Teenage girls who have babies. First, there are fewer of them than there are used to be. This is especially striking among black teenagers. Their pregnancy rate is down 45% over a decade. Also young girls who have babies are overwhelmingly poor, at l...
In 1991, I lived with a murderer, an albino Elvis impersonator , and a girl whose TV told her she was wicked. I was in London as a volunteer working with mentally ill homeless people, testing out a possible future as a social worker. Smith Lodge was...
Frank Deford: It is well-known that hunting is one of our most popular participant sports. So what species of animal do you think hunters are looking for these days? The answer is, human-beings. No, hunters are not actually trying to bag homo sapien...
Robert Siegel : English speakers traveling aboard have had the experience of seeing an English sign or a menu translation from the local language that just misses the mark and produces an entertaining malaprop . Well, think about someone who knows C...
Steve Inskeep : This I Believe. Critics have called Martha Graham the undisputed star of our modern dance world. Surprisingly enough, this pioneer in the dance did not begin her training until she was sixteen. Born in Pittsburgh, the daughter of a p...
Marcos Mcpeek Villatoro : My father worked in the coal mines of Kentucky. It was his last job before he retired. After a life moving from one mechanic's shop job to another, this was a real job, said the friend who offered it to him. Sure, it was ri...
Steve Inskeep : Commentator Baxter Black has his own way of trying to teach young people, though it is not as easy as it used to be. Baxter Black : Yes, Virginia, things have changed. A 20-something couple I know has occasionally sought my counsel....
Steve Inskeep : Here is another installment of StoryCorps, the project that is traveling the country recording interviews between loved ones and friends. These interviews are archived at the Library of Congress and some of them are heard here on Mor...
Steve Inskeep : China is taking steps that are designed to benefit both the domestic and global economies. A Chinese official said today the country's currency will gradually gain value. That trend will spur domestic consumption inside China itself...
Gordon : This time of year it's hard to avoid the figure of old Saint Nick, he seems to be everywhere, from ringing a Salvation Army bell to posing for pictures at the local mall. Commentator Carole Boston Weatherford says she'd like to see a little...