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Free Foreclosure Prevention Clinics

Housing Counseling Services (HCS), a D.C.-based nonprofit, offers free foreclosure prevention clinics to help people in danger of losing their homes. Clients receive information and individual counseling to help them identify their realistic options for avoiding foreclosure and “foreclosure rescue scams.”

Where: 2410 17th St NW, Suite 100, Washington, D.C. 20009

When:

  • Wednesday, Dec. 5, noon.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 12, noon.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 19, noon.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 26, 6 p.m.

Call Su Cheng at 202-667-7006 for more information.

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An Artist's Story Of The Arab Spring

Upheaval in countries like Egypt and Syria is often discussed in political terms, but how do artists see it? Guest host Celeste Headlee talks about arts and the Arab Spring with Egyptian-American poet Yahia Lababidi and Syrian-American doctor Dr. Zaher Sahloul.
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Labor-Starved Pear Farmers Buckle Under Bumper Crop

The Pacific Northwest grows the majority of the nation's pears, and this year's harvest is predicted to be the third-largest in history. But farmers are facing a shortfall that's been plaguing many agricultural industries: not enough workers to pick the fruit.
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Has The US Forgotten Egypt?

Political unrest in Egypt might seem low on the list of concerns for the U.S. government. But one commentator says the situation there needs to be dealt with swiftly. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with Shadi Hamid, of the Brookings Doha Center, about the risks of forgetting Egypt.
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Wanted: A New Generation Of High-Tech Aviation Workers

Millions of U.S. factory jobs have been lost in the past decade. Now, in North Carolina, high school students are being encouraged to think about taking manufacturing jobs. But this isn't the furniture-making or textile labor of generations past — it's a new kind of highly technical work in aviation.

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