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Texas State Rep. Al Edwards has a conversation with NPR's Allison Keyes about the history of "Juneteenth." Edwards sponsored a bill 25 years ago officially making the celebration a state holiday. He discusses its historical significance.

Steve Coll wins the Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction for his book Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden. Robert Siegel talks with Coll, former managing editor of The Washington Post.

Former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are on trial in Houston for one of the biggest corporate upsets in U.S. history. A look at key witnesses in their trial.

Madeleine Brand looks at the history and contemporary controversy over the paparazzi — photographers who pursue shots of celebrities trying to go about their everyday lives.

He wrote the introduction and commentary for the new book The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of The Civil War by Writers and Reporters of The New York Times. McPherson is a professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of many books on the Civil War era including Battle Cry of Freedom.

Janus Adams, author of Sister Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American Women's History and publisher of the BackPax Trailblazer's Club for children, recently took a trip to visit a sick friend in South Africa and shares some of her observations.

Baltimore's colorful singing street vendors may soon be consigned to the history books. The city believes the horses that draw the carts of fresh fruit and vegetables are unsanitary. Sarah Richards reports.

Historian Niall Ferguson's latest book, The War of the World, examines a century of history and finds that the West is well on the way to being eclipsed by Asia.

Journalist and historian Martin Meredith has written extensively on Africa and its recent history. His new book is The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair.