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There's growing tension between the state government and big cities in Texas. Republicans in the statehouse are chafing at moves by municipal governments in large cities and are crying foul.

Congress authorized $100 billion to reimburse health care providers for losses linked to the pandemic, but much of that money has gone for Medicare patients, with low-income families left behind.

In journalist Kevin Nguyen's first novel, characters build relationships with each other online that translate to the real world — with mixed results.

An eccentric, a free spirit and an unflaggingly open-minded heroine, Mame Dennis taught more than one protege — including NPR's Bob Mondello — how to open new windows without worrying about the view.

Bolz-Weber's new book pulls from her own experiences, stories told by her parishioners and the Bible itself for an examination of the way conservative Christian ideas about sex affect our lives.

J.K. Rowling has just published her third mystery under the pseudonym. This time, detective Cormoran Strike and his beautiful assistant are battling a serial killer — and their own dark pasts.

David J. Peterson has crafted languages for TV shows and films — even a whole language for a single giant, in Game of Thrones. For him, every language is a balance of the technical and the artistic.

Thirty years ago today, the Rev. Jim Jones led more than 900 of his followers in a murder and suicide ritual in the jungles of Guyana. NPR's Tony Cox takes a look back at Jonestown, through the eyes of three people who were entwined with the tragedy.

Beverly Jenkins writes historical romances — about free black towns, lawmen and cowboys and Civil War vets. She says her mission is to illuminate the parts of black history you don't learn in school.

Wiley Cash's new novel follows two sisters whose errant father kidnaps them out of foster care after their mother dies. Cash tells NPR's Rachel Martin about his decision to set the story during Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 home run battle.

The presidential hopeful has had trouble being consistent on trade. Labor unions are important in Democratic politics, but her work as secretary of state is putting her in a bind on trade.

Ralph Frias and Eugene Levine, two veterans, speak about the D-Day landings in Normandy 70 years ago. They offer stories and relate what it was like to take part in a day that changed the world.

Jakob Dylan discusses the new Wallflowers CD, Rebel, Sweetheart, and tells Melissa Block about the ways his songwriting has changed over the course of five albums.

Fifteen years after her hard-hitting hip-hop debut, All Hail the Queen, Queen Latifah has a new CD of jazz, soul and pop standards covering artists as diverse as Dinah Washington and Al Green.

Late last year, Rick Springfield reprised his role as Dr. Noah Drake on the long-running ABC daytime drama General Hospital. Springfield talks about why he came back, and his new album.

Scott Simon talks with singer-songwriter Carole King, who is on tour for her new double-CD set, Welcome to My Living Room.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both civil rights leaders but they had very different approaches in their efforts to gain equality for blacks in a white dominated society. Daniel talks with Orlando Bagwell, producer of the documentary "Malcolm X, Make It Plain", about the relationship between the two leaders and how it evolved over time.

Republicans campaigning in New Hampshire frequently mention young people, citing changes that have to be made "for the sake of our children and grand children." NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Jonathan Baer have talked to groups of young people and find many of their concerns are not being discussed.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the testimony the Senate Whitewater Committee heard today from former White House communication director Mark Gearan. Gearan was asked about notes he took during a White House meeting just over two years ago regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor -- a move the First Lady opposed but one that the President called for.

of the Republican presidential race and what effect it might have on his re-election bid there.

David Crump, Director of Field Studies at Orielton Field Center in Milfordhaven, Wales, about the impact on the environment of oil which spilled off the coast of Wales on February 15... 20-million gallons have leaked from the super tanker, Sea Empress, after it went aground in mid-February.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says what you wear could really tell the world who you are and what you think. He wonders if the juror at the Whitewater trial who dressed in a Star Trek uniform everyday might have been offering a social commentary by suggesting we all should should dress differently.

Commentator Reuven Frank says it's the horserace (who's ahead, who's behind?) that the people are interested in hearing about -- and it should be the horserace that reporters report. (3:15) CUTAWAY 1A 0:59 1B 3. TOBACCO -- NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the power, both political and financial, that tobacco companies have long had seems to be waning.

Andy Bowers takes us through the fits and starts as Europe continues its 40 year movement toward a union of 15 states.

Robert talks to Seymour Martin Lipset, author of "American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword." (W.W. Norton & Company) Lipset says that many of the characteristics that Alexis de Tocqueville described as uniquely American still exist in our society today and continue to make the United States different from other countries. But Lipset notes these characteristics have a negative side, too.