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Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign headquarters sits in quiet downtown Plains, Ga., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Carter, who is 98 and receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, won the White House after beginning the campaign as a little-known Georgia governor. But the unlikely nature of his bid depended on many turns in his life well before 1976.

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Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before '76

As a little-known Georgia governor, Jimmy Carter took his family and friends to Iowa and New Hampshire, where "the Peanut Brigade" set the modern standard for a retail campaign and helped elect Carter as the 39th president. But the long odds weren't just about 1976 for Carter, who is 98 and now receiving end-of-life care at his home in Plains, Georgia.

February 24, 2023
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Dr. Michael Raines is the only primary care physician in Plains, Ga., and started at the Mercer Medicine Clinic in 2018, after former president Jimmy Carter asked for help to keep it open.

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Jimmy Carter helped save his hometown medical clinic. Its only doctor celebrates his legacy

As the town of Plains, Ga., celebrates the life of the former president, one local health care clinic wouldn’t be here without him.

February 21, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Portraits of Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn hang in the hallway of the former Plains High School, Carter's alma mater and now the centerpiece of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.

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On President's Day in Jimmy Carter's hometown, residents remind the nation: 'Love everybody'

With former President Carter in hospice care, today’s President’s Day observance in his hometown of Plains, Ga. took on extra meaning. People there were reflecting on Carter’s time in office — and what he did afterwards. Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Grant Blankenship has more from Plains.

February 20, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is pictured in 2018 in New York City.

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Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, enters hospice care

Carter is 98 years old and served as president from 1977 to 1981. The longest-lived former president has suffered from a series of health challenges in recent years.

February 18, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward
S.G. Goodman's <em>Teeth Marks</em> is one of NPR Music's favorite roots albums of the year.

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The Best Roots Music of 2022

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

December 19, 2022
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S.G. Goodman's <em>Teeth Marks</em> is one of NPR Music's favorite roots albums of the year.

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The Best Roots Music of 2022

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

December 19, 2022
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Rosalynn Carter speaks at the Carter Center in 2019.

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Pioneering first lady and advocate Rosalynn Carter turns 95

Rosalynn Carter's work is overdue for recognition. She has been married to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for 76 years, but her achievements as first lady and at the Carter Center stand alone.

August 18, 2022
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., look at each other as President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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Political Rewind: Eyes On Georgia With Biden Visit; Federal Hate Crimes Charges In Arbery Case

Thursday on Political Rewind, the three men awaiting trial for murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery now also face federal hate crimes charges. Federal indictment could lead to life sentences for Travis and Gregory McMichael and Roddie Bryan. And, after telling the nation that America is on the move again in a speech before a joint session of Congress last night, President Joe Biden is in Georgia today. 

April 29, 2021
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Hurricane track over southwest Georgia

Are Hurricanes the New Norm for South Georgia?

We spoke by phone to people from McRae, Plains and Valdosta about how Hurricanes may be the new normal for South Georgia.

October 12, 2018
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  • Cindy Hill
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter greet one of the Mercer University medical students on hand to officially open the new Mercer medical clinic in the Carters' home of Plains.

Jimmy Carter Cuts Ribbon On Rural Health Initiative

A while back, Jimmy Carter needed a doctor. Not just for himself, but for everyone in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. The town’s single doctor had...

August 22, 2018
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  • Grant Blankenship

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