2010 June | Here & Now

Mississippi Beaches Fight Off Oil, Keep Fingers Crossed That Tourists Will Visit, 1969 Oil Spills Left Lasting Legacies, What Will Be Longterm Impact Of BP Spill?, Yemen Becomes A Haven For Al-Qaida, Summer Camps Go ‘Unplugged’, Dying To Be Thin

Kagan Faces Grilling In Day 2 of Confirmation Hearings, North Korean Defectors Tell Of Starvation, Big Brother-like Neighborhood Watch Groups, Ma. Rep. James McGovern Sees Opportunity For Lawmakers In McChrystal Departure

From lions, cougars and sharks to common dogs and a platypus- Author Gordon Grice has collected a series of stories about the hazards of the animal kingdom.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Gun Ban As Kagan Nomination Hearings Begin, Mother Searches For Bone Marrow Match For Multi-Racial Son, Reflects On Challenges, Senator Robert Byrd Dies At 92, Study Shows Potentially-Harmful ‘BPA’ Chemical In Most Canned Food And Drink

Indira Lakshmanan is trying to find a bone marrow donor for her four-year-old son, Devan Tatlow. Devan is a mixed race and that means his chances of finding a match are 1 in 200,000.

We want to know what’s on your playlist this summer, but to start us off, we asked Here and Now literary critic and self-confessed, drooling, fanatic rock fan Steve Almond what’s tickling his ears.

Financial Overhaul Finalized After Overnight Session, The BP Oil Disaster And Its Causes Foreshadow Things To Come, World Cup: On To The Knockout Round, Father Criticizes Army Over Investigation Into Son’s Death In Afghanistan

Oil Inundates Florida Beaches, Change In Afghan War Leadership Exposes Strategy Divisions, Condoms Made Available To All Children In Provincetown, Ma. Schools, American John Isner Prevails In Longest Tennis Match In History, A Winter Film For Summer Makes Waves At Sundance

Gen. McChrystal: Should He Stay Or Should He Go?, Debate Over Immigration Fence Heats Up Along Southern Border, But Are Visa Overstays As Big A Problem?, Russia Cracks Down On Dissent, The View of Drilling In the Gulf From An Environmentalist And A Businessman, 21st Century Huckleberry Finn Goes On Map Quest

All but 50 miles of Arizona’s border with Mexico is marked with barriers. Arizona Public Media’s Chris Conover recently stopped by the border fence near the Arizona/California line and brought back some photos.

General Stanley McChrystal Called To The White House Over Comments Criticizing Obama Administration, Boston Program Sets National Example For Helping Homeowners In Foreclosure, BP Enlists Washington Heavyweights In PR Offensive, Oliver Stone Documentary Paints Rosy Image Of Hugo Chavez, Cowboy Junkies Look To China

The Cowboy Junkies new album “Renmin Park,” is based on one bandmember’s recent trip to the Middle Kingdom.

A Boston-based program is being touted by the Federal Reserve as a national model to help neighborhoods blighted by foreclosures. We take a closer look at the $50 million dollar, privately-funded SUN Initiative, launched by the nonprofit Boston Community Capital.

Deepwater Drilling Moratorium Up For Debate in Federal Court Today, Filmmaker Uncovers Environmental Dangers In Natural Gas Drilling Technique, Nebraska Town Votes On Whether To Ban Hiring, Renting To Illegal Immigrants, Aids Activist Calls For Focus On Health Of HIV-Positive Mothers To Help Kids, Vermont Rockers Explore Roots

A Look At The Week In Oil: Oval Office Address, Escrow Fund, BP Hearings, Federal Response To Oil Gusher Marred By Disagreement, Indecision, Controversy Hangs Over Unknown South Carolina Senate Nominee, Lakers Celebrate 16th Title, Celtics Bemoan Missed Opportunity, Haitian-American Violinist Moves Beyond Classical To Lady Gaga

What would you find if you followed all the wires, cables, pipes, drains, and sewers from your back yard back to the source? That’s what Scott Huler did, to understand how the grids that make our lives possible work. He wrote about what he found in his new book.

Lawmakers Demand Answers From BP CEO Tony Hayward, Understanding Grids: How Does Electricity Get From Power Plants To Home Outlets?, Sports Wrap: World Cup And NBA Finals, BP Repeatedly Stumbles Over Its Words, Last Words Of The Executed

Before Robert Alton Harris was executed in 1992, he said “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper,” a line of dialogue from the film “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.” Journalist Robert K. Elder included those words in his new book, about the last words of prisoners sentenced to death.

La. Congressman Asks: ‘Does Gulf Coast Have A Future?’, The Oysterman’s Plea: ‘Give Me a Golden Parachute’, West Philly Students Build 100 MPG Car, New Bloody Sunday Report Faults British Soldiers, As World Cup Kicks Along, ‘Kindie’ Music Thrills Kids And Parents

Journalist and author Mark Oppenheimer was a smart-aleck, constantly arguing as a kid- until he found a way to channel his energy in the middle school debate club. He became a champion debater, competing all over the world and he writes about those days in a new book.