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Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is cutting the cost of insulin. NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center about the motivation.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history.

Spain heads to the polls this weekend in what could be one of the most important elections in years. Spain is now run by a center-left government – but the rise of the far right has many worried.

The future of U.S.-Niger military relations is unclear after the coup. A Martinez talks to Cameron Hudson, senior associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about their ties.

The Supreme Court has upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, the law prohibiting an abortion procedure known medically as "intact dilation and extraction." The procedure is performed most often during the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy.

U.S. observers of Russian politics and culture consider the upcoming weekend meeting between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. They say the two aren't really allies, and that the Kremlin portrays America as an enemy.

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that nearly 80 percent of respondents say they can't trust Washington, and have little faith that the federal bureaucracy can solve the nation's ills. Director Andrew Kohut tells Steve Inskeep that only 22 percent said they can trust the federal government "almost always or most of the time."

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has announced he will accept his party's nomination in Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High. The rest of the convention will be held at the Pepsi Center, a much smaller venue.

More schools closed in the U.S. Monday in an effort to reduce the spread of swine flu. Included are 24 schools in a district west of Detroit where a high school student may be infected with the new H1N1 flu strain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is considering making guidelines on school closures more flexible.

Could China act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center.