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Five years after Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, many African Americans in the St. Louis area remain frustrated by racial inequity. But some see signs of reforms taking hold.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax requested on Saturday that "no one rush to judgment" after a second woman came forward to accuse him of sexual assault. Virginia Democrats are calling for him to resign.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Vanity Plates for New Millennium; Lucky Brewski and Brunch Shoes.

As "traditional bonds disintegrate in the face of industrialization, urbanization, and secularization, brands and objects become a means to curate and project who we are," writes reporter Adam Minter.

Boys State documentary explores how a group of Texas teens participated in the American Legion program to learn about democracy by organizing political parties and running a mock government.

On Tuesday night, Blagojevich walked free from a federal prison four years before he was scheduled to be released. He is among 11 people who received clemency, the White House says.

The action, which falls under a strict new Beijing-imposed national security law imposed on Hong Kong, comes in response to an unauthorized, independent primary held in July.

Leslie Cruise served as a paratrooper during the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944. The 95-year-old veteran reflects on his survival often and believes he has an obligation to share his story.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Lisa Banks, a lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, following the Senate's procedural vote to move Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh forward to a final Senate vote.

Next month Ireland will hold early elections. NPR's Noel King talks to Hugh Linehan, who hosts the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast, about the short election cycle.