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News I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro the White House says Iran must change its behavior or face the consequences President Trump has taken a tough line on Iran since he took office and late last night he posted a tweet in all caps warning that Iran will suffer like few other countries have suffered if they keep threatening the u.s. This tweet came after a pointed speech last night about Iran by Secretary of State Mike Pompei Oh he spoke at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California right now the United States is undertaking a diplomatic and financial pressure campaign to cut off the funds that the regime uses to enrich itself and support death and destruction. N.p.r. White House reporter are you sure Roscoe joins us here in the studio to talk about this Hi Isha Hello Why is this conversation about Iran happening now and we don't know exactly why the White House is talking up Iran right now but it does seem like a coordinated effort Pompei all speech seem to aimed at sending this message to the Iranian people that the u.s. Is with them and the u.s. Is with those in the in Iran who are protesting their leadership after that speech from Pompei a we had this tweet from Trump saying the u.s. Will not allow Iran to threaten the u. The u.s. Will not allow Iran to threaten the u.s. The president's been I think pretty strong since day one in his language towards Iran he was responding to comments made from them and he's going to continue to focus on the safety and security of American people trump it already pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and the u.s. Is preparing to reimpose sanctions that were lifted on of that deal soon and I was press secretary Sara Sanders there the language that Trump used in his tweet sounded a lot like the kind of language he was using against North Korean leader Kim Jong un before those 2 leaders ultimately sat down for talks is the White House trying to do the same sort of thing here and get Iran to the negotiating table it seems that that could be the case but Santos was asked his multiple times a day on the White House briefing and she said she wouldn't talk about. White House strategy but you're right the language is very similar to that fire and fury rhetoric that used on North Korea of course there are differences in the situation Iran has a much more complex political system you're not just appealing to a dictator like Kim and also with North Korea there was a more united front of right among our international allies in holding these sanctions and holding North Korea kind to kind of to the fire but with Iran you had the u.s. Kind of split from European allies who wanted the u.s. To stay in the Iran nuclear deal how does President Trump's tough approach to Iran fit with this broader idea of America 1st well the White House argues that this is all about keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon the move to support Iranian protesters a something that kind of traditional conservatives have supported in the past the risk with all of this though is that you draw the u.s. Into a military conflict in the Middle East and that is something that Trump has in the past seen that he wants to withdraw from overseas and kind of save that money and not get involved on the campaign trail trying constantly talked about the Iraq war and what a mistake that was so would seem on that basis that you wouldn't want to get involved in another long term conflict in the Middle East and N.P.R.'s I should Rosco Thanks a lot thank you. One of the people in the room last night listening to Secretary of State Mike pump ael blast the Iranian government was The Washington Post Jason resign and resign went to the address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library with thoughts of what took place on July 22nd 4 years earlier the day his family's home in Tehran was raided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and he and his wife were taken to the country's most notorious prison resign was charged with being a spy for the u.s. And jailed for a year and a half before his release today he's written a column in The Post about what he heard in Pompei of speech and his concerns about it and Jason resigned joins us now he's still in Southern California welcome to the program thank you so much thanks for having me on so as we heard Mike Pompei o the secretary of state had very strong words about the Iranian government what struck you about the speech well I think what was missing for me were the sort of actions to implement any clans that could in the foreseeable future provide benefits to the people of Iraq that's a primary concern of much of his career right you've said that in the diaspora people have long felt trapped in the middle of a decades old struggle between a state that doesn't represent their interests and a foreign power that says it does but is shown little regard for assisting them in meaningful ways what would be a meaningful way well I think we talk about the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people the crippling sanctions that Iranians faced for much of the past 40 years and over the past 5 or 6 years ahead of the security and now since coming out of the nuclear deal the new sanctions that the trumpet ministration intends to place on Iran creates a massive burden on the lives of everyday people the country you know unless you live in a situation where the country that you have it is being sanctioned You can't really understand the devastation and difficulty that that creates what does that look like on a day to day basis well at times. In the years that I was living there reporting from long it made buying different medication difficult for years at