Margot Adler : NPR

Flying the Fujifilm Blimp

July 5, 2003 • For NPR's Margot Adler, it was the ride of a lifetime. After decades of looking up at the blimps that prowl the skies over New York City, Adler recently got the chance to drive one over Coney Island. View pictures from her ride.

Flying the Fujifilm Blimp

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World

Cuban Crackdown on Dissidents Alienates Left

June 30, 2003 • Harsh sentences against political dissidents recently handed down by the Cuban government spark intense criticism from scholars and writers on the left. Many of these new critics have supported Fidel Castro's Communist regime in the past. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Cuban Crackdown on Dissidents Alienates Left

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Science

Company Announces Space Mission for Tourists

June 19, 2003 • The company that brokered the trips of two millionaires into space aboard Russian rockets announces plans for what it's calling the first privately funded space flight. Space Adventures says it will team with the Russian Aviation & Space Agency and a Russian aerospace company to fly two tourists -- at $20 million each -- to the international space station in 2005. Hear NPR's Margot Adler.

Company Announces Space Mission for Tourists

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New York Street Vendors

June 16, 2003 • New York City street vendors are fighting the city in a battle over their right to sell, display and make art in public spaces. The city says vendors have gotten out of hand -- and they need reining in. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

New York Street Vendors

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NYC Silly Summons

June 3, 2003 • NPR's Margot Adler reports that the New York Daily News and other media outlets have been running readers' submissions of "silly summons" being issued by over-zealous city police to residents.

NYC Silly Summons

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Test for New York City's Tour Guides Revamped

June 2, 2003 • A new licensing exam for New York City's tour guides is stirring a passionate debate between those who believe tours should focus on the facts and history and those who favor an experience that highlights the intangible soul of the city.

Test for New York City's Tour Guides Revamped

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National

Model U.N. Program Brought to Inner City Schools

May 18, 2003 • Some inner city schools in New York begin participating in Model U.N., a decades-old program that aims to provide high school students with an understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues. The program has traditionally been limited to the best public and elite private schools. Hear NPR's Margot Adler.

Model U.N. Program Brought to Inner City Schools

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U.S. Efforts Have Built Few Democracies, Report Says

May 17, 2003 • U.S. forces have occupied 16 nations since World War II. Only four are now democracies, according to a report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Panama, Grenada, Germany and Japan. Are there implications for U.S. attempts to install a democratic government in Iraq? NPR's Margot Adler reports.

U.S. Efforts Have Built Few Democracies, Report Says

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National

Public Libraries Become Targets of Budget Cuts

April 17, 2003 • Public libraries are becoming vulnerable targets as cities and states seek ways to cut their budgets. Some libraries already are feeling that pressure -- even as they serve more job-seekers. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Public Libraries Become Targets of Budget Cuts

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Homework Series, Part One

March 11, 2003 • Across the nation, educators are balancing mandates to improve test scores and a chronic lack of resources with the need for children to have enough time to simply be children. In the first of a four-part series about homework on Morning Edition, NPR's Margot Adler examines how the increasing academic workload is stressing out kids and their families.

Homework Series, Part One

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Lysistrata: 'Ancient' War Protest

March 4, 2003 • All over the world yesterday, voices rose in opposition to war in the form of theater. The ancient Greek play, Lysistrata tells the story of women who stop war by witholding sex from their husbands until they agree to lay down their arms. NPR's Margot Adler reports on some of those performances and the motives of the organizers.

Lysistrata: 'Ancient' War Protest

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Business

Study: Senior Women Reluctant to Cross Digital Divide

February 23, 2003 • Despite the fact that American women now outnumber men in cyberspace, a new poll shows women over the age of 65 are more reluctant to use the Internet than any other group. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Study: Senior Women Reluctant to Cross Digital Divide

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National

Anti-War Activists Peace Rally

February 16, 2003 • Marches and rallies opposing military action against Iraq take place in more than 150 cities across the United States. In New York City, throngs of anti-war activists gather near the United Nations, holding a lively demonstration despite the city's refusal to permit an outright march. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Anti-War Activists Rally for Peace

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National

New York Protests

February 15, 2003 • Throngs of anti-war activists gathered Saturday in New York City near the United Nations, holding a lively demonstration despite the city's refusal to permit an outright march. Meanwhile, among New Yorkers who chose not to take part, some cited frustration with the results of past protest efforts. Hear NPR's Margot Adler, NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Rick Karr.

NYC Protests

February 15, 2003 • NPR's Margot Adler talks to Steve Inskeep about large anti-war protests in New York today. Organizers were denied a permit to march, so demonstrators gathered four blocks north of the United Nations.

NYC Protests

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