NPR People: Michel Martin

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer important news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, the audience shares personal stories in reaction to controversial new guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a component of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency says suggests women can now wait an additional 10 years before getting an annual mammogram.

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer important news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, the audience reacts to the gruesome discovery in the home of a man in Cleveland. Also, a recent commentary by Martin exploring whether President Obama is sexist when it comes to his penchant for sports prompted listeners to weigh in with their two-cents.

In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin reflects on recent tragedies across the nation, including the mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. Martin explains why the ethnicity of alleged shooters and other suspected criminals is an often delicate but important matter within communities of color.

In her weekly commentary host Michel Martin gives her take on whether President Obama's off-hour golf outings and pickup basketball games are sexist and exclusionary to female staffers at the White House. Martin suggests the criticism is displaced.

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, listeners speak out on Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez's timetable for immigration reform. The audience also shares thoughts on controversial Halloween costumes that some say are culturally offensive.

Both Republicans and Democrats agree that improving U.S. education should be a top priority, and both parties. Tuesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan met with Latino advocacy groups and Spanish language news organizations to talk about why education is also a civil rights issue. Host Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Claudio Sanchez, who attended the meeting, for an update.

Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton has called himself "America's Top Cop." Bratton led police departments in Boston and New York before moving to L.A. Now, after seven years leading the LAPD, he's leaving his post. Host Michel Martin speaks to Bratton about policing, protecting the community, and how cops can make a difference.

In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin explains her family's recent scramble to get a flu shot for her children. Martin says the experience shed light on what's wrong with the U.S. health care system.

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer news updates to recent conversations. This week, Lazlo in Massachusetts explains his unsuccessful attempt to find love in cyberspace. His comments follow a recent conversation on racial disparities in online dating.

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, the audience has their say on whether spanking should be outlawed in the U.S. Also, one listener says a Senate resolution calling on President Obama to apologize for injustices toward Native Americans by the federal government is inadequate.

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, the audience has their say on the debate over whether the term "Hispanic" should be retired in favor of "Latino." Also, one woman tells how a recent discussion about young, gay teenagers coming out of the closet left her wanting to know more.

NPR host Diane Rehm recently celebrated 30 years of spreading enlightenment over the airwaves. In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin shares her appreciation for Rehm, whose acclaimed career has opened doors for others to follow in her footsteps. Martin also explains why she believes being able to express gratitude is the best part of being grateful.

"Tell Me More" host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," offer important updates to stories reported on the program, including the latest development in the drama surrounding The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and a major setback for a Philadelphia-area swim club accused of racism this summer after turning away black and Latino students because they would "change the complexion" of the club.

In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin revisits former President Jimmy Carter's recent suggestion that President Obama is being heavily scrutinized in part because some are uncomfortable with a black president. Martin says to Carter's critics that time spent on pretending that race is not an issue could be better used thinking about how to bring about a colorblind reality.

In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin reflects on the outburst by Rep. Joe Wilson during President Obama's health care speech to Congress last week. Martin questions whether Wilson's supporters would back such outbursts if they were coming from the other side of the aisle.