a time made it difficult to travel and you know the regime has a lot of responsibility but policy by the u.s. Government often exacerbated that with the claims intention that it's for the greater good of the Iranian people and the folks that I'm talking to you know haven't seen the benefit of that yes you've written that the Trump administration is taking a page out of the Iranian hardliners playbook in what way what about pump Ailes comments makes you think that well I think that you know there's a lot of bluster but more than anything we saw it in the tweet the President Trump sent out yesterday that President Rouhani the idea that he's threatening Iran in all caps is really something that the Iranian leadership does on a weekly basis chanting Death to America and the like when you look at the president's tweets Well what's your reaction to that back and forth right between our leader and Iran on this level is it different from say North Korea the back and forth there I don't think it's that different and I think that ultimately there might be an opportunity that it creates a space for conversation between the 2 sides and I think that that's part of the trumpet ministrations strategy on this and they look at their outreach to North Korea as having been effective and would like to to maybe recreate that with with Iran you write today that you listen to this speech on your 3rd July 22nd as a free man what else are you thinking about this moment with that personal experience as your backdrop Well I'll tell you I reflected on that quite a bit last night and I walked around the room and talked with people and realized that although it's been 4 years since. So if I walk freely in Tehran I didn't find anybody else who'd been in Iraq I already or sometimes out of touch with the realities of that that country Washington Post columnist Jason Rezaian he attended last night's speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompei are criticizing Iran thank you for speaking with All Things Considered. An ugly Republican primary election in Georgia is set to wrap up tomorrow this is the race for the g.o.p. Nomination for governor Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp faces Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and now President Trump is involved Johnny Kauffman of member station has the story it was a surprise to just about everyone last week when the president endorsed Brian Kemp on Twitter Ken and his opponent Casey Cagle are both vocal supporters of truck but this weekend Vice President Mike Pence headlined a hastily called rally for camp at an event center in the middle of the state well Hello Georgia. Hence told the crowd Trump asked him to make the trip Ryan camp will bring the kind of leadership to the State House that President Donald Trump has brought to the White House trying to endorsement may make a difference in the race he's popular with Republicans here especially those likely to vote on Tuesday 21 percent said their main reason for voting is to support the stronger ally to the president that's according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Georgia at the rally dead Phillips said Kemp and Trump stand for the same things and he endorsed him I knew I was on our new I was on the right trying but what do you mean by that well I've been on the truck trying so damn to keep trying. Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle was the front runner for most of this race but in the last few weeks polls have shown it's close are you good to see you thank you for being here Cable address trumps endorsement at a. Rally south of Atlanta no one really compares the who we are in Georgia and I don't think Washington d.c. Should pick our next governor either one of the contest has been nasty allies of both candidates called for federal investigations into the other nothing has come of those calls ending June a secret recording was released of cable is it that she believes it is. Or in the muffled audio cable says he pushed up Chad bill through the state legislature and he did it to keep a $3000000.00 donation from his home camp allies released war recordings with little context in one of them says the 1st round of the primary was about who could be craziest an apparent reference to Kemp and 2 campaign ads one featuring a roomful of guns and the other I got a big throw up. Just in case and they Duran the criminal illegals and take a moment. Yeah I just said that cable has thrown his own attacks at camp for taking $300000.00 in questionable donations camp says he's done nothing illegal Meanwhile Cagle has not apologized for anything he said in the recording like saying the primary is about who could be craziest since then Cagle has even sold himself to voters as a fighter I'm price Ok I'm crazy I'm crazy about George I'm crazy about my wife I'm crazy about a lot of things the winner between Kemp and Cagle will face Democrat Stacy Abrams if she wins Abrams will be the country's 1st African-American female governor in the past couple of months she's been fund raising and even appeared on N.B.C.'s Late Night with Seth Meyers her Republican opponent in November will have a bruised reputation and the state g.o.p. Seems to be working on that already it's scheduled a unity rally for later this week and the party says both Cagle and Kemp will be there for n.p.r. News I'm Johnny Kauffman in Atlanta. 