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Seemingly arcane exercises in the days and weeks ahead will in fact represent – and may even resolve — real conflicts over national issues of enormous importance.

NPR photographer John Poole took a vacation in New Zealand and brought back photographic souvenirs.

Research shows that snapping too many pictures may harm your ability to retain memories. But selfie addicts, don't despair! There are techniques to make photography enhance memory, not undermine it.

A new book of photography simply called Shirin Neshat, after the artist, is anything but simple. It chronicles the exploration of complex themes such as exile and the role of gender within Islam.

For months, COVID-19 and interference by Trump officials delayed the release of new census demographic data used to redraw voting districts, forcing some state and local elections to be pushed back.

Richard Downes reports from South AFrica where President Mandela says there has been encouraging signs of progress for the ending of the Zairean conflict.

Linda talks with Eric Westervelt about today's verdict in the John du Pont trial. A jury in Pennsylvania found multimillionare John du Pont guilty of third degree murder in the January 1996 shooting of Olympic wrestler David Schultz...but they also said he was mentally ill.

Besides being the day tax returns are due, today is the deadline for Congress to pass a budget plan for next year. As usual, the deadline won't be met. Negotiators for the House, Senate and White House have been meeting for weeks now and are far from an agreement on how to balance the budget by the year 2002. Differences between the parties on tax cuts and cuts in Medicare and Medicaid spending are broad. However, some progress has been made on potential cuts in several smaller programs such as student loans. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman visits with some teenage smokers to gauge their reaction to new Federal rules aimed at curbing teenage smoking. Retailers are now required to inspect the I.D.'s of all those under 27 years of age.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the US military's plans to evacuate American citizens from Zaire if that country's civil war reaches the capital, Kinshasa. About a hundred and fifty American troops are in Brazzaville, the capital of neighboring Congo, just across the Zaire river from Kinshasa. Another two thousand are on the U-S-S Nassau, an ambphibious assault ship stationed off Zaire's coast. If an order to evacuate is given, the American forces are ready to move into Kinshasa with attack helicopters to evacuate the roughly five hundred U-S citizens there.

A flagrant, stubborn pro-smoking essay from commentator Guillermo Gomez-Pena (ghee-YAIR-moh GOH-mez PAYN-yuh). He calls it his criminal passion...and claims that attempts to restrict smokers are an intervention of government in our private lives. (3:30) ((ST

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Charles Mingus. As an instrumentalist, he became known as "the Segovia of the bass" and championed the unwieldy instrument as a solo voice in jazz groups. He became one of the first bassists to lead his own group. But perhaps he made his greatest mark as a composer. He was inspired by Ellington and carried that great composer's ideas to new levels in the nearly 300 works Mingus left behind. Karen Michel (mih-SHELL) has this report on the life and music of one of America's true jazz innovators. (8:00) ((ST

Storyteller Carmen Deedy explores the unexpected in "Twisting in the Wind of Semantics," a story about how a small miscommunication between herself and her mother lead to chaos.

Robert talks to R. Jeffrey Smith, an investigative reporter for the Washington Post. Smith says that the CIA has dropped about 1000 paid informants from its roster in an effort to clear their payroll of terrorists, smugglers and people involved in human rights abuses. In the process, the agency also dismissed sources who had not produced much useful information.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that some members of the New York City press are having difficulty getting certian kinds of information out of the Mayor's office. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is enjoying immense popularity in the city as a result of programs that have reduced crime and improved the overall quality of life...but there are concerns that his administration is making it difficult to get information that is less than positive about the programs that Giuliani has implemented.

NPR's Mandalit Delbarco reports that the L.A. Police Commission is scheduled to vote soon on whether to authorize LAPD officers to carry more powerful weapons. The move comes in the wake of last Friday's shootout between heavily armed bank robbers and the police. Police have complained they've long been outgunned by well-trained, well-armed bad guys.

Commentator Sam Fulwood says Virginia Governor George Allen's decision to declare April Confederate History and Heritage month was done for short term political gains without any consideration for the long term damage it could have on race relations. Allen's move serves only to push people further into the color-coded camps at the extremes of the race debate. His decision to honor the Confederacy without any mention of slavery was dishonest.

Robert talks with Ze'ev Chaifets (HEH-fets), a columnist for the Jerusalem Report, about the allegations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the public reaction to charges that he planned to install a political ally as Israel's Attorney General.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a major new campaign by the United Farmworkers Union. The union seemed to lose its way after the death of charismatic founder Cesar Chavez, but now it's back with a big effort to organize California's strawberry workers.

Linda talks with Vice President Al Gore and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Chief James Lee Witt about what they've seen as they tour the flood-ravaged Ohio River Valley, and what FEMA is doing to help the region recover. Waters levels continued to rise today in what's been the worst flooding along the Ohio River in three decades. Thousands have been forced from their homes and businesses, and President Clinton has declared dozens of counties in Ohio and Kentucky disaster areas.