Search results for

Commentator Amity Shlaes takes a look at the foods we eat, and how the European Union is challenging what we call those foods.

Congress passes a stop-gap spending measure to take the nation past the lame-duck legislative session and fund government agencies through Jan. 11. The new Congress will take up much-delayed budget bills. NPR's Bob Edwards discusses the move with economist Robert Reischauer.

As a new generation of leaders takes power in China, many young people don't care deeply about the Communist Party. Some say joining the party amounts to little more than a prudent career move. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

Authorities are increasing security in advance of Thursday's scheduled execution of Mir Aimal Kasi. The Pakistani national faces lethal injection in Virginia for the 1993 murder of two CIA employees in a shooting spree outside the agency's headquarters. Rick Mattioni reports.

Delegates to a United Nations wildlife conference have agreed to ease a 13-year-old global ban on ivory trading. The decision is a victory for southern African nations, but conservationists see it as a defeat for elephants. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

With the Republicans' impending control of both houses of Congress, an energy bill that couldn't get enough support now has a renewed chance. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

A New York Times Magazine article says a prominent vaccine researcher became concerned about the safety of some childhood inoculations. But the researcher says his views on a link with autism have been misrepresented. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

As talk of war against Iraq intensifies, many military families get ready for possible deployments to the Persian Gulf. Russell Lewis and Beth Ford of member station KPBS report.

Financial firms have launched new ads, created new divisions and hired marketing groups to attract wealthier women to invest on Wall Street. Some analysts find the strategy patronizing, and worry that it ignores women with smaller incomes. NPR's Madeleine Brand reports.

The Republican victory in last week's congressional election is expected to improve President Bush's ability to get his judicial nominees confirmed. But Democrats plan to put obstacles in his way. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.