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Has given the millions of dollars in support it took a complex operation to move this group out of Syria with Israeli help moving through Israel and on to Jordan as the Syrian government closed in on their towns other rescue workers and their families remain trapped N.P.R.'s Ruth Sherlock joins us now on the line from Beirut to talk more Ruth what more can you tell us about how this complicated deal was actually worked out well it was an effort that spanned several countries and organizations you have Israel Jordan the United States the United Kingdom and others all involved and the white helmets put a call out to the rescuers in southern Syria saying look if you can get out to the specific evacuation point please come but this is all happening in the middle of this active war zone one source close to the operation called the evacuation a Hail Mary operation he said some people journeys were incredibly dangerous because they had to maneuver around front lines the regime's been taking territory in this area so has ISIS and so it was really very very difficult to get out at least one person was injured in the escape I'm told and another person gave birth just moments before she was brought across the border so in total some 800 people were meant to leave but only 422 made it out What about the others who were left behind well what will happen to them remains unclear I put this very question to Abraham Alabi he's a human rights lawyer who's done work with the white helmets and he thinks that their lives in very great danger high and I'm doing. Those behind you just so I want to work that connection like that then you are still trying to get out. Don't go to a complicated process I spoke to somebody else involved in this who said that the white helmets leaders are in touch with their people on the ground there trying to offer them you know the best advice they can based on the circumstances some of the rescuers are trying to hide others might be trying to get out to move to another rebel held province in the north of Syria but no one wants to speak about this too much because they're concerned that they might be putting the lives of these rescue workers in greater danger if the white helmets or rescue workers why do they need to avoid Syrian regime areas where they often filmed their rescue missions and so they've put out a lot of videos showing the casualties in regime as strikes and the regime has accused them of staging chemical attacks and blaming them on the government the u.k. Has put out a statement saying that it was necessary to help evacuate them because they are targets of attack indeed why elements workers have been caught by the regime in the war and they've disappeared the Syrian government has responded angrily to this evacuation saying that it's a criminal process so what happens next to the white helmets group overall Well the ones that routes now with the UN's refugee agency in Jordan and it's expected to take about 3 months but they're going to be resettled to Canada Britain and Germany notably Nonna coming to the United States where President trumps administration has drastically cut back on the number of refugees allowed into the country once they're there they might be able to give evidence for war crimes but these are just a small portion of the white helmets in Syria there are thousands more still inside the country and as the Syrian government takes back more and more territory the fates really are very unclear That's N.P.R.'s route Sherlock in Beirut thank you for speaking with us thank you. The rapper r. Kelly released a song today called I admit it's 19 minutes long and it addresses more than 2 decades worth of allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct against the 51 year old singer N.P.R.'s On a study it took us has been reporting on the story and joins us now hi there Hi Ari this is the 1st conversation I've ever had about a song that we are not playing explain why Well Larry this is something I've grappled with and we've grappled with in the past when it comes to musicians who have been accused of very serious allegations like this of sexual misconduct and in this particular case it's an 1000 minute song and a little short snippet when give a lot of information our contacts about what he is trying to say here but also there is an issue about whether playing a song publicize this in some way or seems to promote its message so we like other media outlets have chosen not to play it on air so this song as we said is almost 20 minutes long it's called I admit what does he admits to well he runs through a lot of things though he never quite says what the it is and what he mostly says and it's a very sprawling widely widely meandering 1000 minutes is mostly a list of personal challenges he talks about having been sexually abused as a child he talks about being broke now and only touring because he has to make the money he talks about not being literate enough to read a teleprompter he says that he hasn't seen his own children in years and he also says quote I trust people too much unquote I just need a hug he sort of references various allegations especially the allegations that he has been involved in sexual relationships with underage women and girls and he says he gets with quote all the ladies both young and old. But he says he's not a pedophile and he makes a point of saying that in every case women have chased him and he has and chase them and he lashes out he calls all of this and this is now 2 decades worth of allegations huge conspiracy he says a quote big ass conspiracy and a set up and he refers to the accusations as quote opinions even though the song is called I admit it sounds more like I Q's he's going after so many people in this track what's he doing yeah he's very specifically going after a number of organizations and individuals for example there's an online campaign called hash tag mean r. Kelly which is meant to force major entertainment companies to cut off their relationships with our Cali and here he says only God can use me and he talks about Spotify which took his music off its featured playlists he refers to