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  • Was Miley Twerking Or Just Trying?
    Miley Cyrus' provocative performance at the MTV Video Music Awards got some people clapping, but many more fingers wagging. Host Michel Martin talks about the cultural implications of twerking.
  • Self-Described 'Hypocrite' Photographs Black Men
    When President Obama asked Americans to examine their own racial biases, photographer Jane Critchlow took that to heart. She approached black men in her neighborhood and asked to take photos with them. Host Michel Martin talks with Critchlow about her project, and the men's reactions.
  • Does 'Marching' Digitally Send A Message?
    As thousands of people gathered in the nation's capital to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, many more activists participated online. Host Michel Martin talks about social justice in the digital age with Michael Skolnik of Global Grind and Corey Dade of The Root.
  • American Airlines aircraft sit on the tarmac at Miami International Airport last week.
    Judge Hints At Helping American Airlines Out Of Bankruptcy
    The airline filed for Chapter 11 in November 2011 and has been waiting to emerge from bankruptcy to complete a proposed merger with US Airways.
  • Junior Seau sustained many concussions during his career and was suffering from a degenerative brain disease when he killed himself in May 2012.
    NFL, Retirees Reach $765M Settlement On Concussions Suits
    More than 4,500 retired players had been part of the lawsuits. They claimed the league hadn't properly protected them over the years. In the settlement, the NFL does not admit any liability.
  • A police officer tickets a young woman for parking a Maserati (estimated to be worth more than $300,000) on the double yellow lines in the middle of the street in Chongqing, China. Stories like this one that go viral in China are increasingly available to English audiences, thanks for a new breed of websites such as ChinaSMACK.
    Too Weird To Be True? In China, You Never Can Tell
    Foreign news coverage of China is often deadly serious: corruption, pollution and the like. Then there's the funny and bizarre that often goes viral — like the zoo that swapped a dog for a lion. A number of websites are making these offbeat and satirical tales increasingly available in English.
  • A customer rolls a joint made of half marijuana and half tobacco to smoke inside of Frankie Sports Bar and Grill in Olympia, Wash., in December 2012.
    Federal Prosecutors Told Not To Focus On Marijuana Users
    Attorney General Eric Holder is instructing his prosecutors to concentrate instead on cartels, criminal enterprises and those who sell the drug to children.
  • IRS Will Recognize All Legal Same-Sex Marriages
    The IRS says couples can begin filing taxes as married in 2013, and generally, same-sex couples could file amended returns for 2010, 2011 and 2012.
  • Insurance? Let's just run your card.
    Feds Say 'Unbanked' Can Buy Insurance With Prepaid Debit Cards
    About a quarter of uninsured people eligible for federal subsidies to help them pay for health coverage don't have bank accounts. A new rule would require insurers to accept payments made many different ways, including by money order and prepaid debit card.
  • Pepper is the spice most commonly contaminated with salmonella and other pathogens.
    Your Kitchen Spices Can Often Harbor Salmonella
    Spices may add more than flavor to your food: Some harbor dangerous bacteria. Contamination has caused big outbreaks in the United States, and the FDA is looking into how to reduce the risk.
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