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The Bush and Kerry campaigns are both vowing an all-out crusade to ensure that voting goes smoothly come November. But the legal and technical challenges of the electoral process are already stirring debate around the nation. NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses the issue with Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree and Ted Selker of the CalTech MIT Voting Technology Project.

A 23-year-old literature student discovers she's pregnant after a fling. This movie, based on Annie Ernaux's autobiographical novel, traces her desperate attempt to get an abortion in 1963 France.

As China's strict communist ideology erodes, prostitution booms. But Christian churches are sprouting in the heartland. In the third of a series on his journey through the world's most populous nation, NPR's Rob Gifford notes the resurgence of prostitution and religion.

Government investigators continue poring over the documents and photographs that led to this week's terror warnings, some of them from a laptop computer seized in Pakistan. The files reportedly contain detailed information about financial institutions in New York City, Newark and Washington, DC. Hear Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend and NPR's Michele Norris.

The U.S. government is sending 20,000 talking books to Afghanistan in an effort to improve maternal and child health. The country has the world's highest maternal mortality rate, and statistics for children are even grimmer. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Illinois Republicans are scrambling to find a senatorial candidate to run against Democratic rising star Barack Obama. NPR's Noah Adams talks with the vice-chair of the Illinois GOP about their political strategy and their top contenders.

Both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are campaigning today in Davenport, Iowa -- in fact, their campaign events are scheduled to occur only minutes away from each other. NPR's Noah Adams talks to NPR's Scott Horsley, who is covering the events in Davenport.

Trumpeter Steven Bernstein hunts for music that's been overlooked by classic jazz. He does his musical detective work in a back room he calls his "laboratory."

Commentator Michael Eric Dyson offers insight on why the Rev. Jesse Jackson continues to be held in such high regard within the African-American community.

Guitarist David Russell recently stopped by NPR to chat with NPR's Lisa Simeone and perform music by Barrios, Granados, Brazilian composer Dilermando Reis and Spain's Joaquin Malats.