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When former Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic lost the presidential election last September, young people celebrated. His defeat was largely the result of a grassroots effort led by a group of mostly young people called "Otpor" or "Resistance. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with one of the members of Otpor, Slobodan Homen.

More than 900 Kurdish refugees are stranded on the coast of France. They paid thousands of dollars to smugglers who ran their boat aground and then abandoned the would-be immigrants. NPR's Sarah Chayes talks about the fate of the refugees and the experience of hiding in a small boat to escape one's homeland.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on a set of new laws designed to ease the burden on the Russian penal system. Russia's chief prosecutor has blocked the passage of the laws, saying dangerous criminals need to be behind bars.

Essayist Andy Borowitz imagines the controversy over Clinton's quest for an office in New York from the perspective of the former President's realtor.

The founder of a support group for people who have caused accidental death or injury has some personal insight on the emotions stirred up by the killing of a cast member on the set of the movie Rust.

Frank speaks with NPR's Barbara Bradley about the investigations by Congress and a federal prosecutor in New York into the pardon of Marc Rich by former President Clinton. Rich was charged with tax evasion, to the tune of 48 million dollars. He fled the country, and has been a fugitive ever since. Clinton defends his actions in a piece in today's New York Times.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from the Gaza strip, where five months of fighting and Israeli-imposed control measures have left the Palestinian territories on the verge of economic collapse.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina, on a series of new lawsuits which claim that large-scale hog farms are damaging the environment. Pork producers deny the charges.

Frank reads from listener letters and e-mails.

Lisa talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the Navy's decision to convene a public court of inquiry to investigate the sinking of a Japanese fishing boat by a U.S. submarine earlier this month. Nine passengers of the fishing boat are missing and presumed dead.