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Produced by WBUR Boston and PRI, Here & Now features fast breaking news, more leisurely analysis and human interest stories. We also cover the arts: film, theater, music and much more.
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April
17
2008
At least 50 are dead after a suicide bomber struck the funeral of two Sunni brothers who had joined the US backed Awakening Council movement to fight Al Qaeda. More than a hundred Iraqis have been killed in a series of bombings around the country this week,...
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Past Episodes
May
02
2008
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In the most far-reaching crackdown on credit card issuers in years, federal regulators are expected to approve new rules today that would ban some of the worst practices in the credit card industry, such as retroactive and arbitrary interest rate hikes. We...
May
01
2008
The latest government statistics on the economy show jobless claims up more than expected and consumer spending rising faster than expected — but this is mostly due to soaring prices for gas and food. So what do these numbers add up to? Peter Coy, economic...
April
30
2008
The latest government statistics on the economy show jobless claims up more than expected and consumer spending rising faster than expected — but this is mostly due to soaring prices for gas and food. So what do these numbers add up to? Peter Coy, economic...
April
29
2008
With oil prices at an all time high of $120 a barrel and home prices down nearly 13 percent nationwide, President Bush holds a press conference today to address the country's mounting economic problems. Our guest is Bob Deans, national correspondent for Cox...
April
28
2008
The Supreme Court upholds Indiana's strict photo voter ID requirement as constitutional. The ruling opens the way for other states to follow suit. Republicans have argued for a stricter voter ID while Democrats and civil rights groups say the law would prevent...
April
25
2008
Barack Obama's pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, is breaking his silence over his
controversial sermons and his ties to the Democratic presidential hopeful. We speak with John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent for CNBC and political writer for...
April
24
2008
Today the CIA is showing members of Congress what it claims are videotaped images of North Koreans working inside a Syrian nuclear site, before the site was bombed and destroyed by Israel last year. We speak with Washington Post diplomatic correspondent, Robin...
April
23
2008
The Associated Press is reporting that General David Petraeus will leave Iraq to become the next commander of US Central Command. According to AP, Lt. gen. Ray Odierno will be taking Petraeus' position as the senior commander in Iraq. We speak with Demetri...
April
22
2008
Pennsylvania voters head to the polls today, and we check in with reporter Scott Detrow from WITF radio in Harrisburg, and a reporter from WHYY in Philadelphia.

The New York Times recently reported that the Pentagon is using military analysts in a...
April
21
2008
Over the weekend Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharpened their attacks on each other, hoping to gain advantage in Pennsylvania, where polls show them running neck and neck ahead of tomorrow's primary. We speak with John Harwood, Chief Washington Correspondent...
April
18
2008
Nearly one in five veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from psychological disorders like depression and post traumatic stress syndrome. That's 300,000 veterans affected. And nearly as many returning service members are reporting that...
April
17
2008
At least 50 are dead after a suicide bomber struck the funeral of two Sunni brothers who had joined the US backed Awakening Council movement to fight Al Qaeda. More than a hundred Iraqis have been killed in a series of bombings around the country this week,...
April
16
2008
The Supreme Court clears the way for executions to resume across the country. The court today upheld the most common form of lethal injection, saying it does not violate the constitution. We speak with Lyle Deniston of soctusblog.com.

How many old...
April
15
2008
Delta and Northwest Airlines have proposed a merger that would create the world's largest airline. Rising fuel prices and a sputtering economy are forcing the airlines to join forces. The new combined company would be called Delta, have a value of $17.7 billion...
April
14
2008
Senator Barack Obama is in hot water for
telling a crowd at a private fundraiser last week that voters in
small-town America have become bitter and "cling to guns or
religion to explain their frustrations." What did he mean, and
how will it...
April
11
2008
The White House is staying mum on reports from A-B-C News that high level administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down helped choreograph harsh interrogation techniques on al Qaeda suspects, including waterboarding. ABC News Legal Correspondent...
April
10
2008
President Bush tells the nation that come August troops in Iraq will no longer have to serve 15 month deployments. The number will be redued to 12 months. We'll get a report on the hearings from Demetri Sevastopulo, Pentagon and Intelligence Correspondent for...
April
09
2008
700 uniformed police officers are expected to protect the Olympic torch on its 6-mile journey through the streets of San Francisco this afternoon. Thousands of protestors are expected to voice their concerns about human rights in China ahead of the summer Olympic...
April
08
2008
General David Petraeus, commander of U-S forces in Iraq and the U-S Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, appear before two Senate committees in Washington today. We'll get a report on the hearings from Demetri Sevastopulo, Pentagon and Intelligence Correspondent...
April
07
2008
OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY: Protests continue along the route of the Olympic Torch relay. Today the scene was Paris, where the flame was extinguished at least twice and put on a bus to avoid the crowds protesting China's handling of Tibet and its human rights record....
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