Search results for

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on how delegates at the Democratic National Convention regard their outgoing leader, President Clinton.

Noah Adams is in Washington, and Linda Wertheimer is in Los Angeles. They set the scene at the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles, which is beginning today. President Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles tonight. In his nationally televised speech, Clinton will reflect on the past eight years, bid farewell as President and the party's leader, and make his case for the election of Vice President Al Gore. Clinton passes the torch to Gore in times of almost unprecedented prosperity. But his complicated political legacy casts a shadow over Gore's candidacy. NPR's Mara Liasson has the story.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that when outgoing presidents pass the baton to their vice presidents, antipathy and ego have a history of complicating the hand-off.

Conventions of major political parties and international organizations such as the World Bank often draw more media than participants. And the media, in turn, attract protesters seeking attention for their causes. This week in Los Angeles the streets will again be alive with marchers, but NPR's Aaron Schachter reports that not all of them will fit the familiar media stereotype.

Nick Wood reports from the town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, that NATO-led peacekeepers seized control of the dilapidated Trepca mining complex today, prompting angry protests from local Serbs. The United Nations administration in the province said it was closing the mines as a health measure, because the Trepca smelters were spewing out toxic fumes. The head of the UN administration, Bernard Kouchner, said an international consortium plans to renovate the mines and eventually reopen the facility.

ATC Host Linda Wertheimer talks with a group of suburban women from Ohio about the presidential candidates -- George W. Bush and Al Gore. These middle class working women with children are considered a key part of the so-called swing vote. They also reside in a crucial state -- Ohio -- which remains up-for-grabs. The group includes: Gina Cronin, Anne Stevenson, Jennifer Lang and Kristi Gallup. The four ladies remain on the fence about whom to vote for -- as they find both candidates attractive for different reasons.

The BBC's Chris Simpson reports on a summit in Lusaka, where African leaders are demanding immediate implementation of provisions of an existing peace agreement between warring factions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

One-hundred-thirty prisoners in Washington and Oregon volunteered in the 1960s and 1970's to participate in a federally sponsored experiment to determine the affects of radiation on sperm production. After the experiments, they received vasectomies. Now they are seeking compensation from the federal government, saying they were coerced into taking part in the experiments. From KOPB in Portland Oregon, Jeff Brady reports.

Noah talks to Mary Horstman, Forest Historian and Heritage Program Manager for the Bitterroot National Forest, about efforts to protect the Alta Ranger station -- which is the oldest in the nation -- from wildfires. Workers wrapped the one room cabin in a material designed to protect the structure from sparks and fire damage.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from Monroe, Michigan, where President Clinton and Vice President Gore spoke in the town square at an event celebrating the achievements of the current administration and rallying support for Gore's current presidential bid.