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As election day nears, candidates are concentrating on getting voters to the polls. NPR's Andrea Seabrook caught up with campaign workers trying to motivate Maryland's African-American communities.

NPR's David Welna reports from St. Paul that all eyes are on Minnesota's senate race, where White House-backed Republican Norm Coleman is being challenged by former vice president Walter Mondale. Mondale stepped in to lead a speedy campaign after Minnesota Democratic senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash. Coleman has retooled his campaign to opposed Mondale, and polls are unclear on who leads this tight race. Both men are expected to flex their eligibility at today's debate.

NPR's Don Gonyea travels with President Bush, who is making his rounds across the country stirring up support for Republican candidates in this year's tight congressional races. But as Bush follows a long itinerary that he hopes will pack Congress with GOP members sympathetic to his agenda, some critics say the president's energy could have been used in tending to national issues.

The race to replace the late Paul Wellstone in Minnesota could determine which party controls the Senate. President Bush campaigned there Sunday. There are several other tight races around the country. NPR News reports.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with award-winning actor and musician Jamie Foxx about his new book, Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me.

The New Yorker contributor moved to Paris during the reconstruction after World War II, and focused her short stories on often-overlooked European experiences. Gallant died Tuesday.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle about how recent supply chain issues have challenged his company.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Norman Baylor, former director of the FDA's Office of Vaccines Research and Review, about the differences in booster recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccines.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Lisa Banks about why she thinks more information from the NFL's investigation into the Washington Football Team should be released.

A.A. Milne's beloved bear made his first appearance in a short poem titled "Teddy Bear" which was published in Punch magazine on Feb. 13, 1924. We'll listen back to a 1929 recording of Milne.