Among the most powerful and enigmatic figures of the past century was German pastor, theologian and author Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1906. In the late 1930s, he became one of Germany’s most prominent resistance activists. Arrested in 1943, he was moved from prison to prison for two years before being [...]

For the past 50 years, the industrialized nations have run full employment economies with a social safety net that virtually assures an income close to the working wage in times of layoffs. For the first time since 1990, a growing number of people in the U.S. are finding pink slips in their pay envelopes, even [...]

On this week’s show, Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s sports magazine show Only a Game, spoke about his new book “Prospect,” a novel about baseball and hope.
The book’s main character, Pete Estey, is a lifelong baseball scout, who finds himself divorced, retired, and prematurely consigned to a retirement home, where his only diversions are the [...]

This week’s show featured a debate organized by Boston University’s College of Communication on “Should Race be a Plus Factor in University Admissions?” The debate was held as part of Boston University’s biannual Great Debate Series, and was moderated by Journalism Professor Robert Zelnick.
The affirmative side arguing in favor of using race as a plus [...]

Television news reports of the wars the U.S. has fought over the last decade have shown images of satellite tracking systems pinpointing targets and American precision-guided bombs hitting such targets. These recurring images have reaffirmed to the American public that the U.S. is willing to do whatever it takes to fight the kind of wars [...]