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Rochester is the largest city on the Seacoast.The city’s roots are in manufacturing – but today the working class community employs more people in the healthcare industry than in factories.

And many of those healthcare workers see first hand what it’s like for patients who don’t have adequate health insurance.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch reports on how a few Democrats at a local health clinic feel about the presidential candidates’ abilities to improve the healthcare system.

Richard Russo won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his novel Empire Falls, which the Christian Science Monitor described as "[possibly] the last great novel of the 20th Century." Russo was on hand at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to talk about his new novel, Bridge of Sighs, for the latest installment of Writers on a New England Stage. Russo spoke to the live audience about his book, and was then joined onstage by Laura Knoy. This is the full, unedited audio of the event.

When the Soviets launched Sputnik, the U.S. responded with a golden age of American innovation, technology and exploration. Now, 50 years later, our country may be losing its innovative edge. Tonight on the Front Porch, we'll meet a man who says it's time to get back in the game. John Kao says America's security, prosperity and future rests on its ability to recapture its reputation as a leading innovator and technological powerhouse. His new book is called Innovation Nation.