Honoring Inventors At The Museum Of Science

Robin was at the Museum of Science, Boston to honor four New Englad companies with “Invented Here” awards this week. Read more in the Boston Globe.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Chicago Story: Finding Work With A Felony Record

Donzell Minz is pictured at Curt's Cafe in Chicago. (Jeremy Hobson/Here & Now)

We first spoke with Donzell Mintz when he was a teenager, before he was sentenced to three years behind bars. Fresh out of prison, he’s working at a cafe that trains young ex-offenders.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Remembering A Crime Writer’s Wife And Muse

Joan Parker sitting on her late husband's desk. Behind Joan is a teddy bear that her husband, author Robert Parker, had since childhood. (Anna Miller/Here & Now)

Joan Parker, longtime philanthropist and the widow of mystery writer Robert B. Parker, died last Tuesday. Joan was the inspiration for the character loved by Robert’s protagonist, detective Spenser.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Cancer Clinics Turning Away Some Medicare Patients

Cancer patient Lynne Lobel, 47, watches a television program as she gets chemotherapy treatment at Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, September 2005. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

The sequester budget cuts mean lower reimbursements for chemotherapy drugs for Medicare patients — a change that’s forcing some cancer clinics to turn away patients, in order to make ends meet.

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