Arts

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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Essayist Clarence Page considers if there really are jobs no one wants.

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Essayist Richard Rodriguez considers the NAFTA.

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Essayist Ann Taylor Fleming considers how one film, March of the Penguins, is providing a welcome respite from the violence in many summer movies.

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Jeffrey Brown sits down with acclaimed jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, who will play his first solo concert in North America since 1995 at Carnegie Hall in September.

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