MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Colin Dwyer @ NPR.org Oct. 4 Updated at 3:57 p.m. ET; with photos
What could possibly bring together a painter, an economist, a pastor and a planetary scientist? If you ask the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the answeris simpler than you may think: They've all shown creativity, potential for future achievements — and the likelihood that $625,000, meted out over five years, will help them complete their grand designs [....]