For most Americans, Anaheim is known as the home of Disneyland. But it's also a real city, home to 350,000 people, with more than half of them Latino. Just a generation ago Anaheim was predominantly a white town, but the emergence of a Latino majority has not meant a greater role in the city's leadership, and political structure.
There's a new study on obesity that caught our eye this morning. It makes the bold claim that modern day hunter hatherers in East Africa burn as many calories a day as sedentary office workers here in America. The study compared populations and found that both groups tend to use the same amount of energy, suggesting that America's obesity has more to do with what we eat — not how much we sit.
The dozens, it's a name for a style of joking that focuses on insults or put-downs. It’s a style of humor that many music scholars say has paved the way for modern rap. Elijah Wald has studied this type of humor for a book called "The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama."
For her new book, journalist Janet Reitman spent 5 years researching Scientology – one of the world’s most secretive religions – gathering candid interviews with current and former members of the church.
