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A new book uncovers the research of John Work, who accompanied folklorist Alan Lomax on a trip to the Mississippi Delta in the early 1940s. They documented the music heard in churches, blues joints and cotton fields of the South.

Water has been restored to Harbin in northeast China, five days after a chemical plant accident polluted a river that runs past the city toward Russia. The toxic slick is expected to reach the Russian city of Khabarovsk in about two weeks.

Students visiting America from across the Arabic-speaking world share their perspectives on the misunderstandings between their home nations and the United States.

With major fighting in Fallujah over, attention now turns to the civilian population. Saa'id Hakki, chairman of the Iraqi Red Crescent, talks about the current humanitarian situation in and around the war-torn city. Hear Hakki and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

This year, finalists in NPR's student podcast challenge asked big questions about hatred and love, identity and belonging.

Detroit Public Radio's Celeste Headlee talks to Muslims in Michigan about how they're observing Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and prayer. The report is the first in a series of Day to Day profiles of celebrations across the nation.

By naming some of his closest advisers to cabinet positions for his second term, President Bush appears to be tightening executive control over the government. Paul Light of the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University talks about the recent Cabinet changes. Hear Light and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden spent Mother's Day in Slovakia, meeting Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia's war and assuring them that the "hearts of the American people" are behind them.

Abortion is now front and center on the minds of many Democrats, but surprisingly many Republicans are focusing more on the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion, not on the substance of it.

Explosions and sirens remain part of a regular daily soundtrack in Baghdad, as insurgent attacks continue in parts of the country. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.