Mar 1st, 2010 · Two thousand federal transportation workers were furloughed Monday because a GOP senator blocked a bill extending federal highway building as well as unemployment benefits and other programs. For some it brought memories of a government shutdown triggered by Republicans during the Clinton administration 14 years ago, a political loser for the GOP, but this one might be different.
Jan 27th, 2010 · President Obama delivers Wednesday his much-anticipated State of the Union speech. Mike McCurry, press secretary to President Clinton from 1995-1998, Pat Waak, chair of the Colorado Democratic Party, and Steve Rosenthal, former political director of the AFL-CIO, weigh in on what they need to hear when Obama addresses a joint session of Congress and the nation.
Dec 26th, 2009 · Sheryl Crow crashed onto the music scene in 1993 with her debut CD, Tuesday Night Music Club. By the next summer it had gone viral, and in 1995 it won three Grammy awards. Now the album has been re-released as a deluxe edition, and Crow looks back on her career with host Scott Simon.
Nov 3rd, 2009 · R&B songstress Monica made a strong debut as a teenager in 1995 with the album Ms. Thang. But the Atlanta-born singer's life and career took a devastating turn after she witnessed her boyfriend commit suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Monica is staging a comeback with a new life and a new album. The Grammy-award winning singer talks to host Michel Martin about motherhood, faith, music and her new reality TV show "Still Standing."
Nov 3rd, 2009 · Two senior U.S. diplomats arrived in Myanmar for talks with that country's leadership and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. They are the highest-ranking U.S. officials to visit Myanmar — also known as Burma — since 1995 when then U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright visited the country. Tuesday's visit is part of the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with Myanmar's military leadership.
Nov 2nd, 2009 · The Liar's Club, Mary Karr's memoir about her hardscrabble childhood in Texas, was named one of the best books of 1995. In her new book Lit, Karr details her early adult years and her struggles with alcohol, depression and motherhood.
Oct 26th, 2009 · The former Bosnian Serb leader claimed he did not have enough time to prepare his defense — even though he was indicted in 1995 and had known he would be tried since being captured in Belgrade more than 15 months ago. Karadzic, 64, is charged with two counts of genocide and nine more of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Oct 25th, 2009 · Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic goes on trial for war crimes in The Hague on Monday. The charges include an allegation of committing genocide arising out of the massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli will be covering the trial. She talks with host Liane Hansen about what led up to the trial and about what could happen next.