Thursday, Sep. 7, 2006 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Candidates running for office always hopes to win the endorsement of their local newspaper. But do editorial pages really affect voter behavior? With primary day around the corner, we consider the purpose of political endorsements, and...

The race to fill the US Senate seat previously held by Paul Sarbanes is a crowded one. Meet some of the less familiar candidates whose names will appear on the ballot on primary day.

From the velvet ant to the unicorn beetle, we take a tour of the world of bugs -- and learn more about how this year's floods and droughts will affect our region's insect populations.

She reported for NPR from Paris, the Balkans, Algeria and Afghanistan. But after four years covering Afghanistan's post-war struggle, former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes left the news business to work for a non-governmental...