Marketplace for Friday, January 18, 2013

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Marketplace broadcasts live from the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, following the theme "How to make it in America."

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Can you still make it in America?

by
Kai Ryssdal
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Jan 18, 2013
Asking Chicagoans what it means to make it in America in today's economy.
Posted In: Chicago, American dream
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Building great schools: How to make it in America

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
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Jan 18, 2013
High school principal Elizabeth Dozier discusses the difficulties in providing opportunities for public school students in urban centers, such as Chicago.
Posted In: Education, Chicago
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Debt ceiling delay: GOP proposes three-month window

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
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Jan 18, 2013
In a proposal floated today that comes from their weekend policy retreat in Virginia, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed raising the debt ceiling for three months. In essence, 'kicking the can down the road' one more time.
Posted In: Weekly Wrap, debt ceiling
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How do you make it as a comedian?

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
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Jan 18, 2013
Chicago is a comedy capital, of sorts. Some of "Saturday Night Live"'s most famous comedians started in Chicago, many at the famed Second City comedy club. Sean Flannery is one comedian 'making it' in America; his show "Never Been To Paris" continues to sell out.
Posted In: comedy, Chicago
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An old song still resonates: 'Is it because I'm black?'

by
Krissy Clark
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Jan 18, 2013
Singer Syl Johnson beat the odds he sang about, but barriers still restrain black economic mobility
Posted In: Chicago, public housing, mobility, African-American

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