The Perks Of A Private College (Hint: It's Not The Cost)
Imagine you had the option of going to a top state university on a full ride or a prestigious Ivy League for about $20,000 a year. Would it be a hard decision? What would you choose?Four years ago,...
View Article20 Years Later, The Question Lingers: What If Yitzhak Rabin Had Lived?
Twenty years ago, an Israeli extremist shot dead the country's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and left the country, and people all over the world to wonder: What if?What if Rabin, the general turned...
View ArticleAmid Mourning, Life In Paris Goes On
Over the weekend, I watched as crowds in the hundreds gathered in Paris' 10th arrondissement at the killing sites: a few neighborhood bistros like Le Carillon, and a Cambodian restaurant, Le Petit...
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'There's A Whole Other Hole': American Filmmaker Reflects On Loss In Paris
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now to a filmmaker in Paris. Max Salomon is an American who lives near where several of last Friday's attacks...
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Even As Details Emerge In San Bernardino Shooting, Motive Remains Murky
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Authorities are scouring social media accounts for clues after yesterday's shooting here that left 14 people...
View ArticleWhat's Next For 2 Seniors Wrapping Up At A Big State University?
Going to college today is a very different experience than it once was. The cost has soared, and the great recession cut into many of the assets that were supposed to pay for it. This week All Things...
View Article2 Students Hope Their Investment In Arts Education Will Pay Off
Throughout this academic year, we're following a group of students who graduated from high school a few years ago in Montgomery County, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. We're asking about the choices...
View Article3 College Seniors Contemplate Their Appointment With The Real World
What do you get from a college education? And, given today's eye-popping costs, is it worth it? Through this academic year, we're following a group of college seniors from Montgomery County, Md., and...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Newspaper Publisher: 'Trump Has Overturned The Table'
With New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary less than a week away, the publisher of the state's largest paper, the Union Leader, told NPR's Robert Siegel his assessment of how the Republican...
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More Than 130 Maryland Lifers Adjust To Freedom After Court Ruling
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now a story about justice and the passage of time. It's about a mass release of people sentenced to life in...
View ArticleFrom A Life Term To Life On The Outside: When Aging Felons Are Freed
When Karriem Saleem El-Amin went to prison in 1971 for the murder of Baltimore grocer David Lermer during a robbery, he was an 18-year-old killer named William Collins.In 2013, El-Amin left prison...
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