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How Are You Doing with Sizes?
Obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. Roxane Gay talks about being black and being fat with host Ira Glass. Gay is the author of Bad Feminist. (5 minutes)
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A middle schooler really wants to trust the adults have her best interests in mind.
Act One: Ghost Industrial Complex
Reporter Chenjerai Kumanyika visits Savannah, Georgia to learn about the city’s popular ghost tours.
Katherine Massey
The fact that was repeated about Katherine Massey was that she had written an letter to the newspaper calling for gun control the year before she was murdered.
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