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The NAACP convenes it's annual convention in Baltimore. NPR's Phillip Martin reports.

The new hi-tech industry is changing the much revered music scene in Austin, Texas. NPR's John Burnett reports.

A brief summary of some of the other news on today's program.

When United Airlines and US Airways announced that they wanted to merge, the plan included the creation of a new airline - DC Air - which would be owned by Media Mogul Robert Johnson, of Black Entertainment Television. Commentator Leon Wynter says the prospect is a windfall for Johnson, who Wynter contends has turned his media empire into America's official black brand.

Critic Kenneth Turan reviews the short film, George Lucas in Love, which is enjoying considerable success, even though it's only available on one internet site.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the changes taking place in telecommunications industry. Despite the failure of a proposed merger between Worldcom and Sprint, other companies are still interested in merging with these companies.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr wonders if The New York Times did journalism a disservice -- going too far to mask the identity of a source inside Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the dilemma facing states that have passed bans on so-called "partial birth" abortions. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Nebraska law that outlawed the procedures, it cast Constitutional doubt on similar laws in twenty-nine other states. Abortion opponents in several of those states are working to craft new bans. They hope rewritten laws will be able to pass Constitutional muster. But it may not be an easy task.

Vice President Al Gore brought the NAACP convention delegates to their feet today. Welcomed as a "member of the family," the Democratic presidential candidate served up Scripture, promises to fight hate crimes and discrimination, and tough talk about his Republican rival and GOP leaders in Congress. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from Baltimore.

Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to "extend its arms towards everyone," in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-migrant policies.