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President Biden on April 28 proposed a $1.8 trillion plan that would overhaul the country’s child care system. We look at past efforts to fix the system and where to go from here.

COSI and the Ohio History Connection are two local nonprofits experiencing layoffs. We talk about the challenges facing nonprofits and what it means for the communities they’re serving.

COSI and the Ohio History Connection are two local nonprofits experiencing layoffs. We talk about the challenges facing nonprofits and what it means for the communities they’re serving.

Columbus and Minneapolis have the largest Somali refugee populations in the United States. Both cities face different concerns when integrating refugees…

Plastic in the oceans. Plastic on the beaches, berms and ditches that line the roadways. A lot of that plastic has been used just once. In fact,…

Doris Kearns Goodwin joins the program to discuss political divisiveness in the U.S.

President Bush hosts a summit of the Group of Eight nations in Sea Island, Ga., this week. Though trade and economic issues are on the agenda, Iraq is expected to dominate the discussions. President Bush is trying to win support from world leaders for a U.N. resolution on the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Leaders of the world's top economic democracies meet in Sea Island, Ga., for the annual Group of Eight summit on global economic and political issues. Leaders from Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq's new interim government are also attending the event. Issues surrounding Iraq's future and democratic reform in the Mideast are expected to fill the agenda. Hear NPR's Jim Zarroli.

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president in a speech Thursday night that fired hard at his rival John McCain. Portraying a McCain administration as a continuation of the current Bush White House, Obama said, "On Nov. 4, we must stand up and say: 'Eight is enough.' "