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    April 11

    Monday on the NewsHour, GOP candidates ramp up their war over delegates as the nomination race tightens. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, corruption runs rampant in Kenya, documenting Syrian war crimes in real time, why poor people in rich neighborhoods live longer, remembering the civil rights legacy of Jackie Robinson and playwright Tracy Letts examines what makes us us. Continue reading →

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    War over delegates ramps up as White House race tightens
    April 11

    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is leading his party’s race by about 200 delegates, but that hasn’t stopped him from complaining that he should be getting even more. Adding to his frustration, Sen Ted Cruz swept all of Colorado’s delegates over the weekend. John Yang reports. Continue reading →

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    News Wrap: David Cameron defends family’s finances
    April 11

    In our news wrap Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected criticism of his family’s finances and offshore holdings after the Panama Papers leak detailed his late father’s investments. Also, a surge in fighting focused around Aleppo threatens to derail a month-old cease-fire in the Syrian conflict. Continue reading →

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    Will delegate details undo Trump’s nomination hopes?
    April 11

    Sen. Ted Cruz picked up delegates in Colorado, once again challenging Donald Trump’s hopes for an uncontested convention. Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to discuss how each candidate is following a different path to the convention and the rivalry between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton ahead of the New York primary. Continue reading →

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    How widespread corruption is hurting Kenya
    April 11

    In Kenya, corruption and bribery are commonplace in law enforcement and the government. Many police officers seem more interested in keeping citizens’ cash than keeping the peace, allowing criminals to get off. Meanwhile, the government has “misplaced” $999 million. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer Zach Fannin report in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Continue reading →

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    Gathering evidence of Syria war crimes in ‘The Assad Files’
    April 11

    Five years of brutal civil war in Syria have killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more. Now, a new journalistic project aims to document President Bashar al-Assad’s principal role in the systematic campaign of detention, torture and murder that has left his nation in the throes of chaos. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Ben Taub of The New Yorker to discuss “The Assad Files.” Continue reading →

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    How geography changes life expectancy for America’s poorest
    April 11

    America’s poorest citizens have shorter lifespans than wealthier Americans, and new research finds that gap is growing. But the study also found that the poor who live in affluent and highly educated cities live longer than those who live in other areas. Judy Woodruff learns more from Raj Chetty of Stanford University. Continue reading →

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    Playwright Tracy Letts unravels different ages of identity in a single life
    April 11

    Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts has famously depicted family dysfunction, but his latest play, “Mary Page Marlowe,” is more concerned with questions of identity, examining the life of its protagonist from infancy to old age in non-linear fashion to find out what makes her herself. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the play and Letts’s creative process. Continue reading →

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    Do the recent changes in Social Security rules allow you to file and suspend?
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    Changes to Social Security rules in November may affect your ability to use the file and suspend strategy. Continue reading →

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    Ocean Vuong on why reading poetry is political
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    Ocean Vuong subverts the historical erasure of stories like his: of immigration, of queerness, of the aftermath of war. Continue reading →

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