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The U.S. Department of Labor announces the addition of nearly 250,000 new jobs in April, marking the ninth sucessive month of U.S. job growth. The Bush administration hails the numbers, but Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry calls the job growth too slow, and notes the nation's overall unemployment rate did not change. Both Democrats and Republicans are touting their rival plans for job growth as the election nears. Hear NPR's Jim Zarroli.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with historian Robert Dallek, who recalls the memorable events of Reagan's inauguration in 1981. American hostages held by Iran during the last days of the Carter presidency were released as Reagan prepared to enter the White House.

In the hours just after sunrise, Earth's neighboring planet Venus was visible as it passed directly between our planet and the sun. The occurrence is called "transit," and the last time Venus's orbit crossed this route was in 1882. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dave Eicher, amateur astronomer and the editor of Astronomy Magazine. He traveled to Luxor, Egypt, to get the most prolonged view.

The State Partnership Program has quietly become a powerful tool for diplomacy and modeling U.S. values around the world.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Marketplace correspondent Tess Vigeland about the opening day in court in a case challenging Oracle's takeover bid for software company PeopleSoft.

President Bush hosts a summit of the Group of Eight nations in Sea Island, Ga., this week. Though trade and economic issues are on the agenda, Iraq is expected to dominate the discussions. President Bush is trying to win support from world leaders for a U.N. resolution on the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

This week, a presidential panel will release a report on how to implement President Bush's plans for a moon base and a manned mission to Mars. Numerous experts endorse the idea of a Mars mission, but are sober about its near-term prospects. Representatives of foreign nations say funding for an international effort will be difficult to come by, and public support for the project is mixed. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.

Time and Newsweek are using the same exact photograph of President Reagan on their covers this week. Presidential photographer Michael Evans took the picture in 1980, before the Republican National Convention. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Evans.

Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate pivoted her fundraising after the Supreme Court draft opinion leaked. "We can only win this fight by uniting and doing the work together," she said.

President Biden and Vice President Harris have both focused on the risks to other rights like marriage and contraception since the draft Supreme Court opinion leaked.

Many politicians cite the late President Ronald Reagan as a major inspiration for their career choice. Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) was a high school student when he volunteered for Reagan's first campaign for California governor in the 1960s. Paul Begala became active in Democratic Party politics after hearing Reagan speak at the University of Texas in the 1970s. They share their memories with NPR's Susan Stamberg.

Alex Chadwick speaks with reporter Charles Duhigg of The Los Angeles Times, who has been joining patrols by American troops in Najaf and other cities that have been centers of conflict between U.S.-led forces and fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Why the steep decline in admissions at historically black colleges in California and elsewhere? And what's being done to turn the tide? NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses the issue with Linda Chavez, president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, and Penda Hare, co-director of the Advancement Project.

Many believe issues pertaining to Iraq will overshadow concerns about Africa at the Group of Eight Summit meeting in coastal Georgia this week. But South African leader Thabo Mbeki and others say they plan to be heard anyway. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to two guests who formerly served in high-level State Department positions: Chester Crocker, professor of strategic studies at Georgetown University and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Reagan Administration. Also joining the conversation is Susan Rice, senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Clinton administration.

NPR's Jim Zarroli talks to NPR's Alex Chadwick about the Group of Eight summit in Sea Island, a resort community on Georgia's Atlantic coast. Topics under discussion Wednesday include Iraq and the future of democracy in the Middle East.

Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

In day two of our week-long motivational series, NPR's Tavis Smiley has a conversation with Rabbi Steven Leder, who talks about the importance of combining one's spiritual life with financial wisdom.

She embarked on Taste History Culinary Tours to showcase a different side of the county.

From the outset of his presidency, Ronald Reagan aimed to re-establish a conservative voice on the Supreme Court. He did so by promoting the bench's most conservative justice, William Rehnquist, to chief justice, and appointing leading conservative thinker Antonin Scalia to the court. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Rapper Kidd Creole, who was a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for stabbing a homeless man to death on a New York City street.

Slate senior writer Timothy Noah offers this commentary about presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's decision to make "Let America be America Again" his campaign slogan.

As the Calgary Flames and the Tampa Bay Lightning head into the decisive game of National Hockey League championship, NPR's Mike Pesca explains why it's only right that the trophy go the Canadians.

A group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claims responsibility for killing 49 soldiers from the new Iraqi Army. The men, unarmed as they traveled home after training, were shot in a mass execution near the Iranian border. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Emily Harris.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the news that U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist is being treated for thyroid cancer. The news of Rehnquist's illness could affect the presidential election by reminding voters the next resident of the Oval Office will nominate replacements for any outgoing justice.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigation of that state's insurance industry, and a new investigation into New York's recording industry.