Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Some people see the cooling towers of a nuclear power plant and think "Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Never Again." Others see the towers as an opportunity to eliminate dependence on foreign oil and provide a 'green' alternative to coal...

Family secrets can run deep -- especially when you may be part Melungeon, the mythic mysterious mountain people of the rural Southeast. From personal experience, novelist Lisa Alther knows that whether you celebrate your indigenous link...