John Legend who has supported the Mubarak Cali campaign but he really reserves some special criticism for a Chicago journalist named Jim de rigueur out of us who have role has really evolved from reporting on r. Kelly to being an active advocate for his alleged victims how are people responding to the song r. Kelly hasn't released music for a while and it's difficult to treat this as just music because it is so loaded yet and interestingly enough this only dropped on Sound Cloud it appears on the account of a very little known record label owner an artist manager and it is not on services like Spotify or Apple music and there's a lot of media today that haven't links the song in their reporting I think for some reason similar to ours and there are also quite a few people on social media celebrities music fans and musicians alike who are responding very negatively to ham and saying that they're surprised to see new music considering everything else that's going on there that was the last thing that they were. I expect so if he was hoping to do any kind of image rehab through this track it doesn't sound like it's working I think it's going to backfire Yeah that's. N.p.r. Music thanks so much thanks for having me. This is n.p.r. News. It's officials have described as one of the greatest threats to the u.s. . As a great country great people. But they only. Never read a page of history and don't understand. How we're dealing with Russian aggression on Morning Edition. Morning Edition from. N.p.r. News I'm. There. And. They were. Presenting the. Live from n.p.r. News in Culver City California and to Wayne Brown President Trump is trading threats with Iran via Twitter as his administration prepares to reimpose sanctions N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen tells us the u.s. Is also urging Iranians to protest against their government President Trump's tweet in all caps warns Iran do never again threaten the u.s. Or quote face consequences the likes of which few throughout history have suffered before Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif responds on Twitter again in all caps quote color us unimpressed adding the world heard even harsher bluster a few months ago the Trump administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal this year and is ratcheting up sanctions secretary of state might bomb Peo says the administration is also launching a Farsi language t.v. Channel and helping Iranians get around internet censorship moves meant to support those who are protesting their government Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News Washington and Branson Missouri a salvage team has raised the duck boat that sank last week in a storm killing 17 people including 9 family members from Indiana one of the survivors says the captain mentioned life jackets before the trip on Table Rock Lake but told passengers they wouldn't need them Scott Stormer with the Coast Guard was asked about the lifejackets during a news conference today the lifesaving requirements and the regulations require that personal flotation devices be on board for all passengers and the decision to to don those p.f.d. S. Is made as an operational decision for the captain on board the tour boat company is offering to pay for funeral services this week for victims of the accident the Associated Press reports a private inspector said he warned the boat operator less than a year ago about design flaws that put the vessel at greater risk of capsizing in bad weather stocks finished mixed on Wall Street today as the market recovered from an early slide You're listening to n.p.r. News. Southern Californians are bracing for another heat wave this week sending temperatures into triple digit territory as Daniel Carson tells us an excessive heat warning will be in effect across the region after breaking record high temperatures just 2 weeks ago combining excessive heat and tinder dry ground vegetation is a wildfire waiting to happen so firefighters are on high alert this week l.a. County Battalion Chief Mark wailing says it's especially tough going during a heat wave this is the most brutal and this is one of the hottest hardest and the absolute steepest hillsides you have to climb into the most dangerous conditions and in the later summer months whaling says conditions only get drier and that creates faster moving and more destructive fires a wildfire west of you somebody National Park has been burning since the 13th and is still spreading for n.p.r. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro in North Carolina earlier this month immigration officials arrested a mother and her 16 year old son at a courthouse they were involved in a domestic violence case now their risk of being deported at the lawyers request we're only using the mother's 1st name Maria her attorney is Lisa defender for with the Charlotte center for legal advocacy Welcome to the program Hi Ari thank you so much for having me 1st describe what happened when Maria and her son were detained at the courthouse our office received a frantic phone call from the public defender's office her public defender reached out to my office because his client was being detained by ice he was terrified didn't know what to do ice came to the court house and arrested her as a pretty shocking ordeal Maria was a victim of domestic violence along with her 16 year old son the abuser attacked her son earlier this year she called the police press charges against him obtained a domestic bounce protection order against him the abuser also press charges against her he accused her of larceny because when she took her children she took some of their toys and he claimed that she stole those toys yes there are a few items the baby's crib a video game items cell phones and he charged her