Tom Gjelten reports on religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and conflict arising from religious differences. His reporting draws on his many years covering national and international news from posts in Washington and around the world.
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The West Fork Public Library is the first in Northwest Arkansas to join the American Heart Association's Libraries with Heart, lending blood pressure cuffs alongside telescopes, fishing poles.
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