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Commentator and marine biologist Kathy Turco visits the shores of Southern Cook Inlet - an area under consideration for oil exploration. Later this spring the Interior Dept. will get a recommendation on opening the waterway to drilling. The water is rich in salmon - food for the bears that draw tourists to the region. Tourism is Alaska's second biggest industry after fishing. There is concern the oil industry's work will hurt the salmon.

Illinois is the 10th US state to pass a law allowing courts to take guns away from people convicted of abusing a spouse. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the law has found its most vocal opponents among the state's police officers, who now face the prospect of losing their service revolver if they are convicted of spousal abuse.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr, thinks that the nd of the cold war should not be the end of our concerns about nuclear roliferation.

Liane Hansen speaks with William Greaves, an African-American ctor and movie producer, about the race films of the 1930s and 40s, which were reaction to the negative stereotypes of blacks in early Hollywood productions

Liane talks to Terry Pluto, author of "Falling From race: Can Pro Basketball Be Saved?" (Simon & Schuster). Pluto is sports olumnist for the Akron Beacon Journal about the future of professional asketball.

ebola virus, which infected a village in Zaire nine months ago and killed 300 people.

David Crump, Director of Field Studies at Orielton Field Center in Milfordhaven, Wales, about the impact on the environment of oil which spilled off the coast of Wales on February 15... 20-million gallons have leaked from the super tanker, Sea Empress, after it went aground in mid-February.

As the Republican presidential candidates continue to debate their very different stands on such issues as taxes, trade, and abortion, NPR's Brian Naylor explores the question of what makes a Republican. A century ago, the GOP advocated abolitionism, isolationism, and protectionism. Since then, the party has been committed to business and an enemy of big government -- but Republicans disagree about a wide range of social issues.

NPR Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr talks about the "V-chip" that s part of the new Telecommunications bill.

author of a new light-hearted book called >101 Ways to Get Your Adult Children To Move Out.