Search results for

MARK HERRELL (her-ell) is a local organizer for the Philadelphia contingent headed to Monday's Million Man March in Washington D.C. Last year, Herrel chaired a three-day forum in Philadelphia that brought together several hundred African-American men together to discuss problems in the black community. He is the Director of the Youth Gang and Drug Prevention Program for the Philadelphia Mayor's office. INT 3: GLENN LOURY (lau as in cow) is an African-American conservative who is an outspoken critic of affirmative action programs. He has just written the book One by One From The Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America. Free Press 1995. In 1987, Loury was nominated to become Reagan's Deputy Secretary of Education. Loury withdrew his name citing "personal reasons." Later that year, Loury was arrested for possession of marijuana and cocaine. He now a Professor of Economics at Boston University. INT 4: GEOFFREY CANADA is author of Fist Stick Knife Gun; A Personal History of Violence in America (Beacon Press 1995) It provides a look into the lives of children living in violence. CANADA is President and CEO of Rheedlan Centers for Children and Families in New York. He helps at risk children in the inner-city to find alternatives to violence.

For most residents of Janesville, Wis., the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate was a story of a life-long local resident making good. For the librarians of Janesville, it meant getting ready for a steady steam of political reporters who came knocking on their door.

Colorado's governor has rescinded language to "kill and destroy" Native Americans from a state law, once used to justify a 19th century massacre. Tribes say it's an important step toward healing.

Chiles en nogada is a special dish in Mexico eaten around the month of September to celebrate Independence Day. This summer marked 200 years since its creation.

The world record was absolutely smashed with the fastest field ever to run the men's 400-meter hurdles. Norway's Karsten Warholm took gold and Rai Benjamin won bronze for the U.S.

2: Actor JOHN LITHGOW. He's known for his role as Dick Solomon on NBC's comedy series show, "Third Rock From the Sun." LITHGOW is a two-time former Oscar nominee and has recently earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the show. LITHGOW has appeared in a number of movies, including, "The World According to Garp," "Terms of Endearment," Memphis Belle," "Footloose," "Raising Cain," "The Manhattan Project," "Cliffhanger," and "The Pelican Brief." LITHGOW graduated from Harvard and won a Fulbright Scholarship which he used to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has performed in a number of Broadway shows, including "The Changing Room," "The Front Page, " and "M. Butterfly." LITHGOW currently lives in Los Angeles. This originally aired 4/28/88.Int. 3: Astronomer and Pulitzer Prize winner CARL SAGAN died today at the age of 62. A spokesman for the Cancer Research Center says Sagan died from pneumonia after suffering from bone marrow disease for two years. Sagan won the Pulitzer in 1978 for his book "Dragons of Eden" and was the author of several other best-selling books on space and the universe including: "Intelligent Life in the Universe," "Mars and the Mind of Man," "Other Worlds." He was a professor at Cornell University, the Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies, and a pioneer in the field of exobiology, the branch of biology investigating the possibility of extraterrestrial life. In 1980, his PBS show "Cosmos" became the most-watched limited series in the history of American public television.

"Diego y yo" depicts Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera, on her forehead. It fetched $34.9 million in a Sotheby's auction — shattering a record set by Rivera.

As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor.

New York auction house Guernsey's has postponed the sale of some of the South African leader's belongings, including the key to his cell and the shirt he wore when he was released from Robben Island.

The announcement Tuesday that Harvard University President Lawrence Summers is resigning points to the difficulties of running a high-profile university, and the need to balance many constituencies: alumni, governing board, faculty and students.