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Betto Arcos joins Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz to share some of his favorite new albums from Latin America. Included are albums from AfroCubism, Xiomara Laugart, Mexican Institute of Sound and Tom Ze.

Newly discovered letters written by Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, detail his efforts to get his family out of Nazi-occupied Holland in 1941 and emigrate to the United States or Cuba.

The Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda formed in a basement in Baghdad under the Saddam Hussein regime — not exactly the easiest place to play thrash metal. The group, featured in the 2007 documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad, just released its first EP, called Only the Dead See the End of the War.

Egyptian authorities have released details of the charges against 43 people, including 19 Americans, who worked for democracy-building NGOs around the country. Cairo says the suspects were carrying out political, not civil society activities, particularly after the revolution began just over a year ago.

France on Monday joined the growing number of Western countries that have announced they'll recognize Palestine as a state. Israel has denounced the move.

A migrant worker advocacy group looks back on a year of challenges and hard work.

Chicago's offense gave pitcher Jake Arrieta an early lead to win the game 9-3 and even the Series. The decisive Game 7 will be played Wednesday in Cleveland.

The controversies over gifted education start with identifying who qualifies for that title.

From "The Twist" to "Is That All There Is?," the songs that Mad Men uses to depict the 1960s are perfect — but often unpredictable — representations of the decade's slow evolution.

Pressure cookers were once a common household appliance, but they fell out of favor in the U.S. as people turned to frozen dinners and microwaves.