with larceny but also said that he was a victim of an assault the day that he attacked her 16 year old son the charges against her were according to the public defender and the district attorney were going to be dismissed because clearly they didn't want to prosecute a case that was basically bogus it's really important to know that her son in no way has a criminal record or was there under any sort of criminal charges he was there solely as a witness to testify against the abuser who had attacked him and his mother and he said this tactic of filing charges against a domestic abuse victim is a common one and that these are retaliate Tory charges that were about to be thrown out but from the perspective of ice does it make it more complicated that your client is a criminal defendant. Yes I would say it does make it more complicated but as any sort of professional you should be doing your due diligence all of these matters are public record anyone can walk into a courthouse in search and name and see that there were charges against the abuser charges against her you didn't be able to look up that a protection order was issued for Maria against her abuser so all of these facts should have been considered when deciding whether or not she had the danger to society do you think that looking beyond the case of Maria this has implications for victims of crimes who might not be in the country legally and might have hesitation about reporting those crimes absolutely 100 percent my office has worked at the mastic violence victims for years and any time there is a large ice activity whether it's a big enforcement action or even right after the presidential election we see a dip in the number of people seeking help for domestic violence issues if someone came up to you and said I'm not documented but my spouse or boyfriend or fiance is physically hurting me I want to press charges given what happened to Maria what would you advise them to do I would still say please please please call the police you are absolutely limiting your options immigration Otherwise if you do not do so without reporting the crime there is literally nothing you can do and I always tell all of my clients your physical safety is the number one concern even if that might lead to deportation which is terrifying but yes so where does Maria's case stand now and what's the latest you've heard from her at this time Maria is in deportation proceedings she received a notice to appear which means that she will be given an immigration hearing date she will have to attend that hearing and defend her case. Lisa Diffendorfer is an attorney with the Charlotte center for legal advocacy thank you for joining us today thank you so much for having me Ari and in a statement to n.p.r. Ice said that this arrest was a targeted in Foresman action following Maria's court appearance as the defendant on misdemeanor criminal charges adding that this courtroom arrest policy is not new . If you've been to a beach this summer anywhere from Texas to the Carolinas you've likely seen it masses of brown the seaweed sometimes a few clumps off and big mounds lining the shore in many areas in the Gulf and the Caribbean it's more than a nuisance it's a natural disaster Scientists say a massive bloom of Sargasso in weed has been appearing almost every year in the tropics N.P.R.'s Greg Allen reports it's causing problems for Islands dependent on fishing and tourism. On Miami Beach recently my Gary was enjoying the sun in the water despite the Sargasso I'm weak it's pretty nasty I mean it's got a pretty strong odor that's really affected by the togs on the lays dormant for a while but then when the tod start changing it gets very active again in the water and and on the beach as well so it's definitely a irritant every day on Miami Beach sanitation crews are out early removing the seaweed off the beaches by midday gas and weed is back and Spiller out for a day on the beach with friends. Says for a local economy dependent on tourism it's a headache we both work in hospitality and we deal with the hotel guests all the time like a kid to go just go out on the beach and like put it away for us like remove it and we like it we can't do anything about it in Barbados Hazel Oxon Ford says Ghassan is more than a headache it's a national emergency speaking over Sky ox and Ford a fisheries biologist at the University of the West Indies says the sea weed piles up on the shoreline there 10 to 12 feet high. Then it backs off and is held in the water offshore and that's when it creates tremendous problems for the nation ecosystems and we've had significant loss of endangered sea turtles that have actually drowned because they can't get to the surface because the Sawgrass above them is so early Sargasso as a free floating weed the forms large matts as moved by wind and ocean currents in Barbados the government has mobilized the military to aid in the cleanup on Antigo large amounts of the sea weed have forced the closing of at least one hotel in Mexico Grenada and most other crew beyond us the nation's local officials and hotel operators are struggling to clear beaches often using backhoes and other heavy equipment Sargon had always been present in the Caribbean you know but never them such qualities and to the level of the 1st big here Jim Franks a marine biologist at the University of Southern Mississippi says at 1st many thought the seaweed was from the Sargasso Sea an area in the Atlantic north of the Caribbean but a few years ago Franks and other researchers traced the seaweed to a massive bloom that has appeared nearly every year since 2011 off the coast of Brazil ocean currents carry the seaweed up the South American coast into the Caribbean where Frank says the impact on fisheries has been catastrophic issue among the