From Body Scan To Body Form: Sizing A Clothing Line
Are you size 4? A 6? An 8? Often women shoppers don't know. And they can actually be all those sizes without gaining or losing an ounce.Ed Gribbin, president of Alvanon, a clothing size and fit...
View ArticleSpandex Stretches To Meet U.S. Waistlines
Part of an ongoing series on obesity in AmericaWhen you think of spandex, 1970s disco mania may come to mind. Spandex came off the dance floor and into everyone's closet — stretchy leggings, jumpsuits...
View ArticleIn Haiti, Hope Is Still Hard To Find
You can see some progress in Haiti two years since the 7.0-magnitude quake hit. But Port-au-Prince is a tour of unrelenting misery and often disturbing images. Things are happening — slowly. You can...
View ArticleTwo Years After Quake, Many Haitians Await Aid
First of a two-part report.It was two years ago this month that a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands and leaving more than a million people homeless. Through U.S. charities,...
View ArticleThe Challenge Of Measuring Relief Aid To Haiti
After Haiti's devastating earthquake two years ago, Americans donated large sums of money. This helped charities and aid groups save lives immediately after the disaster. But it's been much harder for...
View ArticleU.S. Rhythmic Gymnastics Star Readies For London
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View ArticleGifting Birth: A Woman Helps Build Other Families
For most mothers, there is no event in life bigger than giving birth to a child. Charity Lovas has given birth to eight children, yet only three of those children are her own.It all began in 2002, when...
View ArticleCarrying 'Dreams': Why Women Become Surrogates
Last in a four-part reportSurrogacy is an idea as old as the biblical story of Sarah and Abraham in the book of Genesis. Sarah was infertile, so Abraham fathered children with the couple's maid. Today,...
View ArticleFor Ex-Felons, Limited Rights Mean A Future On Hold
Vikki Hankins wants nothing more in the world than to have her civil rights restored. Hankins, 43, lost the right to vote — and many others — when she went to a federal prison for selling cocaine in...
View ArticleImmigrants Key To Looming Health Aide Shortage
In the shadow of the Capitol on a recent sunny morning, about 50 home care workers from around the country gather to lobby their legislators for basic labor rights. Most are native-born Americans, but...
View ArticleAttorney Advocates For Poor As Immigration Debate Continues
As Washington debates changing the immigration system, the demand for immigration attorneys has already jumped, even without new laws in place.Lawyers such as Jose Pertierra, a veteran immigration...
View ArticleTo '60s Civil Rights Hero, Math Is Kids' Formula For Success
Bob Moses is 78, but he has the same probing eyes you see behind thick black glasses in photos from 50 years ago when he worked as a civil rights activist in Mississippi. The son of a janitor, Moses...
View ArticlePath To Reclaiming Identity Steep For Vets With 'Bad Paper'
When Michael Hartnett was getting kicked out of the U.S. Marine Corps, he was too deep into post-traumatic stress disorder, drugs and alcohol to care as his battalion commander explained to the young...
View ArticleFilling The Gaps For Veterans With Bad Discharges
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All this week on MORNING EDITION we've been hearing about veterans we don't usually discuss, people who served in the military and then left with a less than honorable...
View Article25 Years After Spill, Alaska Town Struggles Back From 'Dead Zone'
On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine water. At the time, it was the single biggest spill...
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