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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NAT HENTOFF, LONG-TIME COLUMNIST WITH THE "VILLAGE VOICE," ABOUT A $40,000 SURVEY FUNDED AND CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO DISCOVER IF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY ARE DRIVEN CRAZY BY THE CITY.

Josh Levs reports from Nuremberg, Germany, that the city notorious for Nazi party rallies and war crimes trials is trying to re-make its image, hoping to attract tourists and foreign investors. City officials have taken great pains to educate the public about the horrors of the Nazi past. They are trying to paint a new picture of their city as a liberal, forward looking community.

It seems certain that New York City will have less than one thousand homicides...for the first time since 1968. Crime overall is down throughout the city...Melissa Block reports on what this drop in crime means, and how the city's police force brought about the changes.

The City of Oakland, California will vote on a proposal tonight that would require the city to hire a certain number of bilingual workers. The ordinance, if passed, will require certain departments to hire people that speak either English and Spanish or English and Chinese. Robert Siegel speaks with Oakland City Council President Ignacio de la Fuente, he is a co-author of the proposal.

Ill with an acute respiratory tract infection, Pope John Paul II is hospitalized in Rome. Robert Siegel talks with John Allen, Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.

In the latest installment of the series "Honky Tonk, Hymns and the Blues," NPR's Paul Brown explores the origins of the country fiddle — from Eck Robertson to the very word, "fiddle." Paul also explains why it's called "the Devil's box."

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Dan Murphy of The Christian Science Monitor about a series of deadly, coordinated bomb attacks across Iraq and efforts by the U.S.-led military coalition to suppress Iraqi insurgents.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu thinks that New Orleans is the last real hotbed of the bohemian lifestyle. After all, what other city would host the "Insomniacation," an all-day, all-night celebration of Beat Generation writers held in the Crescent City, just to remin the city's artists that life doesn't always have to be boring.

According to a report released today by Amnesty International, there is a widespread pattern of police brutality against minorities in New York City Police Department. Amnesty recommended that the police set up an independent review board. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the city's police commissioner both called the findings inaccurate. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

Many people adopted dogs during the pandemic — and they often let those dogs run loose in public parks that were mostly empty.