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The demands by student activists face what could be an insurmountable obstacle: security fears in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.

Host Debbie Elliott speaks with Richard Sutch and Susan Carter about numbers that tell the story of America. They've edited a new five-volume work, Historical Statistics of the United States. Today, Sutch and Carter discuss what the numbers tell us about the role of the U.S. Post Office in westward expansion.

Following the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, journalist Elizabeth Williamson says, conspiracy theorists tormented the victims' families by accusing them of being actors.

For years, Mitch McConnell converted Donald Trump's heat to power the conservative agenda. Now he needs to again harness that insurgent energy, a challenge when Trump's heat is directed at him.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was targeted by gunfire and a suicide bomber after a political rally near the capital. She was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital. National Security Correspondent Jackie Northam and author Shuja Narwaz discuss Bhutto's assassination and what it will mean for parliamentary elections scheduled for January.

They're often paid low wages and lack job protections. A petition to the country's supreme court to support their demands did not see success — and they are protesting.

Dallas singer 4batz rose from obscurity to a breathlessly awaited debut in barely a year — but his arrival is part of a tense exchange between hip-hop and R&B more than a decade in the making.

Tuesday’s debate between the current vice president and former president was a clear contrast from the June debate that forced President Biden from the race.

The country's nuclear safety agency raised the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident to a Level 5 out of 7, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident. Emergency workers struggled to cool overheated fuel rods at the plant, while Japanese officials admitted the quake and tsunami had overwhelmed the government and slowed its response to the nuclear problems.

The country's nuclear safety agency raised the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident to a Level 5 out of 7, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident. Emergency workers struggled to cool overheated fuel rods at the plant, while Japanese officials admitted the quake and tsunami had overwhelmed the government and slowed its response to the nuclear problems.