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January 16, 2012 In her commentary for MLK Jr. Day, Michel Martin recalls speaking with two women — one black, one white — of roughly the same age who witnessed the same lynching. Martin will never forget a particular comment from the black woman, and asks the broader question of what Americans should keep and leave behind on this day.

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January 9, 2012 In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin wonders what it would take to make debate more civil and relevant to the issues that should inform presidential campaigns.

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January 2, 2012 In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin shares that to her chagrin, her stepdaughters proposed to skip the china and use plastic plates for their holiday feast. The episode made Martin empathize with the deficit-cutters in Congress, and consider how tough it is to change the status quo until good-willed people choose to do so.

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December 19, 2011 In her weekly commentary, Michele Martin revisits the lessons and life experiences of a broken arm.

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December 19, 2011 Host Michel Martin reflects on the struggle to get by with physical injury. As the Iraq war recedes from the headlines, she says, it's even more important not to let the needs of those who have sacrificed disappear from our consciousness.

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December 5, 2011 A recent male college graduate sought Michel Martin's advice about navigating through economic troubles that have disproportionately affected his generation. In her weekly commentary, Martin discusses his letter and asks listeners what advice they would give.

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November 28, 2011 After a recent injury, the Tell Me More host discusses the courage of people who have endured physical and emotional pain without help or acknowledgment.

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November 7, 2011 In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin looks at the murder of a Lululemon employee in the Washington, D.C., area and the alleged child molestation case at Penn State. In both cases, it seems people knew a potential crime was happening but did nothing about it.

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September 19, 2011 Americans don't know how to talk about money, even though we talk about money all the time, says Michel Martin. She also says the current debate about deficit and debt has undertones of wealth and class.

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August 22, 2011 Educated black men are twice as likely as their white counterparts to be unemployed. But they're not the only ones struggling. Michel Martin wonders why people ask what President Obama is doing for low income African-Americans, when other political leaders are never asked the same question regarding low-income whites, blacks, Latinos or Asians.

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August 1, 2011 Michel Martin discusses how keeping track of the debt negotiations reminds her of an attempt to exit a packed parking garage. She wonders what prompts people to set aside common respect and place their immediate wants above everything and everyone else.

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