Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Since the "payola" scandals of the late 1950's and early 1960's, many radio listeners have been skeptical about their favorite stations' playlists. But recent investigations by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer have cast...

Thomas Paine is best known as the author of "Common Sense," a document that galvanized popular opinion around the idea of American independence. But few realize he was one of the revolution's most defiantly radical voices --...

It's sweet, sugary...and scandalous? For many Americans, chocolate is connected to indulgence and pleasure. But human rights advocates say chocolate has a darker side. In West Africa scores of children are forced to harvest the cocoa...