Jan 26th, 2010 · Automaker Toyota announced Tuesday it was suspending U.S. sales of eight recalled vehicle models to fix accelerator pedals that stick. Paul Eisenstein, editor of thedetroitbureau.com, an automotive industry publication, offers his insight.
Jan 5th, 2010 · Parents have long been expected to spend their free time helping out in their kids’ school—-- from chaperoning field trips to decorating the teachers' lounge, to organizing fundraising events. But some parents, like mother and writer Helaine Olen, have had enough. Olen recently wrote a piece for the online publication Double X titled "Why I'm Sick of Volunteering at My Kid's Wealthy School." She talks about it with Host Michel Martin, along with regular parenting contributors Dani Tucker, Jolene Ivey, and Leslie Morgan Steiner.
Dec 30th, 2009 · Linda Wertheimer talks to the Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Mike Luckovich about the life and art of David Levine. David Levine created thousands of satirical portraits for The New York Review of Books and other publications. He died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan of prostate cancer and complications from other ailments. He was 83.
Dec 8th, 2009 · "Don't tell me," Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum writes, "that flipping through the SkyMall catalog isn't one of the few pleasures left in commercial air travel." Tell us about your favorite SkyMall items. Daum will share hers, as well the publication's history.
Nov 29th, 2009 · It was 1939, the year of the New York World's Fair, Germany's invasion of Poland, and the publication of Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. It's also the year two 18-year-old girls from Denver took a train to the East Coast for an adventure that inspired a Hollywood musical.
Nov 17th, 2009 · The Washington Blade, an influential newspaper that serves Washington, D.C.'s gay community, was shut down Monday when its owner, Window Media LLC, ceased operations. The paper's editor, Kevin Naff, says the staff has met and laid out plans for a new publication.
Nov 16th, 2009 · The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down. The move affects the Washington Blade, Houston Voice and several other publications.
Nov 11th, 2009 · The University of California, Santa Cruz, is seeking an archivist for its collection of Grateful Dead materials. The job involves managing original documents, clippings, art, posters, recordings, publication and documentation of the band's famous network of fans, known as deadheads.