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Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., is expected to plead guilty on campaign finance charges. He is accused of diverting about $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use.

Journalist Charlie LeDuff discusses his new book, Detroit: An American Autopsy. Clarinetist Anat Cohen explores influences that range from Louis Armstrong to her native Israel. And in a new album, Richard Thompson is still coming to terms with the sources of his frustrations.

Gov. Jay Inslee gets the call that between 150 and 300 gallons of toxic sludge are leaking from a single-shelled tank every year. There are dozens of these tanks holding waste that have outlived their life spans.

James Fallows of The Atlantic joins Host Jacki Lyden for his regular summary of the week's news. They discuss the State of the Union rhetoric and Congress's stalling on Hagel and the sequester.

Our first reading from Round 10 of our Three-Minute Fiction short story contest comes from Kevin Windorf of Westfield, N.J. Read the full story here.

In honor of Presidents Day, every answer is the last name of a U.S. president. You will be given a word or phrase that is a president's last name with two letters changed. You name the president. For example, given "Carpet," the answer would be "Carter."

What makes some families stronger, more harmonious, and just plain happier than others? To find out, Bruce Feiler asked parents and experts from a wide variety of fields for advice that parents could apply to improve life at home.

Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin speaks with Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont who supports the White House proposals, about gun control. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee he will have a key role in writing and passing any new gun laws.

The explosions targeted mainly Shiite neighborhoods. The attack comes amid increasing Shiite-Sunni tension in Iraq.

Environmental activists organized a massive rally on the National Mall on Sunday to protest the Keystone pipeline and pressure the Obama administration to take action to counter climate change. NPR's Elizabeth Shogren talks about the rally with host Jacki Lyden.