Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

For Washington-area universities, the large pool of professionals willing to teach on a part-time basis is an embarrassment of riches. But some have argued that colleges are over-relying on part-time labor, and underpaying teachers. We...

It's one of the toughest jobs in any news organization. We talk with NPR's new ombudsman, Alicia Shepard, about how she handles the thousands of listener emails she gets every month, and take your questions about how public radio operates.

It's a bigger challenge than you might think: making products that are easy to use for as many people as possible. That's the goal behind "universal design," a concept that's often associated with products created for disabled and elderly...