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Susannah Roberson

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I'm a Durham, NC native and a Public Policy major at Duke University also studying journalism and French. I'm particularly interested in education and family policy.I love how radio brings stories to life in such an intimate and personal way, and it's always had a place in my life. In my family, cooking and public radio go together like peanut butter and jelly. I'm interested in all corners of the globe, especially France and South Africa, where I've spent time studying and working.Beyond journalism, I'm a dancer and a huge ballet nerd (that's a thing) and my favorite place to be is a North Carolina beach.
David Hyde stands in front of his tent in Geneva, Switzerland.
Business
Update: Tent-living UN intern ‘comes clean,’ planned stunt to publicize intern conditions
A woman wearing a mask rides her bicycle along a street on a hazy morning in Beijing, February 28, 2013. Beijing's environmental authorities said that day air quality in Beijing and nearby regions hit dangerous levels, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Environment
The key player in global climate change policy is China, again
Iran's leaders
Conflict
Even with the Iran nuclear deal, the country still has an alarming record on human rights
Margaret Atwood, right, hands over her transcript for Future Library, a 100-year project by Scottish artist Katie Paterson, left.
Books
You can’t read these books, but your great-great-grandchildren can
A pro-Euro protester holds a European Union and a Greek national flag during a rally in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece, July 9, 2015.
Development
Greek people paralyzed by ‘overwhelming, deep uncertainty’
Carnival Corporation's newest cruise line, fathom, aims to send passengers on "social impact" voyages to Cuba starting in May 2016.
Lifestyle
Tourist cruise ships headed from US to Cuba. But, don’t call it tourism.
Participants holding a rainbow flag pass through a junction during a gay pride parade, which is promoting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, in Mumbai, January 31, 2015.
Justice
While gay people in America can marry, gay people in India face jail time
Nazi uniforms and a Swastika flag that were confiscated by the Berlin police during raids against German neo-Nazis are presented to the public during an open day at a police barracks in Berlin, September 7, 2014.
Conflict
Is the Confederate flag about to go the way of Nazi symbols?
Graffiti artist Rei Blinky at work in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Arts
In the world’s deadliest city, graffiti artists use their ‘weapons’ for good
The Boston Gay Men's Chorus
Culture
Boston’s Gay Men’s Chorus’ finds pride and prejudice in Turkey
Leslie Osborne
Sports
She put five sports in a hat and pulled out soccer … the rest is history
Ayesha Farooq, 26, Pakistan's only female war-ready fighter pilot, gives the thumb-up sign from the cockpit of a Chinese-made F-7PG fighter jet at Mushaf base in Sargodha, north Pakistan June 6, 2013.
Development
Pakistan’s first female fighter pilot is smashing stereotypes
Marion Poizeau
Education
In Iran, where the women school the men on surfing
U.S. Army photo by SSG. Russell Lee Klika
Conflict
‘Make no mistake, these women are warriors’
A relative of a missing passenger aboard the capsized ship Eastern Star cries on the banks of the Jianli section of Yangtze River in Hubei province, China, June 4, 2015.
Media
Latest item on Chinese government’s censorship list? The cruise ship disaster