Ohio Already Reporting Solid Voter Turnout
Melissa Block talks with Don Gonyea as polls close in Ohio.
View ArticleAuthor E.B. White On 'The Meaning Of Democracy'
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Last night in his victory speech to throngs of supporters in Chicago, President Obama responded to cynics who claimed that politics is nothing more than a contest of...
View ArticleA Dash Of Latin Flavor On The Thanksgiving Table
When Chef Jose Garces, the Philadelphia-based restaurateur and author of The Latin Road Home, thinks back to the Thanksgiving table of his youth, he remembers the turkey, and his father's chicken...
View ArticleRepublicans Counter With $2.2 Trillion Deficit Plan
On Monday, House Speaker John Boehner answered criticisms that Republicans have not proposed a deficit plan to counter the one from President Obama which they find so objectionable. Boehner's plan...
View ArticleHouse Pulls 'Plan B' Tax Measure From The Floor
House Speaker John Boehner's alternative plan to the automatic tax hikes set to take effect at year's end fell short of enough votes to pass. The bill would have placed a higher tax rate on income over...
View ArticleInaugural Balls Downsized The Second Time Around
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: So 9-year-old Lauren Kanabel there has a dream: a girl president elected in 2016. And whether or not that dream comes true, there will be inaugural balls. The tradition...
View ArticleIn 'According To What?' Ai Weiwei Makes Mourning Subversive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YeQPn-6o6o
View ArticleU.S. May Build Base For Drones In Northwest Africa
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: We're going to head west now, from Egypt across Libya to Niger. The Pentagon has signed a deal with the government there. The agreement could allow the U.S. to establish...
View ArticleFugitive Ex-LAPD Officer Apparently Barracaded In Cabin
Kirk Siegler talks to Melissa Block for an update on the search for former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner. A man that authorities identified as Dorner was holed up in a cabin...
View ArticleAmong Thousands Of Gun Deaths, Only One Charles Foster Jr.
The Morris Missionary Baptist Church is nestled down a red dirt road, in Morris, Ga., set among pine trees near the Alabama state line. Next to the small white church lies its most recent grave site:...
View ArticleOn Gun Ownership And Policy, 'A Country Of Chasms'
The ideological gulf between gun owners and non-gun owners is a wide one — made all the more obvious by the ongoing debate over what, if any, gun control measures should be adopted in the...
View ArticleReport: North Korea May Be Able To Deliver Nuclear Weapons
A Defense Intelligence Agency report suggests that North Korea has the ability to make nuclear weapons small enough to put on a missile. That does not necessarily mean that North Korea has the capacity...
View ArticleBoeing's 787 Dreamliners To Fly Again After FAA Approval
Boeing's 787 will be allowed to return to passenger service soon. The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Boeing's redesign of the battery system that caused serious problems, including a fire...
View ArticleThe Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced
Opponents of expanding background checks for gun sales often raise the fear that it would allow the government to create a national gun registry — a database of gun transactions. In fact, federal law...
View ArticleFeds Drop Opposition To Restriction On Sales Of Morning-After Pill
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The morning-after pill will soon be available - without a...
View ArticleChemical Weapons Use In Syria Crosses U.S. 'Red Line'
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block.The Obama administration has now joined France and Britain in...
View ArticleGuy Clark, Music's Master Craftsman, On Making Songs Last
If you want to learn how to write a song — one that's built to last, with vivid characters and images that plant you squarely inside a scene — listen to Guy Clark.
View ArticleWeiner Says He Won't Drop Campaign For NYC Mayor
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.Disgraced former congressman and current New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is apologizing...
View ArticleAmazon CEO To Buy 'Washington Post' And Sister Papers
The Washington Post Company announced Monday that it has sold its newspaper business including the Post and its sister papers to Jeffrey Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. Bezos is buying the Washington...
View Article