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Bread and butter issues will undoubtedly be emphasized in this presidential campaign season. The unemployment rate, the need for jobs, the rapid growth in…

Reading for Life combines reading literature, studying seven classic virtues — Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Fidelity, Hope, Charity — and mentoring to help students make better life choices.

In her convention speech, Ann Romney talked about the role of women in America. Host Michel Martin caught up with Rep. Marsha Blackburn before the speech. Blackburn says the concerns of women voters were key in drafting the Republican platform. She co-chairs the GOP platform committee, and heads the Women's Policy Committee in the House.

Hurricane Isaac is taking its time as it moves inland from the Gulf Coast and up toward Baton Rouge. That's making it harder for people living in its path and emergency response teams. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate has been to Alabama and Mississippi and joins Steve Inskeep as he arrives in Louisiana to take stock of the storm.

The Beauty Shop ladies take a look at what women voters want in this year's elections. Host Michel Martin checks in with Keli Goff, political correspondent for The Root, Texas Republican delegate to the GOP convention Lisa Roper, and Janice Crouse of Concerned Women For America.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Erika Marsillac of Old Dominion University reveals how going green is keeping some companies in the black.Erika Marsillac…

Camp Catch-Up enables children separated by foster care and adoption to spend a fun-filled weekend with their brothers and sisters — at no cost to the families.

NPR's Neal Conan reads listener comments about African-American men, stigma and mental illness, the pressures students feel to succeed in college, and what hospitals are doing to help transplant patients navigate the bureaucracy and fears they often face.

Now that Mitt Romney's officially wrapped up the Republican Party's nomination for president, he faces a political sprint to November. Former Mississippi governor and past party chair Haley Barbour talks about Romney, the Republican Party, and what lies ahead in the battle for the presidency.

We welcome Frank Delaney back to the program. He'll be at the Spencertown Festival of Books this coming weekend. His most recent book is The Last…