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A small but significant number of people are getting sick and finding the usual antibiotics don't work, because the strain of bacteria that's making them sick has become resistant to the drug. The cause is widely believed to be the common practice of feeding antibiotics to farm animals.

After a pause to reset its software, the Opportunity Mars rover sets back to work exploring the Red Planet's surface and studying rock samples. NASA scientists say Opportunity and its Spirit counterpart craft are being driven toward research sites. Hear Pat Duggins of member station WMFE.

Khalil Naimi, first secretary to the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, is shot and killed in his car by unnamed assailants. The assassination comes as an Iranian delegation is in Iraq to mediate in the standoff between U.S. forces in Najaf and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

NPR's Tavis Smiley has a conversation with Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove about her book Root Shock, which explores urban renewal programs between 1949 and 1973 and their impact on African-American neighborhoods.

Former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume announced Monday that he intends to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate representating Maryland in 2006. NPR's Ed Gordon talks with him about his bid for office.

Southern California is known for its diversity. But in its traditionally most conservative enclave, Orange County, only 1.5 percent out of a population of 3 million are African Americans. Reporter Doualy Xaykaothao profiles one of them -- a black youth coming to terms with his identity, having grown up in isolation in the OC.

With seven weeks remaining in the presidential campaign, African Americans are getting a lot of attention -- both with pleas for votes, and with negative ads. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks campaign politics with CNN political analyst Carlos Watson and Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker.

In 1963, former Ku Klux Klansmen bombed a Baptist church that killed four young black girls in Birmingham, Ala. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Lisa McNair, the sister of one of the girls killed, and Carolyn McKinstry, a friend who survived the tragedy.

Depression is a disorder many therapists say few black men are willing to talk about. In his new book Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men, veteran journalist John Head writes of his experience overcoming depression and discusses how he received help.

Filmmaker Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has been a topic of discussion throughout the presidential campaign. In the last days of the Bush-Kerry race, Moore is doing all he can to help the Democratic challenger unseat the president. Hear Moore and NPR's Phillip Martin.

Lawyer, poet and performer Billie Jean Young joins NPR's Tavis Smiley to talk about her portrayal of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer for the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

Gay rights activists around the nation are challenging state bans on same-sex marriage — in state courts and through the legislature. Here, a look at how the legal battle is playing out, state by state.

NPR's Morning Edition hears from organizers, elected officials and regular people about the effects of gun violence.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visit Iraq unannounced on Tuesday, but her trip was overshadowed by an incursion into the northern part of the country by Turkish troops hunting guerrillas of the Kurdish separatist group PKK. The U.S. has recently begun sharing intelligence with Turkey to pinpoint guerrilla positions.

In The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea, veteran foreign correspondent Steve LeVine writes about the high-stakes political gamesmanship over control of the rich oil resources in that region.

Journalist Kate Kelly attracted international attention for her three-part series on the collapse of investment bank Bear Stearns. The story ran on the front pages of The Wall Street Journal in May 2008; now she's written a book on the subject.

It's become a $50 billion a year industry: Corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, and IBM are being paid to do things the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Pentagon usually do, including analysis, covert operations, electronic surveillance and reconnaissance.

Director Gregg Araki and novelist Scott Heim have collaborated on the new film Mysterious Skin, based on Heim's novel of the same name. It's the story of two young men who were sexually molested as boys, and the different ways in which trauma has shaped their lives.

Inflation hasn’t hit Americans like this in decades. And families living with chronic diseases have little choice but to pay more for the medicine, supplies and food they need to stay healthy.

Fifty years ago, his LOVEpainting made Robert Indiana a worldwide sensation. But for the artist, the work also had an intensely personal meaning.

After Gino Mäder and another rider crashed, criticisms emerged about the race layout, which put the finish line down a steep descent. The police also say they're investigating the incident.

The New Zealand singer worked with a team of language experts to re-record five of her new songs in the indigenous Māori language, released just in time for Māori Language Week.

Kim dominated the leaderboard after her stellar first run at the women's snowboard halfpipe event on Thursday in Beijing. She's the first woman to win multiple Olympic golds in the halfpipe.

The Mars rover Curiosity has a lot of technology built into her, but she's also got something extra: a social media presence.

Two very different stories won our hearts this year.