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The United Auto Workers union strikes against the Big 3 automakers. Lessons learned 60 years after the Birmingham church bombing. See how much news you remember with this week's quiz.

Adam Benforado's new book, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice, describes a system in which race, accents and even attractiveness couldn't play a role in a jury's decision.

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a new era of consumer protection, but the future of the housing market is uncertain.

If you like ghosts, ghouls and witches, you won't find them in The Case Against Satan, Perchance to Dream, and Songs of a Dead Dreamer — their horrors are more familiar and far more frightening.

Barbara J. King talks with 13.7's own Marcelo Gleiser about his new book, in which he addresses his view of spirituality — one that doesn't invoke "the existence of supernatural spirits."

The runoff election to decide the New Orleans mayor's race is scheduled for Saturday. Farai Chideya talks with Cheryl Corley about how residents of the city view the upcoming vote between incumbent Ray Nagin and his challenger, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about the lessons that can be learned from the 1980 actors strike as a new strike is now underway.

This week, the Obama administration unveiled its plan to help banks get so-called toxic assets off their books. While it's unclear how far the plan will need to go, Christina Romer, the head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, says getting a trillion dollars' worth off the banks' balance sheets will be "unbelievably helpful."

Broadway's Ben Platt heads the eccentric staff of a rundown camp for middle school thespians in the Sundance hit mockumentary Theater Camp.

Robin D.G. Kelley spent 14 years on a new book, which some are calling the definitive work on a jazz legend. In Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, he portrays the great pianist as a trained musician, a psychiatric case and a father.