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1. Trump wants more apprenticeships. An Arkansas manufacturer is giving it a try. More than two decades after his show The Apprentice topped the ratings chart, President Trump is betting on apprenticeships for big economic wins. Through an executive order issued last April, Trump set a goal to increase the number of active apprenticeships to 1 million, up from the current level of about 700,000. Read the story.
— Andrea Hsu, Labor and Workplace Correspondent, NPR
2. This tale of a Chicago school book ban was inspired by true events. Jarrett Dapier's debut young adult graphic novel Wake Now in the Fire, illustrated by AJ Dungo, is a fictionalized account of real-life events. In 2013, the Chicago public schools suddenly restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis, in some of the district’s classrooms, without explanation of the decision-making process,. Read the story.
— Tahneer Oksman, Book Reviews, NPR
3. Songs from the Hole: The story behind JJ'88's documentary and visual album. Songs from the Hole follows the story of James Jacobs, the hip-hop artist who goes by the stage name of JJ'88, as he reflects on his coming-of-age within California's state prison system, finds healing in an unlikely place and contemplates forgiveness. After meeting and befriending filmmaker and director Contessa Gayles when she was on assignment for CNN at California's Correctional Training Facility, commonly known as Soledad State Prison, in 2017, Jacobs and his producer, Richie Reseda, reached out with an ambitious idea: to direct and bring to life the visual album that Jacobs had written entirely from solitary confinement. Read the story.
— Kara Frame, Video Producer, NPR |
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What does it mean to be an American? There’s no single answer. At NPR, we think of American identity as a story, one that’s constantly being rewritten by the people who live it.
The American Storytelling collection brings together stories from local stations across the NPR Network, from small-town struggles to natural wonders to the layered histories that shape our nation. These are some of our biggest little-known shows, all in one place.
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And here's something to make you smile... |
In the back of a church in an anonymous stretch of Seven Mile Road in Detroit, dotted with industrial lots and fast food stores, performers dressed as giant robots battle it out in front of a live audience behind bullet-proof glass.
"We have these nine-foot-tall metal gladiators that shoot exploding projectiles at 20 rounds a second," says Art Cartwright, the impresario who founded both the church, Global Empowerment Ministries, and the organization behind the robot show, The Interactive Combat League. Read the story.
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— The NPR Education Team
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