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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Nina Collins about a new book of short stories written by her late mother, Kathleen Collins, one of the first African-American filmmakers. The book is called "Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?"

Ex-player Billy Bean, who's openly gay, is the MLB's inclusion ambassador, and he's charged with improving baseball's relationship with the LGBT community. David Greene talks to Bean about his role.

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a memo to insurers saying government audit policies could be relaxed, investors privy to the news pounced, sending shares upward.

H. Richard Milner's new book helps educators understand how to incorporate talk of race, class and inequality into their lessons.

The Justice Department opposed the public release of the memo. NPR's Michel Martin talks with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about how the disclosed information could affect the agency.

The title track from Joshua Hedley's forthcoming album Mr. Jukebox mines both country music history and his own experience playing for Nashville barflies.

The number of homeless people in the U.S. has gone up for the first time since 2010. Joryelle Marage tells NPR's Kelly McEvers about her experience being without permanent housing.

"Portions of St. John are scheduled to be restored by the middle of next week," the power utility says. The U.S. Virgin Islands — home to more than 100,000 Americans — remains under boil-water orders.

The Vietnam War prompted immense soul-searching and change for our country in just about every realm you can think of: social, political, human. Beginning Sunday WVIZ/PBS will begin airing Ken Burns’ new documentary series on the war, and its impact. With that in mind, I wanted to revisit a Vietnam veteran’s perspective from this year. His name is Haskey Staley, living in Lorain, Ohio.

When you are on the road with a presidential candidate, campaign press aides will promise you the moon and stars to make you happy. They promise to make...