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Linda Brown Thompson ofBrown v. Board of Education died this week. The decision was supposed to desegregate schools. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with law professor Sheryll Cashin about its effects.

As a schoolgirl, she was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American public schools. She died Sunday in Topeka, Kan. She was 76.

The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine.

Roe tells the stories of "Jane Roe" and the lawyer who argued her side of the case. Playwright Lisa Loomer says it may be a history play, but so much of what happens in it still happens today.

Ronald Bourgeault dishes out a second helping of detectible collectibles from Raleigh, HR2

The all-new drama World on Fire premieres on April 5 at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS.

Grantchester is back! Don't miss the Season 5 premiere on Sunday, June 14 at 9/8c.

Terry Gross discovers she only exists because of her grandparent's foresight.v

Justice Sonia Sotomayor and lawyers arguing in favor of Oklahoma's lethal-injection cocktail got into a clash so pronounced that Chief Justice John Roberts chastised Sotomayor for talking too much.

Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and his relationship to his birthplace was nothing if not complicated. He was often criticized for the way he depicted developing countries in his novels.