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Prog lives!

Here is a list of the musicians, artists, and other figures mentioned in this series, along with brief bios. I’m sitting in the Zoellner Arts Center in Bethlehem, Pa., right in front of a middle-aged…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2634 words)

The Spam Factory's Dirty Secret

On the cut-and-kill floor of Quality Pork Processors Inc. in Austin, Minnesota, the wind always blows. From the open doors at the docks where drivers unload massive trailers of screeching pigs,…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1460 words)

Reality Bites

The science-based community once was split between Democrats and Republicans -- but not anymore.
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4345 words)

Shining Knight of the Post-Reagan Right

Last May, US Representative Newt Gingrich stood in the well of the House to rebut charges made by Speaker Tip O'Neill. For months, Gingrich had been harassing the Democrats in evening speeches broadcast over C-Span, the cable channel that carries House sessions.
PUBLISHED: Nov. 1, 1984
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1451 words)

The Untimely Death of a Green-Collar Job Trainee—and One Graduate's Triumph

Thu May. 12, 2011 6:45 AM PDTLawrence Albert "Jahon"Craig Gadlin, a 23-year-old father in Richmond, California, was outside repairing a car with friends on May 13, 2010, when a red minivan drove past…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (932 words)
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