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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kathleen Belew, an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago, on the threat of white supremacist movements in the U.S.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the debate over changes to the Supreme Court, which he advocates for in his book Our Unfinished March.

During the Great Depression, many people fled the drought-stricken region that stretched from Nebraska to the Texas panhandle. The struggles of those who stayed are the subject of a book by New York Times reporter Timothy Egan.

Two days after the West Virginia mining community of Sago learned that 12 men had died in a mining disaster, families are still seeking answers about how false hopes were raised and then dashed.

A growing demand for adoptable children overseas is leading to tragic outcomes for some children and parents. Michael Montgomery of American RadioWorks reports on problems with adoptions of children from the former Soviet Union.

Florence and Joe Chandler made it through 66 years together. But spending their last years in the same home proved nearly impossible. Reporter Michael Chandler followed her grandparents for six months.

The popularity of Duranguense music has made the link between Chicago and Durango, Mexico, more visible. But the connection is deeper than most creators and fans of the music know.

Before the 2006 North American International Auto show opened this past weekend, more then 35,000 industry professionals and members of the media attended "Industry Preview Days." Steve Inskeep talks to Paul Eisenstein, publisher of the internet magazine The Car Connection.

The Austrian National Gallery is being compelled by a national arbitration board to return five paintings by Gustav Klimt to a Los Angeles woman, the heir of a Jewish family that had its art stolen by the Nazis. The paintings are estimated to be worth at least $150 million.

The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is shaking up more than the House leadership. Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) steps down temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee after being named in Abramoff's guilty plea agreement. Ney insists he's done nothing wrong, and that he was pushed to quit his chairmanship by Republican leaders trying to limit damage from the Abramoff scandal. While Republican officials are portraying this as a bipartisan scandal, Abramoff is widely seen as the Republicans' problem.