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Hundreds of thousands across the country demonstrated in the student-led event to demand stricter gun control laws. NPR illustrator LA Johnson takes us to Saturday's flagship march in Washington, D.C.

In this game we mash up the name of a famous person with the name of a company. If we said, "This California Gurls singer tries her hand at men's fashion," you'd answer, "Katy Perry Ellis."

It was on this date in 1943 that Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to travel on official business via airplane. He headed to Casablanca, Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill. And it was on this date in 1952 that the Today Show first aired on NBC from New York City.

Swing with Bill Cartwright this week highlights some great tunes that you don't get to hear every day like Tony DeSare's "You'd be so Nice to Come Home...

Originally aired on April 11, 2015: This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright , you'll hear the great Billie Holiday and a duet by Tony Bennett and k.d....

At the turn of the 20th century, Ida Tarbell investigated John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. What she discovered changed the economy of the United States.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist hears oral arguments for the first time since announcing in October that he'd been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The first argument Rehnquist heard was one testing liability in attacks on those who have gotten restraining orders.

Demonstrators gathered in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest U.S. military operations in Iraq. The protesters demanded that U.S. troops be returned home immediately, although some acknowledged that their request may not be practical. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) is seeking his party's presidential nomination. On paper, he appears to be an ideal candidate, with eight years experience as governor and 17 as senator, with vast experience in intelligence and national security issues. While popular in a critical state, he is in single digits in the polls. NPR's Political Correspondent Mara Liasson follows Sen. Graham on a campaign swing in New Hampshire.

The Department of Justice begins a formal investigation into an alleged leak from the Bush administration that exposed a CIA operative married to an outspoken critic of the White House's Iraq policy. President Bush orders his staff to cooperate fully. Questioning the DOJ's impartiality, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) calls for a special counsel to investigate. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.