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Haiti’s Children in Crisis
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 11:00 am

We look at Haiti’s children, and how the young, the orphaned, the most vulnerable, are doing in the long struggle to recover.

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Haiti and the U.S.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10:00 am

Haiti, the U.S., and the road to recovery. It’s going to be a long one. We’ll ask what the U.S. commitment should be.

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Earthquake and Aftermath in Haiti
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:00 am

We’ll survey the damage in Haiti, and what the disaster means for the hemisphere’s poorest nation.

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Edwidge Danticat
Monday, September 17, 2007 at 11:00 am

Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat has astonished readers for more than a decade with the lucid clarity of her prose. In “Breath, Eyes, Memory,” “The Farming of Bones,” “Krik? Krak!” and “The Dew Breaker” she took Americans to her native Haiti and Haitians to America with stunning power.
Now, Danticat is out with a memoir, “Brother, I’m [...]

 
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After ‘No Child Left Behind’
Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Obama administration wants to rewrite No Child Left Behind. We’ll ask what’s coming for American education.

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The U.S.-Israel Blowup
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Top Pentagon brass complain the Israel-Palestinian impasse is undermining American interests. We’ll look at the US-Israel moment of crisis.

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On Point Blog
Sonny Rollins on Race and Jazz’s Future

Jazz legend Sonny Rollins joined us to reflect on his storied career and give us his thoughts on the future of music. To celebrate his 80th birthday, the hugely influential tenor saxophonist is embarking on yet another national tour.

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IED’s in Afghanistan: Hard Numbers

The Department of Defense provided On Point with some statistics about IED attacks in Afghanistan, where there has been an increase in the use of such weapons over the past 14 months. It’s striking to see the spike in numbers — from 2,677 IED incidents in 2007 to 8,159 last year.

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Christopher Hill: U.S. Troop Withdrawal ‘On Schedule’

U.S. Ambassaor to Iraq Christopher Hill spoke with On Point live from Baghdad today as early voting gets underway, part of the run-up to Sunday’s elections. “So far so good,” Hill said, despite scattered violence. Hill said that the plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops by Sept. 1, and to leave only a residual advisory force of 50,000 or fewer, remains “very much on schedule.” Observers worry that a spike in violence could derail that timeline.

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