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Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, talks about recent works of Native American fiction during this, American Indian Heritage Month.

Time magazine writer Christopher John Farley pens a tale about a female pirate named Anne Bonny. Farley talks about traveling from Ireland to the Caribbean to research his novel Kingston by Starlight.

June 19, 1865, marked a huge turning point for Black people in America. But many slave owners refused to comply. And even celebrating the date was discouraged in the years to come.

After a pair of devastating hurricanes struck Puerto Rico five years apart, residents of the island have come to rely not on government agencies, but each other.

A new "merchant code" for credit cards will categorize purchases made at gun stores. But there are limitations on its usefulness — including that most guns in the U.S. aren't bought at such outlets.

Two of France's most prestigious book awards have gone to American Jonathan Littell for his first serious novel. Written in French, Les Bienveillantes or The Kindly Ones, is in the form of a memoir by a former SS officer who leads a hidden life in a French town. The novel is a huge hit in France.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, who is going to be the first Native woman in space.

Barry Andrews leads the band Shriekback and played keyboards for XTC. His son, Finn, has just released his third album fronting London rockers The Veils. But the family history is complicated: The two are friends, but the father didn't necessarily inspire the son.

The trial began Monday for the admitted gunman of the 2018 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead and 17 others injured. He faces the death penalty or life in prison.

#MeToo helped launch a wider examination of society's treatment of women in everyday life, at the workplace, and in Hollywood. But there remain institutional problems resistant to change.