fishers are having difficulty getting out fish because it's filling up their bays marinas in our were difficult for them to get through this to have to get out because of shore researchers say more work needs to be done to identify exactly what's causing the massive seaweed Bloom Oxenford says an obvious factor is the large amounts of nutrients being dumped into the ocean by farming and development worldwide from the forestation and Yamma sun from urbanization in the Congo plus climate change meticulously an increase in surface water temperatures because the 2 things that plants will like this floating seaweed will respond to is an increase in nutrients and an increase in water temperature using satellite imagery researchers at the University of South Florida have been able to monitor and track the massive growth and the movement of gas I'm monks. A researcher in the College of Marine Science in St Petersburg says for islands and coastal communities it's important to know where the masses of seaweed are headed because he indicts way people can make the parish and ahead of time researchers say Star Gas in inundations are natural disasters like hurricanes there's nothing you can do to prevent them all governments can do is mobilize people and equipment beforehand and respond quickly once they've hit Greg Allen n.p.r. News Miami. And you're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News if you go on a summer vacation how much are you willing to truly unplug for many of us it can be hard to put the phone down reporter Jerome Socolovsky checked out a more mindful approach to interacting with devices earlier this month he met a group turning to Buddhism to help people stop reaching for their screens about 15 people are seated on the floor of the all beings and song to worship space in an apartment building in Washington d.c. . This is. They recite a Japanese chant known as the 10 phrase life prolonging Canon Sutra and extolled the teachings of the Buddhists ages or very imperfect was thems. Bending meditate for a full 30 minutes. It's completely silent save for the air conditioning. Until Mark Stone one of the leaders speaks to take out his screams. Stay on them for 12 minutes doing what you usually do during this screen use workshop participants stay in meditation pose while sending texts on their phones and checking in on social media stone a retired economist urges them to follow Buddhist principles such as mindfulness and intentionality when they're online. He tells them to be aware of their posture and take deep breaths what's been really helpful for him is when I pick up my age think about my intention why am I doing this he also recommends setting aside devices for phone free meals and longer digital fasts at the end of the 12 minutes on their devices Stone has a request anybody like to share how that was for them. To use the screen and then to sit pause take it all and I didn't know just how the worst that really wasn't. That I was focused but it really wasn't Who are you are you know it's like you were there at home and it is physically noticed here Carlos Mora and Lesley Cohen are among the people taking part in the screen mindfulness workshop afterward Cohen a tourist from San Diego says the chance to turn off is what brought her here we were in like Ocean City and just you know the t.v. Was on the kids were on their screens and I had a moment of like I've got to find a place to meditate as soon as I get to Washington d.c. . Meditation session begins at a different Buddhist center a few miles away bunted dumb Assyria who was born in Sri Lanka is the chief monk of the 3rd Vedic Washington Buddhist or monastery he's lived in this country for 32 years long enough he says to watch a society become hooked on screens we see today's need drawn to do the life they feel good to do the lady for me goes there and he did too sinful specially sinful minds he has a cellphone which he says a divo t. Gave him but uses it mainly for calls and as a calendar and he likes the convenience of the flashlight but he won't go on Facebook or other social media platforms because you never get inside his fight. You need to fish this time these devices may promise happiness and fulfillment but the monk says it's just an illusion for n.p.r. News I'm Jerome Socolovsky in Washington. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. This is been. 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Ed team reports look people in the eye smile shake hands sit up tall speak clearly and confidently this grading rubric it's clearly not a typical final exam talking about yourself where you're from so where do you see yourself say 5 years from now what trait would you bring to this position it's finals week at Skidmore College in upstate New York students in suits but in downs and heels are in individual study rooms at the library one last exam before summer so would you consider some of your strengths as friends I think leadership there's not an actual job on the other end of these interviews just a pass or fail from a class called presenting the brand called me I actually took this course my senior year at Skidmore and it definitely landed me my 1st job and it's working for these students too how has I caught up with Dante Della Bosca after his final interview that was pretty good it was a lot harder than I expected actually Dante shifts in his grey suit the one he bought for his high school graduation where you know it's. Not too seriously being able to put myself in that space where it's just for a class and it's a learning experience rather than like you get the job you need that definitely helps to not be such a nerve wracking experience Dante is originally from the Bronx and he's the 1st in his family to go to college I like to use that as kind