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Real ID is a law that requires states to meet new standards for issuing driver's licenses. President Bush signed it on Wednesday. Yesterday we heard an argument in favor of the new law. Today, Cheye Calvo argues against real ID. He thinks enforcing the law will be a burden on states. He's the transportation director of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Starting in the 1930s, Mary Margaret McBride was a pioneering presence on radio. She interviewed the biggest political and cultural figures of the day. Ahead of her times in an earlier age, she is know largely forgotten. Biographer Susan Ware and Jacki Lyden reflect on McBride's career.

Twenty years ago, Philadelphia's Osage Avenue was the site of a stunning use of force by city police. Survivors recall the day that a confrontation between police and a radical group called MOVE left 11 people dead. Five were children.

In the latest installment of "What's in a Song," our occasional series from the Western Folklife Center about one song and its story, we hear "Songs of the Humpback Chubb."

At a camp in Burundi, former Hutu and Tutsi fighters are being urged to put their ethnic prejudices aside. Soldiers from both sides of a decades-long conflict are learning to adopt peaceful lives. Marianne McCune of member station WNYC reports.

The Presidential Commission on Intelligence Thursday releases the results of its 14-month review of current and previous U.S. intelligence on various threats. The report also offers advice on how to implement intelligence reform legislation.

The Bush administration is running into increasing resistance to altering Social Security. Republicans in Congress are beginning to feel pressure from their constituents as well. The president stumped for changes to Social Security in Iowa Wednesday.

Fighting also continues at the steel plant in Mariupol, where dozens of civilians remain trapped.

At 25, singer-songwriter Susie Suh has a recording contract with Sony's Epic label and a self-titled debut CD. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Suh about where her music comes from — and where she hopes to be going.

The U.S. Geological Survey releases the findings of a study on the nation's volcanoes and the risks they pose to local communities. Citing concerns to residents as well as air travellers, geologists are calling for a National Volcano Early Warning System.