Search results for

Twenty-five years ago, singer-songwriter Michael Orr recorded an album of rhythm and blues tunes called The Spread of Love Project. With his own money, he produced three-thousand copies, but the record went nowhere. In November, 1999, European music lovers discovered Orr's old album. Now he's back at work trying to revive a hopeful music career and rekindle an old dream. NPR's Shirley Jahad reports.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports both Israel and the Palestinians have given President Clinton a qualified endorsement of his Middle East peace proposals, but both sides still have reservations. White House officials are calling it a step forward, but they add it is far from certain that an agreement can be reached before he leaves office.

Weekend All Things Considered begins a new monthly feature. It's called Along For The Ride. Each month, we invite a creative person to act as a guest reporter and share with us a special point of interest to him or her. Today, writer Amy Wilensky, takes us to the cheese department at Fairway, a New York City grocery, where cheese guru Steven Jenkins has a passion, if not an obsession for cheese!

Amita Sharma, of member station KPBS in San Diego, reports that a federal judge has found an important part of California's Proposition 21 to be unconstitutional. The 4th District Court of Appeals ruled that only judges, not prosecutors, have the authority to try juveniles in an adult court. The decision stemmed from a case last summer, in which eight boys beat and robbed a group of Latino migrant workers.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports that an Indian pharmaceutical company, Cipla, Ltd., has offered to sell the humanitarian group Doctors without Borders anti-AIDS drugs at a fraction of market price. Cipla says it will provide a three-drug therapy for a cost of $350 per patient per year. In the United States this three-drug cocktail costs more than ten thousand dollars a year, a price that's completely out of reach for patients in the developing world.

The American Bar Association passes a resolution urging the Bush administration to allow counsel and other legal protections for U.S. citizens jailed as enemy combatants. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

James Murray reports from Toronto on the controversy in Canada over a government announcement that the name of Mount Logan, the highest peak in Canada, would be changed to Mount Trudeau. The change was proposed in honor of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who died last month. Trudeau was a very popular prime minister, but a lot of Canadians are protesting the change. They say it slights Sir William Logan, the famous geologist and explorer for whom the mountain originally was named.

He has just returned from several weeks in Afghanistan. His book, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, is now out in paperback. He's also the author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Rashid is a correspondent for The Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph, reporting on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

The U.S. Army has begun training Iraqi exiles in interpreting and "liaison" skills at the Taszar base in Hungary, a new NATO member. Hungary -- part of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's "new Europe" -- is anxious to show it is a staunch U.S. ally. But not all Hungarians relish the idea of thousands of American soldiers training exile Iraqis on their soil. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Nearly a year after 5-year-old foster child Rilya Wilson disappears in Florida, the new chief of the state's Department of Children and Families changes the department's approach to handling children at risk. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.