Oct 31st, 2008 · The Ford Made in America project brings new music to regional orchestras that can't afford to commission music by an internationally recognized composer like Joseph Schwantner. His piece, Chasing Light..., will be performed in all 50 states.
Oct 21st, 2008 · TIAA-CREF manages nearly $400 billion in assets for 3.4 million investors. Consultants never receive commissions, but are compensated primarily on how well they serve their clients. CEO Roger Ferguson talks about how TIAA-CREF is managing the financial crisis.
Sep 17th, 2008 · Republican presidential nominee John McCain proposed Tuesday setting up a high-profile commission to study the financial crisis in hopes of stabilizing U.S. markets. He also called for tighter federal regulations on Wall Street, and railed against Barack Obama's tax plan.
Sep 16th, 2008 · Republican John McCain said he would create a 9/11 commission-style panel to study how the economic crisis came about. He also said that he believed the fundamentals of the economy were still strong despite the economic troubles.
Aug 10th, 2008 · This past week, a jury at the American base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, delivered a verdict and sentence in the first trial of a terrorism suspect by a U.S. military commission. This weekend, one of the jurors spoke to NPR about the trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan.
Aug 6th, 2008 · The Rwandan government has accused senior French officials of direct involvement in the slaughter of 800 thousand in 1994. A report from a Rwandan commission investigating the genocide alleges 33 senior French officials — including a former president and a former prime minister — were complicit in the genocide. France says its forces in Rwanda at the time were trying to stop the killing.
Jul 17th, 2008 · A federal judge has denied a motion to delay next week's first military war crimes trial for a Guantanamo detainee. Salim Hamdan, who worked as a driver for Osama Bin Laden, had asked the judge to block the start of the trial while he challenged the structure of the commission system.
Jun 18th, 2008 · Famed opera house La Scala has commissioned an opera based on Al Gore's book, An Inconvenient Truth. The New York City Opera is working a version of the movie Brokeback Mountain. Nick Scholl of trrill.com talks about what these works might sound like, and about other modern operas that involve current events.