It’s estimated that at least 60% of Americans in jail today – nearly a half-million – haven’t been convicted of anything but are merely being held in pre-trial detention because they can’t afford to make bail. What’s worse, even people who are acquitted of charges may face years paying back their bail bond fees. Now, some states, like California, are moving to end their cash bail systems. Lee Cowan looks at the $2 billion-a-year private bail bond industry, and talks with the founder of the Bail Project, a non-profit that gives those in need bail without added fees, as well as the executive director of Equal Justice Under Law, dedicated to scrapping the cash bail system entirely. Source

The columnist and commentator, a staunch and unshakable advocate of conservative policies for more than four decades, talks about the state of politics today, as well as the hot-button topic of baseball Source

It happened this past week – word of the passing of two men as different as different can be Source

The delicate and expressive wood carvings of sculptor David Esterly may take months, even years, to create, conjured from the subtle neurological connections between the artist’s brain and the hand. Faith Salie talks with Esterly, whose craft has placed him among the greatest wood workers, and who, at 75, is now facing the symptoms of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Source

A World War II-era Douglas C-47 military transport plane dubbed “Miss Montana” had been parked in a museum for nearly two decades after a career transporting firefighters in Montana. Now, with its engines rebuilt and the fuselage restored to its early glory, it is joining other veteran airplanes that saw service on D-Day 75 years ago for a trip across the Atlantic, for an anniversary flight over the beaches of Normandy. Richard Schlesinger talks with those who got Miss Montana back in the air. Source

It’s estimated that nearly half a million Americans in jail haven’t been convicted of anything, but are being held simply because they can’t afford bail; now there are efforts in nearly a dozen states to eliminate cash-bail systems that put a price tag on freedom Source

The sculptor’s finely-detailed, expressive works are conjured from the subtle neurological connections between the artist’s brain and hands, now afflicted with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease Source

A Douglas C-47 military transport plane dubbed “Miss Montana,” parked in a museum for nearly two decades, is joining other planes for a trip to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day Source

The actress-writer talks her new film, and of confounding Hollywood’s expectations (and her own) Source

In this web exclusive, writer and actress Mindy Kaling talks to Luke Burbank about the public’s fascination with her relationship with actor B.J. Novak, who played her boyfriend on the hit comedy series “The Office.” Source