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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Stacey Abrams, author and former Democratic Georgia state representative, about her new thriller, "Coded Justice." She also talks about her political goals.

Orville Peck is a country music singer known for keeping some secrets -- performing under a stage name and a mask. He talked with Rachel Martin about hitting pause on his career to get sober.

Soviet leader Josef Stalin's legacy includes mass purges and executions. Statues of him in Russia came down decades ago, but in recent years new statues have cropped up, including one this week.

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed at least partially divided as the justices heard arguments debating how the lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Amy Howe, a reporter with SCOTUSblog, about the issue of birthright citizenship and the use of universal injunctions before the Supreme Court.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.

A Wisconsin judge is charged with helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents. It's a rare prosecution but not unheard of — a similar case unfolded seven years ago in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade authorities more than seven years ago. Her case is still unresolved.

NPR speaks with health economist Lindsay Allen, assistant professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, about the impact of proposed cuts to Medicaid being debated in Congress.

It's getting more common for a lot of tornadoes to form over a big area in a short period of time. But the total number of tornadoes each year in the U.S. is stable.