Arts

Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune considers the power of the cell phone.

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The World Monuments Fund, a non-profit organization, released a list of the 100 most endangered sites in an effort to call attention to buildings and monuments threatened by natural disasters or pollution. A discussion with the fund's president about the…

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A report on how a Jesuit priest is fighting generational poverty with violins in the remote Himalayan foothills of India.

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Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers how we can be more vigilant in an age of terrorism.

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Some 6,000 members of Zimbabwe's armed forces will receive land under the country's controversial redistribution program, President Robert Mugabe has announced, and 600 others will benefit from the recent razing of shanty towns in the capital Harare.

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Author Tom Mathews discusses his new book about fathers, sons and the shadows cast by war.

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In Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, 15 people die each day as villages struggle to find food. Following a background report, an economist discusses the problems facing the nation's 3 million people.

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Roger Rosenblatt considers the 80th anniversary of the Scopes evolution trial.

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Authors Studs Terkel and Alex Kotlowitz discuss their work capturing the oral histories of average men and women in Chicago.

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A national land summit, called by the South African government to assess the success of its program to return land confiscated during apartheid to black farmers, ended Sunday with a resolution.

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