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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Martin Regg Cohn, Asia correspondent for The Toronto Star, about the legacy of the deadly chemical plant accident in Bhopal, India 20 years ago that killed as many as 15,000 people. Two decades after 40 tons of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant, the effects of the disaster are still evident.

In 1932, The New York Times' Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer for stories defending Soviet policies that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. The Times disavows his work but not the prize.

Kevin Boyle's Arc of Justice tells the true story of a black physician's fight to keep his family home in the face of violent threats from white neighbors in 1920s Detroit. Boyle won a National Book Award.

A report outlining proposed reforms of the United Nations, including an expansion of the group's Security Council, is formally presented to Secretary-General Kofi Annan. NPR's Melissa Block talks about the report with Nancy Soderberg, a former alternate representative to the U.N.

In the last of our five days with the words and music of Aaron Copland, we hear the composer talk about an exciting episode in his life: the years he spent in Paris. And we hear Leonard Bernstein lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the third and fourth movements from Copland's Symphony No. 3.

As director of the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights, Malika Saada Saar helps low-income families find family-based substance abuse treatment. Saar, a recipient of the Ford Foundation's 2004 Leadership for a Changing World awards, speaks to NPR's Tavis Smiley.

Mongolia is undergoing a major political and economic transformation after the fall of communism. Worlds of Difference producer Allan Coukell visited the country to find out how the ancient practice of shamanism is faring in a time of major change.

Boeing's former chief financial officer pleads guilty in the growing scandal over the firm's defense contracts with the federal government. A top Air Force officer has also pled guilty in the investigation into favoritism in military acquisitions. NPR's David Schaper reports.

President Bush orders the CIA to increase by 50 percent the number of CIA analysts and spies. The order also calls for a doubling of the number of CIA officers proficient in critical languages such as Arabic. The agency has 90 days to come up with a budget and a plan. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and NPR's Renee Montagne.

This year's tight presidential race has contributed to strong efforts to encourage Native Americans to vote -- and to make sure their voting rights are protected. Wisconsin Public Radio's Brian Bull reports.