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As efforts to control books continue, Nashville Public Library hopes to reach thousands of readers with its "I read banned books" card.

Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports from an Iraqi-American community in Michigan to get their views on the upcoming transfer of power in Iraq. Vaughn finds a mix of opinions about the Bush administration's policy in the region.

The International AIDS Conference begins today in Bangkok, Thailand. NPR's Richard Knox visited a hospice that treats AIDS patients in the city. Located in a Buddhist temple, it's the largest AIDS sanctuary in Thailand. There, he met one patient who was left abandoned at the temple by his relatives.

An active CIA officer raised eyebrows by contending in a book that the United States is losing the war on terror. In his second NPR interview, the author of Imperial Hubris says U.S. policymakers made important mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Ralph Nader had a testy meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Tuesday. Nader rejected their request that he quit the presidential race -- many Democrats fear that progressive votes for Nader could tip the balance in favor of a Bush victory over Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with the independent candidate in the 2004 elections.

On Earth Day this year, President Bush and Sen. Kerry extolled the virtues of conservation, clean air, and wetlands. While the environment has never played a deciding role in a presidential election, these issues are often a critical part of how the candidates define themselves and each other. This election is proving to be no different.

Imperial Hubris, a new book due out next month, argues that the United States is losing the war on terror. It faults senior U.S. officials who have "delayed action, downplayed intelligence, ignored repeated warnings" and behaved as "moral cowards." NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the book's author, an active senior CIA officer -- and former head of the agency's Osama bin Laden unit -- who asked to remain anonymous.

NPR's Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, says that the net effect of the selective release of documents relating to prisoner abuse is to maintain "presidential deniability" -- that is, to suggest that however punitive Attorney General John Ashcroft may be, President Bush viewed these issues in humane terms.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), chairman of the Congressional Subcommittee on Africa of the House International Relations Committee, about how the U.S. government and the international community are responding to allegations of ethnic cleansing of black Africans by the Arab-dominated government of Sudan.

Dina Temple-Raston reports on refugees fleeing western Sudan as Arab militia sweep through villages in violent raids. The United Nations has called the raids in Sudan an ethnic cleansing campaign against black Sudanese.