Morning Edition
Pedro Torres, editor of El Diario, holds the front page featuring the Mexican flag dripping blood. Two of his journalists have been killed over the past two years. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
A farmer collects tomatoes on a tractor on a farm in Guira de Melena, 80 miles south of Havana, in April 2008. Cuba has been lending unused land to private farmers and cooperatives as part of a sweeping effort to step up agricultural production. Javier Galeano/AP hide caption
Planes line up for takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
David Rakoff is the author of Fraud and Don't Get Too Comfortable. He is a regular contributor to This American Life and New York Times Magazine. Larry Busacca/Getty Images hide caption