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The Future Is Here! Is It 1950?
Commentator Andrei Codrescu says he knew the future was back when he saw a headline in Smithsonian Magazine. In his mind he imagines a sinister-something that does everything we want for us. He has been against this faux device since he was born.
California Reluctant To Further Reduce Its Prison Population
California is in the midst of an effort to bring its prison population down, as ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court. California Gov. Jerry Brown has submitted a new plan to further reduce the number of inmates. But he's still striking a defiant tone toward the courts — saying he's done enough to address overcrowding concerns.
Jobs Report Better Than Expected, But Still Not That Great
Melissa Block talks with Adam Davidson about Friday's unemployment report for April and the methodology that underlies it.
Stock Market Rallies On Better-Than-Expected Jobs Report
The stock market rallied on Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report. The Labor Department said employers added 165,000 jobs to payrolls in April. The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.5 percent.
A Black Jockey At The Kentucky Derby, Once Again
This weekend, Kevin Krigger will be the first black jockey in the Kentucky Derby in more than a decade. If he wins, he'll be the first African-American to do so since 1902.
As a young man, Burchfield worked at the International Paper plant in Natche...
Justice In The Segregated South: A New Look At An Old Killing
A white off-duty constable shot and killed a paraplegic black man in Fayette, Miss., in 1965. Despite new witnesses who have memories of what happened that day, there's still not enough evidence to say whether Jasper Burchfield's claim of self-defense is true.