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At the New World Symphony in Miami, the challenge for young classical musicians finishing a three-year program is to find a new job in their profession. Ari Shapiro has watched the progress of symphony members over the past year. In the last of a three-part series, he reports on the challenges of transition.

In recent years, the French wine industry has faced a growing crisis. Vineyards are struggling with debt, and under-consumption of French wine has forced the country's winemakers to compete with an increasing number of vintages from around the world.

Author and playwright Pearl Cleage's success has helped her to become one of the preeminent authors of African-American women's fiction. She talks about her new book, Babylon Sisters, centering on a mother and daughter making the best of life and love in Atlanta.

When you sip tea, slurp noodles or sample hors d'oeuvres from a piece of hand-thrown pottery, there's a good chance you're experiencing the reach of American potter Warren MacKenzie. We visit the artist in his studio.

Writer and student Detrice Jones reads from "Just Surviving Another Day," her semi-autobiographical story about a teen struggling with her parents' crack addiction. The story is featured in The Cocaine Chronicles, a new collection of short stories about the drug's impact on America.

Shakespeare was not only a poet and a playwright but a songwriter as well. The famous bard wrote songs for most of his comedies. But fortunately for the Barenaked Ladies, only the lyrics survived. Celeste Headlee of Detroit Public Radio reports.

Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR senior Washington editor Ron Elving about the latest political news.

President Bush praises Ukraine's Orange Revolution as a model for democratic reforms around the world, but U.S. officials still are waiting to see what President Viktor Yushchenko can deliver. Yushchenko visits Chicago after meeting with President Bush Monday in Washington. He will address a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday.

In the latest report for the NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions, NPR's Susan Stamberg travels to India to talk with Ravi Shankar, the world-famous sitar guru. Shankar turns 85 this week.

While the number of Catholics is dwindling in other parts of the world, the figure in Africa has doubled in the past two decades, to more than 100 million. Nearly 30 million Congolese are Catholic, and Pope John Paul II visited the Democratic Republic of Congo twice during his papacy. A look at the pontiff's legacy there.