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We used to be China

Women led air pollution protests from the start

by Sarah Gardner
Jul 14, 2014
Women often partnered with scientists to make their case for cleaner air.
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The economic backdrop to Tian'anmen

by Rob Schmitz
Jun 4, 2014
The Tian’anmen Square protests were about more than just students and democracy.
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Learning Curve

A personal look back at WBOE

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 2, 2014
John Basalla, an educator and archivist, takes us into the time tunnel.
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Public radio's teachable moment

by Adriene Hill
May 29, 2014
The "spinach" factor was a built-in early on.
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Learning Curve

More fun facts about the history of public radio

by Adriene Hill
May 29, 2014
If you really want to geek out about radio as an educational technology.
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Classroom tech: A history of hype and disappointment

by Adriene Hill
May 28, 2014
For decades, modern technology has promised to change the way children learn, and it has come up short. Will this time be any different?
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Fashion soared as the economy faltered in the 1930s

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
May 20, 2014
Clothes made the (wo)man... even during the Great Depression.
1930s fashion.
Sasha/Hulton Archive
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The story behind red M&M's

by Bridget Bodnar
May 15, 2014
They were in the bag, then they weren't, then they were again.
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The man behind an 18th century financial bubble

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 16, 2014
John Law was one of the first people to distribute paper money. It didn't end well.
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That one time when U.S. debt was zero

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 7, 2014
Economic historian John Steele Gordon describes the only time in American history that a president erased the federal debt.
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