Andrew Sean Greer Chronicles a 'Marriage'
Jun 24th, 2008 · Best known for his novel The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Andrew Sean Greer explores the hidden secrets of one suburban, 1950s couple in his new book, The Story of a Marriage.
Jun 24th, 2008 · Best known for his novel The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Andrew Sean Greer explores the hidden secrets of one suburban, 1950s couple in his new book, The Story of a Marriage.
Jun 17th, 2008 · Rapper, producer, fashion designer, restaurateur, grass-roots organizer and Broadway actor? Sean "Diddy" Combs might be the hardest working man in hip-hop.
May 2nd, 2008 · The Barbershop guys - Jimi Izrael, Nick Charles, Lester Spence and Arsalan Iftikhar - are all together in NPR's Washington studio. They weigh in on Obama and Reverend Wright, the latest NBA playoffs and the verdict in the Sean Bell case.
Apr 29th, 2008 · Three New York City police officers were acquitted on Friday in the shooting death of Sean Bell, a young, unarmed African-American man who was killed hours before his wedding. Guests discuss the verdict, which they say has deepened long-standing fear and mistrust within the African American community toward police.
Apr 28th, 2008 · Prosecuting police officers is often politically and legally challenging, rarely producing convictions. Paul Butler, a law professor at George Washington University, explains the obstacles of putting cops on trial.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Three NYPD detectives have been found not guilty in the shooting death of Sean Bell. The officers fired 50 shots at Bell and his companions who were unarmed. NPR's Robert Smith has an update on the emotional reaction at the courthouse in Queens, N.Y.
Apr 25th, 2008 · A New York judge has found three police officers not guilty in the death of an unarmed black man who was hit by a barrage of bullets and died hours before his wedding. Along with two friends, Bell was shot after a bachelor party at a Queens strip club on Nov. 25, 2006. Bullets struck Bell 50 times.
Apr 25th, 2008 · The nation waited Friday for a verdict in the 2006 police shooting for Sean Bell. Delores Jones-Brown of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice says the New York case has drawn national attention because it's part of a larger pattern of police shooting unarmed suspects.