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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations today.

Jesse Eisenberg specializes in playing (and writing about) jittery, antisocial nerds. Critic Heller McAlpin says the wonder is the empathy he brings to the sad sacks in his new story collection.

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep's new book examines a dark chapter in American history: the Cherokee Trail of Tears and the chief who used the tools of democracy to try to protect his people.

Nicole Dennis-Benn's assured, gorgeous debut novel follows Margot, a worker at a rich Jamaican resort, whose home life is a series of sacrifices as she struggles with family and forbidden love.

The Bush administration and Senate Republicans reach a deal on legislation covering treatment of suspected terrorists. It allows both the questioning and the military trials of terrorism suspects to go forward. The senators who forced the negotiations said the White House made major concessions.

Hezbollah rockets continued to rain down on the northern Israeli city of Haifa as battles between Shiite militias in Lebanon and Israelis enters its sixth day. Israel continues to target Hezbollah neighborhoods as far north as Beirut with artillery and air strikes.

Were the tragedies of Sophocles written for soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder? The artists behind The Philoctetes Project think so —

The New York Times says federal prosecutors have wiretap evidence that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client in a prostitution ring. The first-term Democrat held a news conference and did not deny the allegations.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement in a high-end prostitution ring has trashed the career of a man who made his reputation by zealously prosecuting corruption. He has given no indication that he plans to resign. But Republicans in the state legislature say they will move to impeach Spitzer if he doesn't quit.

A couple living along the edge of the Richmond Volunteers Green, Amy and Dacyn Channell, say the park does flood on a regular basis, but not quite like this. In the end, they had to leave.