Morning Edition Extra
How Iraqi refugees in MA are adjusting to life in the U.S., how the experience differs from east to west; an entomologist laments NE's near miss of the 17 year cicada
Today on Morning Edition Extra, a closer look at Connecticut's new gun law; also a walk through Holyoke via the photos of Jerome Liebling, and a little Emily Dickinson set to music to start off National Poetry Month.
A look at the impact of changes in the Defense of Marriage Act, and soldiers and veterans are doing yoga to treat an issues that come with war
An artist painting portraits of US Iraq war veterans and active duty soldiers; a new stage production from Double Edge Theater and the Tiny House movement
Today on Morning Edition Extra, new Holocaust research reveals many more death camps and deaths than previously understood, also how same sex marriage and civil unions are seen through the immigration lens, and commentator Liz Rosenberg reveals and revels in the nuanced relationship with her seven year old daughter, who is deaf.
Today on Morning Edition Extra from NEPR News, Food Banks are not only seeing more people coming through the doors,but more people with specific dietary needs, including the need for gluten free food because of Celiac Disease, also commentator Philip Caputo on too little, too late changes in gun laws.
Listen to Morning Edition Extra for a round up of the week's news, plus how UMASS Amherst journalism students are partnering with the Huffington Post to cover sexual assault on American campuses, commentator Dan Weingrod watches old technology become new again, and a homecoming in Great Barrington, Mass., for W.E.B Dubois.
The trial of Cara Rintala in Northampton, how Sam Lovejoy went from anit-nuclear activist to state employee, and a preview of the Berkshire Film Festival
Check out "Saturday Night", commentator Michael Carolan recalls a work of fiction that left its mark, and new MA Secretary of Education
The limits of the current gun control debate, the alarming rise of anti-psychotic drug use for Alzheimer's patients, and commentator Jennifer Rosner
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