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The word "dude" is often associated with the '80s and '90s. But its origin is rooted much, much farther back in American history and it took a long and winding road to reach the coast of California.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Kim Tran about the history of solidarity between Asian and Black Americans and how their movements interact.

Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor play early 20th century music students in filmmaker Oliver Hermanus' poignant queer love story.

NPR's Lauren Frayer arrived in London after years in India, and she's been covering Britain with the legacy of empire in view.

The type of autopen machine at issue in the controversy over Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's mechanized signature on condolence letters to killed soldiers' families has been in use by the government for years, and went public during President Gerald Ford's time in office. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Philip Ross, an attorney and collector of political memorabilia, and David Laurell, associate editor of Autograph Collector Magazine.

At just 17, Tallulah Proulx will be competing in her first Olympics. Proulx is not only the youngest Filipino to compete at the Winter Olympics, but the first female to represent the Philippines.

The singer, who long worked with The Eagles, says there are no rules to crafting a great song.

Albert Camus' Algerian Chronicles, finally available in translation, collects essays, columns and speeches from the writer's days as a young journalist. Camus was criticized for his moderate approach to the French-Algerian war, but reviewer Jason Farrago says Chronicles is a guide to "how to be just in a difficult world."

There's a lot more to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" than "peanuts and Cracker Jack."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Charles Chavis Jr. of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is beginning its two-year investigation of the state's harrowing history of lynching.