Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2009 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

In the 1950s and '60s, Catholic school meant white shirts, plaid skirts and nuns. Today, nuns in the classroom are rare, and the Catholic school system has shrunk by half since its heyday fifty years ago. Kojo looks at how rising costs...

U.S. troops formally withdrew from Iraq's cities yesterday -- a symbolic moment for Americans and Iraqis. While some people celebrated in the streets of Baghdad, many others stayed home, anxious over the implications of security changes...

There are few foods as American as barbecue. But if you live in North Carolina, your idea of barbecue may be completely different from someone who lives in Texas. Barbecue even amplifies the cultural fault lines that exist within states...