used to cover. Marcia Esters needs crowns fused to six of her bottom teeth and new dentures. But because of changes made to Medicaid in
Enlarge Guy Raz/NPR Equipment for transporting and housing coal sits idle in Cowen, W.Va. Since the natural gas boom, several mines in Webster County have either slowed or shut down operation, laying off hundreds of workers. Guy Raz/NPR Equipment for transporting and housing coal sits idle in Cowen, W.Va. Since the natural gas boom, several
Enlarge Kevork Djansezian/AP Actor Sylvester Stallone arrives at the world premiere of Daylight, with his girlfriend, Jennifer Flavin, and his son Sage Stallone, who co-stars in the film, in Los Angeles in 1996. Sage Stallone was found dead Friday at age 36. Kevork Djansezian/AP Actor Sylvester Stallone arrives at the world premiere of Daylight, with
Pam Fessler/NPR Support group members Pamela Travis (from left), Dominique Martin, Yovanda Dixon, Shanna Chaney and Ramona Shewl hold a meeting as part of the Family Independence Initiative. The Oakland nonprofit encourages low-income families to form small groups to help each other get ahead. It’s been almost 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson declared a
Enlarge Gero Breloer/AP Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, right, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, gestures next to Rabbi Avichai Appel, left, a board member of the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany, during a news conference in Berlin, Germany on Thursday. Gero Breloer/AP Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, right, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, gestures next
The fate of Texas’ new voter ID law is now up to a three-judge federal panel in Washington, D.C. Lawyers for Texas and the Justice Department wrapped up five days of arguments in U.S. District Court Friday, with each side accusing the other of using deeply “flawed” data to show whether minorities would be unfairly
Vice President Joe Biden spoke today at the NAACP’s annual convention, where GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney already faced a tough crowd. Guest host Maria Hinojosa discusses that and other political news of the week with Michael Fauntroy, professor of public policy at George Mason University and syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/12/156668322/presidential-campaigns-spar-via-naacp-convention?ft=1&f=1001
Enlarge Joe Burbank/AP George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing in June. Joe Burbank/AP George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing in June. Prosecutors have released new evidence in the case
A day after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke to the nation’s oldest civil right organization, Vice President Joe Biden appeared at the NAACP’s annual convention. He quickly tackled one issue that drew Romney sustained boos — the 2010 health care overhaul. Biden appeared in place of President Obama, who made a brief videotaped address
Enlarge M. Spencer Green/AP Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., thanks supporters at his primary election night party in Chicago on March 20. M. Spencer Green/AP Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., thanks supporters at his primary election night party in Chicago on March 20. A source close to Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., says his staff
Excerpts from the address that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to give this morning at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s annual convention in Houston were just released by his campaign. Some highlights (we added bold to serve as reference points): — “I believe that if you understood who I truly
iStockphoto.com When the outside temperature feels like a fever, your medicines are at risk. As record-breaking temperatures sweep the nation, it’s hard to keep anything cool, especially if the power goes out. And, try as you might, it’s hard to find health products — from prescription drugs to over-the-counter pain relievers — that don’t caution