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The actress earned her second Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of a maid in the 1960s-era film The Help. She talks to Fresh Air about why she thinks the character is anything but the cliche some have claimed.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Tubbs about his memoir, The Deeper the Roots.

There's a growing bipartisan consensus that criminal justice policy needs to change, because of the costs and social consequences of keeping more than 2 million Americans behind bars. Host Michel Martin discusses the parties' platforms on criminal justice with the Sentencing Project's Marc Mauer and Marc Levin of the group Right On Crime.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-627045.mp3Albany, NY – Literacy Northeast New York is a nonprofit organization serving…

By Joe Donahue, Julia Taylorhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-586764.mp3Albany, NY – The Roundtable hosts speak to Pam…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-494102.mp3Albany, NY – His new book is titled Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-492590.mp3Albany, NY – Historian Timothy Kenslea has written a new book about…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-539741.mp3Albany, NY – Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has been at the center of the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-490858.mp3Joe Donahue's Interview with John McCain Part IIAlbany, NY – After a career…

The head of FairPoint Communications says he expects the company's years-long decline in revenues to reverse itself in 2013.CEO Paul Sunu says by the end…