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Gordon Parks is the legendary African-American photographer known for documenting the lives of the poor, and for being the first black staff photographer for Life magazine. Jon Kalish reports that last weekend, Parks celebrated his 90th birthday in New York City with a group of African-American photographers from around the country.

As the hospice movement in America observes its 30th anniversary, John Biewen of American Radioworks offers an audio portrait of one of the more than 900,000 Americans expected to benefit from hospice care this year.

It is with great honor and appreciation that we pay homage to those who have served and continue to serve in our Nation’s Armed Forces. In celebration of…

Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore slept only a few hours last night following their debate in Boston and their respective midnight victory rallies. This morning each candidate returned to the breakneck pace of recent campaigning, each scheduling events in three states. We have reports from both campaigns, beginning with NPR's Steve Inskeep, who is with the Bush camp. NPR's Anthony Brooks then covers the Gore campaign.

President Bush is devoting his second week in office to promoting the role of non-governmental organizations in providing social services. The President contends that religious and community groups often do a better job at meeting human needs and should have access to public funding. Today, Mr. Bush laid out a few more details of his program and visited a private vocational school in Washington D.C. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.

As the race in Wisconsin heads toward the finish line, Sen. Hillary Clinton unveiled a new economic plan Monday, while Sen. Barack Obama fended off accusations of "borrowing" speech lines from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Patrick has endorsed Obama.

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.

Ken Marino directs this conventional if disjointed ensemble rom-com about disparate Los Angeles dog owners. The film finds its legs whenever it leans into its alt-comedy cast and cameos.

The big news is expected to be from the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. Other races to watch include mayoral contests in New York, Boston, Detroit and Minneapolis. Also, many states and localities have ballot initiatives — including whether the Astrodome should be torn down.

Sebastian Horsley has lived a life of decadence for over twenty years. He recently penned a memoir about his experiences called Dandy in the Underworld. Now he answers the question: What does it mean to be a modern dandy?