November 2011
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“For a lot of the folks who have been in New York and all across the country in...”
– President Obama • Responding to an interruption by Occupy protesters during a jobs speech in New Hampshire. After protesters “human-mic’d” themselves into the President’s attention (“Mr. President, more than 4,000 peaceful protesters have been arrested…”), he gave the above response, which seems...
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After residents of Tonawanda, N.Y., became sick, they rallied to fight high levels of hazardous chemicals emitting from a dilapidated plant. In doing so, they revealed weaknesses in the way the EPA regulates air pollution. Video Credit: John Poole / NPR
Want to know if plants in your town are a health risk? Zoom in on our interactive map.
Poisoned Places, a four-part series from NPR News...
