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West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin talks to NPR's Michel Martin about Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, and his decisions against another run for the Senate or a new bid for president.

Martin Luther King Jr. called civil rights pioneer, the Rev. James Lawson, the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

President Trump is no fan of the free press. But he's not the only powerful person in the U.S. using the courts to silence unfavorable coverage, a New York Times editor and author tells NPR.

Marco Rubio serving as both Secretary of State and national security adviser could be "ultimately disadvantageous" to President Trump, says former adviser John Bolton.

Iowa Republicans kick off the 2024 election season tonight with the first caucuses to choose a presidential candidate. NPR's reading and listening picks to honor Martin Luther King Jr's legacy.

Angela Merkel was dubbed Germany's "climate chancellor" for ditching nuclear power. But centuries-old villages are being bulldozed to make way for open-pit brown coal mines.

Democrats and Republicans reflect on the presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump. A new mandate in Oklahoma requires schools to teach from the Bible in every classroom.

Blitz Bazawule's musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.

Margaret Seltzer admitted to The New York Times that Love and Consequences, which describes a childhood on the streets of South Central Los Angeles, was made up. Michel Martin had interviewed Seltzer about the book before her confession.

FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg says he's prepared to step down once a successor is confirmed. Gruenberg has been widely criticized for fostering a toxic workplace at the agency.