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  • Cracking The Code: Just How Does Encrypted Email Work?
    NSA leaker Edward Snowden's revelations have left us all grappling with questions of privacy. One way to keep some of our information private is through email encryption. But, how does that work?
  • An army officer escorts an Islamist man from Cairo's Fateh mosque on Saturday. Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi holed up in the mosque on Friday, instigating a standoff with security forces surrounding the building.
    What's Next For Egypt: 3 Scenarios
    Egyptians are no longer talking about how to build a democracy. The fear now is that the country could be flirting with civil war.
  • The small-scale intimacy of the documentary <em>Cutie and the Boxer </em>belies the outsize creativity of its Brooklyn-based subjects: the artists Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. He made his name as a bad-boy rebel beginning in the 1950s; she's only recently emerged from his professional shadow.
    'Cutie And The Boxer': Two Lives Entwined At Home, In Art
    Zachary Heinzerling's documentary captures the curious dynamics of a complicated relationship between two artists whose lives and work are inextricably intertwined. As Karen Michel reports, Ushio and Noriko Shinohara are still figuring themselves out after 40 years and more.
  • JJ Feild plays an actor who plays Mr. Darcy in the movie <em>Austenland</em>.
    Forget The Tea: Delightful Debauchery In British Pop Culture
    The comedy Austenland rightly pokes fun at Americans' ideas about the British, says critic Ella Taylor. She says the line between high and low culture in England has always been a bit hazy.
  • Why The Government Blocked The Airline Merger
    The Justice Department has blocked a planned merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways. Host Rachel Martin speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Scott McCartney about what it might mean for travelers.
  • Japan Seeks 'Escape From Postwar Regime'
    It's been 68 years since Japan surrendered to Allied forces, bringing an end to World War II. NPR's Beijing correspondent, Anthony Kuhn, joins host Rachel Martin to discuss Japan's current military ambitions and the grave concerns in China and Korea that Japan is on the way to forgetting its wartime past.
  • Egypt On Edge After A Week Of Deadly Violence
    Clashes continue between supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi and those who support the military which pushed him out of power. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the latest news.
  • Atlanta Celebrates King's Dream
    The birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. commemorates the 50th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech with a celebration at the national historic site and at the King Center in Atlanta. It's an effort to get children and families involved the history of the movement.
  • Cairo Mosque Is A Protest Flashpoint
    Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque and cleared it of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, who had holed up for hours there on Saturday. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin gets the latest from reporter Sharif Abdel Kouddous.
  • A relative of one of the missing passengers writes down contact numbers on Sunday at the office of the ferry involved in a collision, in Cebu City.
    Philippine Navy Still Hopes For Survivors From Ferry Crash
    Some 35 people are confirmed dead and 80 still missing after a collision between the MV Thomas Aquinas and a cargo ship near Cebu on Friday.
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