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Social Issues

Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

Generations of black Americans used the power of sermons and speech-making to fight for equal rights. Midday presents a new American RadioWorks documentary, "Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity."

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The stay-at-home dilemma

The stay-at-home dilemma

While staying at home to raise children has benefits that you can't put a price on, it also has consequences. Midmorning looks at why many parents are penalized for that decision, and why work-family balance has become an urgent but elusive goal for millions of Americans.

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No Wis. Democrats present for Senate session again

No Wis. Democrats present for Senate session again

The 14 Democrats stayed away again on Wednesday. They left last week so they wouldn't have to vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal stripping public workers of collective bargaining rights.

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Between adolescent and adult

Between adolescent and adult

For well over a decade, the media has been criticizing 20-somethings for not wanting to "grow up" - relying on their parents financially and emotionally for much longer than the age of 18. But the authors of a new book argue that cultural and economic forces have subverted the "traditional" path to adulthood, delaying the onset of adulthood for a generation of young people - and that might not be a bad thing.

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Wis. union head calls on teachers to go to work

The head of Wisconsin's powerful teachers' union is calling on educators to return to classrooms Monday and Tuesday rather than continue being absent to protest, which has shut down several school districts.

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