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Tag: america

Immigration

Tent Courts Set To Open On Border For US Asylum Seekers

CEDAR ATTANASIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on September 12, 2019 · The court, or "soft-sided" facility as U.S. officials call it, is scheduled to begin operations Monday in Laredo, Texas.

Tags america asylum brownsville Laredo mexico Rio Grande Valley texas Trump

Politics

Beto O’Rourke Calls For A ‘Moonshot’ To Combat Climate Change

Steve Inskeep, NPR / Josh Axelrod, NPR

Posted on June 14, 2019 · Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke told NPR's Steve Inskeep that "we're going to have to free ourselves from the dependence we have on fossil fuels and that means a greater investment in solar and wind."

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National

Biden Launches 2020 Campaign As Rescue Mission For America’s ‘Soul’

Jessica Taylor, NPR

Posted on April 25, 2019 · The 76-year-old former vice president focused on President Trump's response to Charlottesville in his announcement. He enters the presidential race with renewed scrutiny of his decades in public life.

Tags america Barack Obama Donald Trump hillary clinton Joe Biden Vice President

Politics

Bernie Sanders Rally Draws Big Crowd In Houston

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz / Gail Delaughter

Posted on April 24, 2019 · The Vermont senator, who is vying to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, visited the Bayou City for two events.

Tags america Bernie Sanders daca discovery green Donald Trump hillary clinton houston texas Wall Street

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1648: An American Dirigible

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 8, 2019 · Episode: 1648 Building a dirigible to get to the California gold rush. Today, some thoughts on success, failure, and flying to California.  

Tags airships america balloon California Gold Rush dirigible flight giffard Rufus Porter thoreau transportation Zeppelins

Houston Matters

Newly Named NPR’s Chief News Executive Says Her Experience in Texas Will Be Useful

Houston Matters / Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on October 16, 2018 · Nancy Barnes, current executive editor at the Houston Chronicle, notes the state plays a role in America’s major news themes

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News

Majority Of Americans See Trump’s First Year As A Failure

Jessica Taylor, NPR

Posted on January 18, 2018 · A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds Americans believe Trump has divided the nation in his first year as president. But people who backed him in 2016 continue to be firmly behind him.

Tags america failure poll Trump Unpopular

News

WhatsApp Is Down And Users in America And Europe Are Losing It

HPM Digital Team

Posted on November 30, 2017 · People in those two areas were the most affected, and they flocked to social media to express their dismay... with a sense of humor

Tags america Europe group chat instant messaging social media users WHatsApp WhatsApp outage

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1401: Roosevelt, Remington, and the West

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 22, 2017 · Episode: 1401 Theodore Roosevelt and Frederic Remington defining the West. Today, Roosevelt and Remington go West.  

Tags america cattle ranching cowboys Henry Adams Rough Riders Spanish American War

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1373: Pittsburgh in 1816

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 17, 2017 · Episode: 1373 Pittsburgh in 1816. Today, let’s visit embryonic Pittsburgh.

Tags air pollution america coal glass iron smelting manufacturing steamboats transportation

News

4th Of July: What Does it Mean to Be Patriotic?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on June 30, 2017 · Officially, patriotism is defined as a devotion to — or love for — one’s country.

Tags america fourth of july holiday houston matters Patriotism USA

News

Border Wall Could Leave Some Americans on ‘Mexican Side’

Associated Press

Posted on April 17, 2017 · The proposed border wall has the potential to leave some US citizens on the 'Mexico Side'

Tags america border wall land owners mexico President Trump United States

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1328: The Medieval West

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 3, 2017 · Episode: 1328 The medieval character of the wild West. Today, the wild West holds up a mirror to medieval life.

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News

How America’s Idea Of Illegal Immigration Doesn’t Always Match Reality

Camila Domonoske, NPR / HANSI LO WANG, NPR / ALYSON HURT, NPR

Posted on March 12, 2017 · Border crossers, farm laborers, new arrivals from Mexico: There's no shortage of stereotypes about people living in the U.S. illegally. But the statistics tell a different story.

Tags america illegal immigration immigrants Pew Research Center survey

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1252: Interchangeable Parts

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 9, 2016 · Episode: 1252 Forgotten invention of manufacturing with interchangeable parts. Today, a brilliant invention is forgotten.

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