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Daniel speaks with Tom Cochran of the US Conferance of Mayors about the state of soup kitchens across the country. Cochran says that the number of people asking for food is rising at the same time that budget cutbacks are limiting the amount of assistance that cities can afford to offer.

Danny discusses the coming deployment of American troops to Bosnia with peace activist Marcus Raskin of the Institute for Policy Studies, former army major Lillian Fluke,. community activist and teacher Janeice View .. and 14-year old student Issetta Mobley. We spoke with the group once before, on July 4, 1994, about the issue of patriotism.

An explanation of the word's origins.

Francois Mitterrand, Deidre Berger looks at the legacy of Franco-German cooperation that has moved Europe closer towards unity.

Linda Wertheiemer talks to Psychiatrist David Pickar who says "cabin fever" can be likened to a mild form of depression. His advice: find a family project and stay away from watching tv.

Commentator Daniel Schorr observes that Hilary Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater and White House Travel Office controversies will likely obscure the merits of her new book on children and the family in American society.

about the state's clean-up efforts. Pennsylvania received about 30 inches of snow over the weekend, and a state of emergency was declared on Monday.

Steve Forbes as he campaigns across New Hampshire, Iowa and Arizona.

Laura Womack of member station W-A-M-U in Washington reports the Pentagon is in the midst of a two billion dollar renovation project to update outmoded electrical, water, and sewage systems. The main problem for the workers is working in areas with a lot of top secret material and not compromising national security.

The only major organ of government that has kept operating through two Washington snow storms is the Supreme Court. We talk to NPR's Nina Totenberg about how the Court did it and why.