10/3/07 Rob Gifford - China Road

Before Rob Gifford got his current job as NPR London Bureau Chief, he spent six years as NPR’s Beijing correspondent.  While there, he made the 3,000 mile journey from east to west along China’s Route 312.  Then he wrote a book about it, China Road.  Rob joins us via ISDN from London today to tell us all [...]

9/3 Columnists/Reporters on Crime

Statistics show the murder rate in Baltimore could reach three hundred by the end of the year. Our metropolitan neighbor to the north, Philadelphia, has already passed that number. This fall, both cities are facing mayoral elecions where crime, specifically the rise in homicides, is one of the leading issues.
Down south, in New Orleans, has [...]