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Ed Gordon discusses Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery with NASA's acting chief operating officer Frederick Gregory, a veteran of three shuttle flights and the first African-American shuttle commander. It is the first shuttle mission since February 2003, when the Columbia shuttle broke apart while re-entering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.

Florida lawmakers are looking into allegations that several of the state's farm labor camps are run like modern-day slave operations, where workers rack up huge debts and are sometimes paid with drugs.

Juan Williams examines what the response to Hurricane Katrina says about race and poverty in the United States. One man says the hurricane ripped the covering off the class lines and racism of America.

Americans adopted more than 22,000 foreign-born children last year. But a number of African-American and mixed-raced babies born in the United States are being adopted by foreigners living abroad.

Ed Gordon talks with jazz piano legend Herbie Hancock about his new CD Possibilities, which features collaborations with pop vocalists old and new.

Every decade or so, it seems that Las Vegas reinvents itself -- remember when it became "family friendly" in the 1990s? Now Las Vegas is the center of a new entertainment trend. New York-based reporter Jeff Lunden checks it out.

The president of Niger acknowledges a poor harvest and problems with locusts. But he rejects international claims of severe famine and starvation. There are concerns that past delays in accepting food aid have led to a higher death toll.

The horse's connection to both freedom and power is the driving theme behind a new show, a kind of equine-human ballet called Cavalia. It was created by one of the people behind the renowned Cirque du Soleil.

Several elections Tuesday are worth watching for the insights they may offer about the public mood. Political Editor Ken Rudin offers a race-by-race synopsis.

French president Jacques Chirac breaks his silence on the rioting that has shaken his nation for more than week. Chirac vows to restore order but also pledges to support equal opportunity for all.