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All Things Considered host Robert Siegel speaks with Sari Nusseibeh, the newly appointed top political representative for the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem, on the path for peace and the need for moderation and reason in the Middle East.

Every day in Texas, more than a hundred people walk out of the state's prison headquarters as free men. The Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas is where all male prisoners are processed for release. Producer Dan Collison went to Huntsville to talk to some inmates just about to make their return to the outside world.

Jazz Night profiles singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson. Hear tracks from her expansive catalog and listen to stories about her inspiring musical path.

NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg asks artists to select a piece of music that they'd like the country to hear right now.

NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports on how public health and law enforcement officials might respond in case of a large chemical or bioterrorism attack. Laws vary greatly as to how much power officials have to quarantine people who have contagious illnesses. There's also disarray when it comes to taking over buildings or confining large numbers of people at public events.

Rumors and urban legends have been flying around the Internet at an accelerated rate since Sept. 11. The most popular is the "Nostradamus Prophecy" of "two brothers" -- i.e. the twin towers -- falling and leading to World War II. There's also an allegation that CNN aired 10-year-old footage of Palestinians celebrating. Most have been debunked to one extent or another but NPR's Rick Karr reports that some offer us a kind of truth.

The MacArthur Foundation is probably best known for its "genius grants," $500,000, no-strings-attached awards given every year to exceptionally creative people. Lisa Simeone talks to David Wilson, founder and curator of the wonderfully offbeat and esoteric Museum of Jurassic Technology.

Slavery remains a fact of life in some isolated parts of Africa. The Mauritanian government outlawed slavery more than two decades ago, but slavery, in some forms, exists to this day.

Host Linda Wertheimer reports on a twin explosion we're experiencing in the United States. Dr. Barbara Luke of the University of Michigan's Division of Prenatal Epidemiology talks about some of the reasons.

As the United States moves closer to war with Iraq, educators are taking different approaches to teaching what it means to be a patriot. As part of Morning Edition's "Citizen Student" series on civics education, NPR's Madeleine Brand visits two eighth-grade history classrooms to listen in on the discussion.