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When I Rise

When I Rise portrays the inspiring story of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted black mezzo-soprano who, as a music student at the University of Texas, found herself…

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One Cheer for Patent Trolls

"On the whole, the results certainly seem to suggest that patent trolls with software patents do very much view the system as a lottery ticket, and they…

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Robots: The Law

Ryan Calo is a senior research fellow at Stanford Law School who has specialized in robotics and the law. In his interview with the Robots podcast he discusses…

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My So-Called Enemy

Some have lost friends and family members. All bear the psychological and emotional scars of living in a war zone. In July 2002, 22 Palestinian, Israeli and Pal…

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Wo Ai Ni Mommy

In the last decade, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. Now, there are over 70,000 Chinese children being raised by American familie…

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Online Classifieds: Who Is Responsible?

Senior research fellow Ryan Calo talks to American Public Media's Marketplace about the Communications Decency Act and website liability when it comes to us…