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What We Know, And Don't Know, About Organic Food

Many people buy and eat organic food because they believe it's more nutritious. A new study suggests that may not be the case. But with a vast number of influences and variables, from the ripeness of produce to the length of the studies, researchers note that more research is needed.

Civil Rights Fight Of Today: Complacency?

Host Michel Martin talks with a group of young leaders about the future of civil rights. She asks about the social justice issues of today and the evolution of activism.

In "Side Street," a promotional video for his new album <em>Call Me If You Get Lost</em>, Tyler, The Creator plays out a fantasy version of a narrative that appears on the album's climactic song, <em></em>"Wilshire," in which he engages in a deep but doomed emotional affair with the girlfriend of one of his friends.

This Song Is About You

Confessional songs are all over the pop charts, from Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour. What do musicians who blend fact and fiction owe their real life subjects?

Singer and Songwriter Neil Young

He calls his latest project a "musical novel." It's a new CD, Greendale, a 10-song cycle with his band Crazy Horse, set in a fictional California seaside town. He also shot a feature film version on Super8, which made the film festival circuit and will be in wider distribution in April.

Geraldine Brooks at the site of the Battle of Ball's Bluff, near Leesburg, Va. It was a bloody battle for the Union soldiers, who slipped down a rain-slicked slope, located behind Brooks, and jumped in the Potomac River to avoid Confederate bullets.

Geraldine Brooks' Civil War 'March'

A Civil War battle of Ball's Bluff, near Leesburg, Va., forms the backdrop for the opening scene of Geraldine Brooks' new novel, March. Its principal character, Capt. March, becomes undone by the evils of war and his own moral shortcomings.

Elizabeth George, 15, was a freshman in high school when her father died from Covid-19 last October. Since his death, she has struggled to regain a sense of normalcy. "I have difficulties even going [out] with my friends," she says. "I just want to sleep at home."

Losing a parent can derail teens' lives. A high school grief club aims to help

After finding she had ten bereaved kids in her class, one Florida teacher created a teen grief group. It's a place where kids can support each other and feel they're not alone.

The Q nightclub in New York City received rave reviews after it opened and was often very busy. After just over a year open, the club is not the subject of controversy following a lawsuit.

One of New York's largest LGBTQ clubs is accused of fostering a toxic environment

The celebrity-backed, multilevel Hell's Kitchen nightclub opened a little over a year ago. What ended up being built was far more controversial.

Two regional utilities, Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light, hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix paid six news sites that attacked officials who challenged the companies.

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

Remembering 'Exorcist' director William Friedkin

Friedkin, who died Aug. 7, won an Oscar 1972 for The French Connection. "Some of the most interesting, fascinating people that I've ever known are on the other side of the law," he said in 1988.

Celebrating movie icons: Jodie Foster

As a kid, Foster appeared in both the Disney film Freaky Friday and as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. She later won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. Originally broadcast June 17, 2002.

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