Search results for

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Santiago, Chile, on the reaction to this weekend's release of military documents. The reports tell what happened to a number of political dissidents who disappeared after the 1973 military coup. But family members say the reports don't offer much detail, and they're skeptical if the documents are true.

From Florida Public Radio, Susan Gage reports on the latest efforts to improve the voting system in Florida.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on today's state of the state address by California Governor Gray Davis. Many residents in California are hoping the governor will make an announcement about the state's energy crisis.

Commentator Celeste Headlee talks about her grandfather, composer William Grant Still, and his groundbreaking music.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Cameron Meierhoefer, an internet market analyst, about the future of retail business on the web.

Lisa Phillips of member station WAMC has a port on one of the first crisis hotlines in the country. It was formed by a group called Family of Woodstock shortly after the original Woodstock music festival in New York. Volunteers are still handling calls, some involving depression, suicide, or domestic violence.

Mejla Hlavsa, founder, composer and bassist for an underground Czech rock band called the Plastic People of the Universe, has died at the age of 49. The Plastic People were at the center of a struggle for human rights under Communism in Czechoslovakia during the 1970's and 80's. Robert remembers Hlavsa's role in that fight.

NPR's Richard Knox reports on a recent study that finds that diabetes and high blood pressure could lead to brain damage.

Michigan pediatrician Howard Markel talks about the difficulties and dual loyalties of being a parent and a pediatrician, especially when one's own child gets sick.

Kansas Public Radio's Peter Hancock reports on the new state board of education that could change the state policy on over teaching evolution. In August 1999, the previous board voted to delete evolution from the state science curriculum. But several moderate candidates won seats on the board last November after promising to reverse that decision.