Aug 14th, 2008 · For NPR's Tom Goldman, one of the pleasures of being at the Beijing Olympics Games is the opportunity to watch events unfold without interruption. Renee Montagne talks to him about the weightlifting competition, basketball and controversies surrounding the opening ceremonies.
Apr 16th, 2008 · It's been four years since Gene Robinson was consecrated bishop of a rural Episcopal diocese in New Hampshire. He's faced challenges and controversies as that denomination's first openly gay bishop and he's written about them in a new memoir, In the Eye of the Storm.
Jan 5th, 2008 · Two of the biggest racial controversies of the last decade, Tulia, Texas, and Jena, Louisiana, have one thing in common: Alan Bean. He's a mild mannered 54-year-old former Baptist minister who is white.
Dec 7th, 2007 · The military is embedding social scientists with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to study the local culture. Noah Shachtman, editor of Wired's Danger Room blog, talks about his recent article on the program and the controversies surrounding it.
Sep 29th, 2007 · Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has two best-selling books, a nice salary as a senator and a wife with a handsome income. Earlier this year he reported assets of up to $1.14 million in addition to his Chicago home. That's small change to some of his presidential rivals, but more than enough to create entanglements and controversies for Obama.
Aug 27th, 2007 · President Bush said Monday that Alberto Gonzales resigned because of unfair treatment in Washington, where he has been associated with controversies -- from interrogation techniques to wiretapping to political pressure in the Justice Department.
Aug 23rd, 2007 · One of the world's treasures, the fossilized hominid known as "Lucy," goes on public display in Texas on Aug. 31. But controversies are swirling around the exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science -- the only confirmed stop so far on what the Ethiopian government hopes will be a lucrative tour.
Jun 22nd, 2007 · The White House found itself battling two new reports on longstanding controversies -- the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the penchant for secrecy in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.