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In the second part of his remembrance prompted by the Mississippi trial of Edgar Ray Killen, commentator Walter Cronkite recalls the slaying of three civil rights workers in 1964. He tells how it unfolded amid a struggle for civil rights and the Vietnam War.

As the days draw nearer to the historic August Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip, Palestinians are both hopeful of the future and fearful of the changes to come.

In the final part of her series on Christianity in the Public Square, Barbara Bradley-Hagerty explores the relationship between Evangelical Christians and Roman catholics.

A small number of corrupt farmers and insurance agents are scamming the nation's crop insurance system. They're staging crop damage and filing phony claims, to the tune of $160 million last year. Using a bag of cocktail ice and a camera, one tomato-farming couple took the government for millions of dollars.

In 1964, three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Miss., were found dead. Today, after more than 40 years, the man accused of coordinating the attacks, Edgar Ray Killen, goes on trial for murder.

More than 100 people in Iraq have died in 19 suicide bombings in the last three days. Dozens were killed when a suicide bomber blew up a fuel tanker, causing the heaviest death toll since Iraq's new government took power. Al Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the string of attacks.

As anti-LGBTQ narratives ramp up in the mainstream, far-right groups Patriot Front and Proud Boys have used the moment to target Pride events. But their goal remains the same, extremism trackers say.

It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.

Bodily autonomy is a principle of the disability rights movement. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, people with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elaine Hsieh Chou about her recent essay in Vanity Fair, which addresses how Hollywood perpetuates Asian stereotypes.