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The Grace of Silence

NPR radio host Michele Norris raises questions of race as she explores the secrets kept by her Midwestern family.
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NPR's Michele Norris on her family's hidden history

Norris's memoir "The Silence of Grace" explores "the costs of keeping quiet."
Want to buy US military wares in Afghanistan? Go to Obama Market.

Afghanistan vendors in the 'Obama Market' in Kabul sell MREs, military cots, and goggles like those used by the American military. It's not clear where they come from, but the Otis Spunkmeyer cookies are popular.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.