The Takeaway

April 08, 2016: 1. The pope's new vision 2. The floating armories that protect against pirates in the Gulf of Aden 3. Shining a light on the global arms trade 4. Movies to see and skip this weekend 5. A musical time machine

April 07, 2016: 1. America's Cyber War Against ISIS | 2. Meet The Man Who Spent 10 Days With ISIS and Lived to Tell About It | 3. Larry Summers on Economic Unease and America's Slow Growth | 4. A Visit To The Existentialist Cafe | 5. Military Women Struggle With Eating Disorders 

April 06, 2016: 1. The 2016 Election: The End of the GOP as We Know It? | 2. Why Wisconsin Abandoned Hillary Clinton | 3. Panama Papers Bring the Heat in Miami | 4. Is Paul Ryan Planning to Step Up as The GOP Nominee? | 5. Europe's Economy Looks to Rebound | 6. Stories From the Struggle: How The #EverydaySexism Project Empowers Women

April 05, 2016: 1. Can Offshore Tax Havens Really Be Stopped? | 2. Evaluating China's Economic Fog | 3. Massey CEO Sentencing Comes on Eve of Mine Disaster Anniversary | 4. The Homes That Transformed America

April 04, 2016: 1. Massive Leak Exposes Global Off-Shore Economy | 2. Outside Money Floods Wisconsin Judicial Election | 3. How the Threat of Nuclear Winter Changed the Cold War | 4. New York, California Raise the Bar on Minimum Wage | 5. The Hidden Costs of Low Oil Prices | 

The Takeaway tells the story of Alvin Hall as he returns to his high school in rural Florida. Hall was the school's first black valedictorian, but the school erased his picture. Listen to his unexpected and emotional homecoming. 

April 01, 2016: 1. Bernie and Hillary Compete for 'New Yorker' Status | 2. After 40 Years, What Has America Accomplished in the Middle East? | 3. Baseball's Home Run Enigma | 4. Films to Catch and Skip at the Box Office This Weekend | 5. Last Week, the Internet Broke | 6. Part Four: Alvin Hall Day

March 31, 2016: 1. Stopping Nuclear Terrorism | 2. South China Sea Strains US-China Relations | 3. FDA Expands Abortion Medication | 4. Trump's Abortion Gaffe | 5. Part Three: Alvin Hall Finds His Family & A Lost Father | 6. Marco Benevento: 'The Story of Fred Short' 

March 30, 2016: 1. Angel's Story: Prison to the Honor Roll | 2. Chicago's New Police Chief Faces Violent Challenges | 3. Obama Faces Heroin and Opiate Epidemic | 4. Part Two: Alvin Hall's Homecoming

March 29, 2016: 1. Is the 2016 Election a National Embarrassment? | 2. In Pakistan, Gap Between Liberals and Extremists Widens | 3. The FBI Found An Apple Hacker | 4. Vets Turn to Medical Marijuana to Treat Pain and PTSD | 5. Alvin Hall: An Emotional Reckoning Begins