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Secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice addresses tough questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the justification for the war in Iraq and an exit strategy. She returned Wednesday to the Capitol for a second round of questioning.

Gerald Reynolds, the newly appointed chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, recently described himself as "a 1950s liberal." Commentator Janus Adams recalls some events from the 1950s to better understand what Reynolds means.

An Atlanta golf club's conflict with two of its gay members over spousal benefits for their partners is pitting a gay-friendly city against a conservative state.

Two weeks after a tsunami devastated thousands of miles of coastline on the Indian Ocean, relief organizations say they are now getting supplies and medical care to almost every affected area. But there are still are still complaints that aid distribution has been uneven. Hear NPR's Joanne Silberner.

Sudanese leaders sign an historic power-sharing agreement that is expected to end decades of civil war between the northern government and southern rebels. Hear NPR's Jacki Lyden and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth, who attended the signing ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya.

The new film Are We There Yet? stars Ice Cube as a man so eager to get close to a woman that he offers to travel many miles to reunite her children with their mother. The film was made by his production company, Cube Vision, which also developed Friday, as well as Barbershop.

A 10-member jury sees photos and video evidence in the court-martial of Spc. Charles Graner, a central figure in the abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The defense argued Monday that Graner was ordered to rough up prisoners ahead of interrogation. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

Sixty years ago, Adolf Hitler launched one last attempt to maintain Germany's hold on Europe. During the ensuing Battle of the Bulge, one small American platoon was captured and held in POW camps until the end of WWII. They all survived. Alex Kershaw tells their story in The Longest Winter.

You may know the work of Sooni Taraporevala from the big screen — she wrote the screenplays for Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala, each of which won awards. But when she's not writing, Taraporevala enjoys taking photographs. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

The arrest and not guilty plea of 80-year-old Edgar Ray Killen reverberates around the South and around the country. Reporter Allison Keyes speaks with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a former Civil Rights-era Freedom Rider, about what he regards as the importance of the state of Mississippi seeking justice in the 40-year-old triple-murder case.