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    Spotlight on North Carolina as Democrats Arrive in Battleground State

    Sep 03, 2012 12:47 PM EDT

    A volunteer sorts T-shirts Sunday before the start of the Alabama Gospel Brunch held at Grace on Brevard in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Jared Soares for PBS NewsHour. CHARLOTTE, N.C. | Four years ago President Obama turned this state into a general election battleground and won by fewer ...

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    Will Americans Buy Romney's Proposals to Turn Around the Economy?

    Aug 28, 2012 10:41 PM EDT

    ... We believe he can create 12 million new jobs in the first term.  That's a very big number. JUDY WOODRUFF:  Twelve million? And John Taylor, how can he be so confident?  How can you be so confident that that number is real? JOHN TAYLOR, senior fellow at The Hoover ...

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    Gwen's Take: Who We Are and How We Vote - Connecting the Dots

    Aug 03, 2012 10:28 AM EDT

    Paul Taylor, the executive vice president of the Pew Research Center, has long experience explaining why things happen. When we chatted on the PBS NewsHour this week, the subject was the widening chasm of economic segregation. It was a wonky demographic discussion (not that there's anything wrong with that ...

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    More Americans Live in Economically Segregated Neighborhoods Than 30 Years Ago

    Aug 01, 2012 10:24 PM EDT

    ... percent to 28 percent. Paul Taylor is the executive vice president of the center and a co-author of the report. Welcome back, Paul. PAUL TAYLOR, Pew Research Center: Thanks. GWEN IFILL: Let's start with definitions. What do you mean when you say economic segregation? PAUL TAYLOR: We -- for ...

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    Families' Plummeting Wealth Reflects 'Deep Mess' Americans Face

    Jun 12, 2012 10:02 PM EDT

    The net worth of the median American family fell nearly 40 percent from 2007 to 2010, the Federal Reserve reported this week. Gwen Ifill discusses the effects of and the reasons behind the precipitous decline in wealth with Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center and Robert Shapiro of Sonecon ...

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    The Roots Get Conceptual on 'undun'

    Nov 30, 2011 06:30 PM EDT

    After 25 years, a dozen records and multiple awards, the Roots are trying something new -- a full-length concept album.

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    For Liberia, Natural Resources Are Blessings, Curses on Road to Democracy

    Nov 01, 2011 12:15 AM EDT

    Liberia's Oil, Diamond Resources Are Both Blessing and Curse

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    Would Obama's Refinancing Plan Boost Ailing Housing Market?

    Oct 24, 2011 10:29 PM EDT

    With millions of Americans "underwater" on their mortgages and millions of homes facing foreclosure, President Obama unveiled a revamped home-loan refinancing program Monday during a stop in Nevada, which has the country's highest foreclosure rate. Judy Woodruff and guests examine the politics and substance of the plan.

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    After Draftless Decade of War, Gap Seen Between Military, Civilians

    Oct 06, 2011 10:31 PM EDT

    After Draftless Decade of War, Gap Seen Between Miltiary, Civilians

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    Rita Moreno Acts Out Own Career in 'Life Without Makeup'

    Sep 30, 2011 10:50 PM EDT

    Actress Rita Moreno, 80, now has a solo show about her life as a star of stage and screen called "Life Without Makeup." In a joint production with KQED San Francisco, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the performer's transformation from a "utilitarian ethnic" actress to becoming a "show business animal."