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Built in the 1830s — the Henry B. Clarke House — may change its name to honor Bishop Louis Henry Ford who helped save the home.

As history marches on, space for memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is shrinking. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which officially begins construction Nov. 13, may perhaps be the last monument to be built on the parcel.

In her book Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History, author Diana Wells explores the history of and people's relationship with about 100 trees. She says she hopes the book will inspire readers to discover the trees around them because "we need the trees and they need us."

NPR art director and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Hatshepsut, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt's history — but whose legacy was erased for over 3,000 years.

Nikki Haley stood out at last night's debate but still polls behind Trump. Israel says the U.N. has been slow to speak out about reports of sexual violence in the Hamas attack.

Michael Mukasey is now all but sure of winning Senate confirmation as attorney general. But Mukasey's nomination was almost derailed by his refusal to say whether he views the interrogation practice known as "waterboarding" as torture. The episode is only the latest in waterboarding's long history of controversy.

William Zinsser, author of the classic guide On Writing Well, talks to Michele Norris about the challenges of writing personal history. He says that since the 1990s, many memoirs have focused on victimhood, rather than forgiveness.

In his new book The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, historian Niall Ferguson argues that money, in its many forms, is the "root of most human progress." He traces money's evolution from Mesopotamia to modern microfinance.

Dr. Clara Small, emeritus professor at Salisbury University, first came to the Shore in 1977, when she became the first African American professor in SSC's history department.

The Black Patriots Foundation is raising money to erect a memorial on the National Mall that will honor the more than 5,000 blacks who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Rhonda Roberson, president of the foundation, tells Ed Gordon about the group's vision for the memorial.