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Commentator Troy says public education in the U.S. is unfairly criticised by many. They aren't perfect, but public schools in the U.S. are enourmously successful against some heavy societal odds---good public schools just never seem to get the same attention as the bad ones.

In the 1800s, Eggner’s Ferry consisted of a small platform propelled by a blind mule hitched to a sweep pole. Now, in place of a ferry, a bridge stands,…

Two Republican congressmen lashed out at Attorney General Janet Reno today for her handling of the 1993 FBI assault on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas. Representatives Bill McCollum and Bill Zeliff, the co-chairmen of a special committee looking into the incident, say President Clinton should have accepted Reno's resignation. She offered to leave after the confrontation that ended in a fire and dozens of deaths. NPR's Chitra Ragavan says the co-chairmen released their conclusions without a corroborating report and without consulting with committee Democrats. The Democrats say the criticism of Reno is strictly politics.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Lynne Duke, author of Mandela, Mobutu and Me: A Bittersweet Journal of Africa. Duke talks about her memoir of her experiences as the Johannesburg bureau chief for The Washington Post. From 1995 to 1999, she covered wars, epidemics, and political upheaval all over Africa. The book is published by Doubleday.

Kentucky wildlife officials are proposing to allow hunters to kill hundreds more sandhill cranes in the state each year. The Courier Journal reported…

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Christensen, Washington orrespondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, about Newt Gingrich's igh-profile rise to the position of Speaker of the House. They also discuss the n-going controversy between the National Park Service and the family of Dr. artin Luther King over who will control a visitor's center which is being built cross the street from Atlanta's King Center For Social Change. (Today would ave been the 66th birthday of Dr. King.)

Environmental groups say the federal government approved permits for a natural gas pipeline without fully considering the impacts on imperiled bat species.

Here's where you can see fireworks and other Independence Day related events this holiday weekend. Friday, July 3Murray: Freedom Fest (July 3-4) begins…

on the "State of Black America." Aside from some gains in political representation and black college enrollment, the report characterizes life in urban Black America as comparable to the years during the Great Depression.