Immigration Bill Killed
It was do-or-die for the immigration bill in the US Senate today. We talk to Christian Science Monitor Senior Congressional Correspondent Gail Chaddock.
Supreme Court Review
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We take a look back at the Court’s first full term with a 5-4 conservative majority that ended today.
Northern Ireland’s Economics Minister
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A conversation with Nigel Dodds, economics minister for the new Protestant-Catholic government of Northern Ireland. He’s in the US this week to promote Northern Ireland as a business opportunity now that the ‘Troubles’ are over. Dodds is a Protestant Unionist and protege of the leader of the new government, Rev. Ian Paisley.
This Week in Sports
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Tennis at Wimbledon and the National Basketball Association draft are among the topics for discussion this week with Bill Littlefield, Here and Now’s sports commentator and host of NPR’s “Only a Game.”
Joseph Cornell’s Tiny Universes
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We talk about the 20th century artist’s works, currently on display at the Peabody Essex Museum.
