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Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, testifies in Congress about protecting local transit systems from terrorist attacks. Democrats are questioning the Bush administration's spending priorities and security for mass transit.

Monica Brady-Myerov of member station WBUR reports on new security cameras in Chelsea, Mass., that will put most of the city under video surveillance. Residents and business owners have differing opinions on how effective the cameras will be in deterring crime.

Despite Washington's focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific.

How do we open ourselves to the connections that can unite us even across racial, political or religious differences? Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi finds the answer in a classic of American literature.

Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, wept in court Wednesday after a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison -- the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals.

Sixty years ago, a technician working on the Manhattan project took a rare color picture of the first atomic bomb test. Jack Aeby, now 82, remembers the moment he captured the blast on film.

Francis DuFrayne, Jr., is a captain in the Marine Corps reserve. He is the son of Dr. Francis DuFrayne. He is now a research associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., after his service in Iraq.

StoryCorps, the oral history project, opens a new recording booth in New York, at the site of the World Trade Center. An initial piece of the planned memorial, the booth will provide a way for those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, to share their stories.

Karen Grigsby Bates examines the international tension caused by a Mexican postage stamp that some Americans feel is racially offensive. The stamp celebrates Memin Pinguin, a beloved icon in Mexican popular culture for almost 40 years, with a story line that's part Dennis the Menace and part Little Black Sambo.

Mimi Valdes is editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine and a commentator for TV specials such as Black in the 80s. Her booklist features a mix of new fiction, classic drama and nonfiction.