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We look at how musicians across the country are doing their part to call for reparations within their own industry.

President Bush announces Katrina relief proposals in his speech from New Orleans, but didn't address how the rebuilding will be funded.

Geologists and other scientists warn that unless the wetlands that buffer New Orleans are rebuilt soon, the new New Orleans will get flooded again. At the same time, confusion surrounds exactly what should be done or how long it will take or cost.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two women participating in the Bans Off Our Bodies rallies today: Abigail Sweinhart and Heidi Gordon.

Millions of Afghans vote for a new parliament despite the surge of violence in the weeks leading to the election. There were reportedly several dozen Taliban attacks in the country's south and east, and two rockets landed near an election center in Kabul. But officials said the election overall was remarkably peaceful.

Robert Siegel talks to two teachers about how they dealt with bringing the spirit of Section 111 of Title I, Division J, of the Fiscal Year 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 108-447) into the classroom. The law was enacted on Dec. 8, 2004, and requires the head of each Federal agency or department each year to provide each new employee of the agency or department with educational and training materials concerning the U.S. Constitution as part of the orientation materials provided to the new employee; and provide educational and training materials concerning the Constitution to each employee of the agency or department each year.

Alan Cheuse reviews E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March. It chronicles Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating march through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War.

At least 20,000 people were killed by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake along the Pakistan-Indian border on Saturday. Pakistani Kashmir was hardest hit. Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Philip Reeves about the latest developments.

One feature of Havana, Cuba, eclipses all others: a miles-long sea wall called the Malecon. At any given moment, there are hundreds of people gathered there. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro took a walk down the Malecon and talked to Cubans about life and love in Havana.

Jim von Rinteln, emergency management coordinator for Collier County, Fla., talks to Melissa Block about damage in the county, which experienced Hurricane Wilma as a strong Category 3 storm.