of. An advantage where I can say like I come from a place where people are very successful and that makes me want to drive to be more successful and this class has helped him realize his story has value so he uses it in cover letters to shape his resume and during interviews plus it helps him land an awesome summer internship in Manhattan the thing about the job. Bob skills these students are learning there's a big divide between folks who just know them maybe their parents or guidance counselor others top them and with those who don't and often that divide widens for students who come from low income families I don't know what a resume was a one point in time and I don't know how important they were touched out of McLennan Ham is learning this stuff as a teenager she took a class called tenacity at Ballou Senior High School in Washington d.c. In addition to making resumes the whole class made professional sounding email addresses say goodbye to bubble gum 123 you can't email your future boss with some really odd email name like so we're all sitting with a lot of computers and was like I was making the email right now after they got those new addresses they learned email at a kit I didn't even think it was important to use like a subject in email but now I know she says the class went over a whole bunch of other useful tips but the biggest thing she learned confidence my actual resume looks better than some adults out here Tatyana took this class 2 years ago when she was a sophomore now as a high school graduate she's passing on what she learned to other kids who never took the class I have friends and they'll go. On my resume and then I'm just like Ok so I need you to put a list of your skills and a list of things that you actually done up there as up to date and professional looking resume and help her land a summer internship and when she starts college in the fall she says she's actually looking forward to interviewing for jobs and work study a listen at any n.p.r. News you don't need a fiction to escape into a good summer read Janet Webster Jones knows this she's the owner of source booksellers in Detroit a store that specializes in nonfiction it's actually not her 1st job I was a teacher in Detroit Public Schools for for you want to half years and I started the bookstore almost 30 years ago now Jones enjoys books about people's experiences . So we asked her for some recommendations she started with old in art school by historian Nell Painter Oh yes this is my new hero or I should say hero she's a retired professor from Princeton It's a beautifully written book about her stepping into art school at the age of 64 I think it was and the kind of question she got somebody asked her how old are you at that moment she felt the sting of age as I'm she talks about what counts as art and who makes this decision it helps us to know that at all ages we can reset our perception to learn to know things and new and different ways I know there is one choice you have that I'm really intrigued by because it's a love story which is not a nonfiction love story makes me curious and this is Alexis Clarke but she writes about is military history and she found out about the black nurses that were assigned to camp Florence in Arizona where German P.O.W.'s were being held Eleanor who is a black nurse and Frederick seem to have come together and unusual ways it talks about her taking a day off from work going to the nearby town a long ride from the camp having her mind getting a cool drink and when she got there they denied her she did all she could as she was just an army nurse's uniform to not show her frustration or anger her fear and her hurt and when she got back to her surprise when she set down with her other nurse colleagues she felt someone behind her and it was Frederick who put a plate in front of her to say I'm sure you're hungry and he walked to work to the kitchen the book is just sweet It's maddening it causes you to think about humanity and the kinds of things that we do to people. And it's one that I just highly recommend Now this brings me to another one of your choices it's a book about work it's called the long haul tell us more about I love this book I know this man is just wonderful he's been Murphy and he has a history of having lived a rather privileged life in the New England area and he says himself that he kind of messed up and so the only thing he had left after he messed up was his card to drive trucks so he started a new life in Colorado in the book he really talks about class because people think of truck drivers in a lot of different ways and usually it's not considered rather a high class occupation his problems is very engaging and light hearted but yet he's sharing some very deep understandings of life on the road so I love this book I think it's a fine book talking about the transitions that men encounter in their life and. I have to find new ways of living and thinking Now I don't think we should end without noting that you turned 81 this summer I did indeed and despite all this talk of transitions. This is the conversation that it sounds like you are just fine it sounds like you are found your home bookselling Yes I think I found my place and I keep searching for other possibilities for myself we don't know what is in store for us in life and I I think I found my spot but I don't think I ever lost it either Janet Webster Jones she's the owner of source booksellers in Detroit thank you for speaking with All Things Considered Well thank you for having me I truly appreciated. The book she recommended our old in arts school the long haul and enemies in love a German p.o.w. a Black nurse and an unlikely romance. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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