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Obama's attorney general says that when it comes to voting rights, the Supreme Court has increasingly become "an impediment to justice." Holder's new book is Our Unfinished March.

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to find and turn over unedited documents in the Oklahoma City bombing case. A Salt Lake City lawyer wants those papers because he says they could shed light on the death of his brother in a federal prison -- and because they could link bomber Timothy McVeigh to a white supremacist gang of bank robbers.

A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites.

A new off-Broadway play explores the career of legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. Award-winning actor and director Rome Neal stars in the one-man production.

NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Algerian-born musician Rachid Taha about his newest CD, Tékitoi. He talks about how his experience as a North African Arab living in France has influenced his unique sound.

It's been 6 months since a tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, killing a quarter of a million people in a dozen countries. As NPR's Margot Adler reports, the billions of dollars in aid that have poured into those countries is only beginning to make a dent.

David McCullough tells Steve Inskeep about his new book 1776. The book chronicles the battles George Washington's army fought to win independence for America from Britain.

Israel plans to build 3,500 new housing units in the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank, a move officials say has long been planned. But Palestinians and Israeli critics say the growth could make a viable Palestinian state almost impossible.

Three U.S. judges in Atlanta hear the case of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state whose feeding tube was disconnected Friday. Schiavo's parents are seeking an emergency injunction from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Charles Edwards of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

For seven years, Lisa Keyte has been a curator at Newport's Oregon Coast Aquarium, former home of Keiko the killer whale. But all that's about to change, as Keyte is set to dive into her new job -- as a coffee roaster.