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In a series of profiles of members of the civil rights generation, we visit JoAnne Bland in Selma, Ala. Bland marched for voting rights on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 when she was just 11.

At least 28 people were killed and more than 320 injured in a suicide car bombing and an assault by armed militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on a key government security agency.

Search crews continue to look for a missing hiker in Zion National Park and a 6-year-old boy in Hildale, a town near the Arizona border. Two bodies were recovered Wednesday.

Theater comes to you, wherever you are, with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s audio productions on our airwaves.

As we dug into the data to see which stories resonated with you most in 2020, two topics dominated, not at all unsurprisingly.Our coverage of the pandemic…

Hawaii officials are mobilizing food and supplies for residents who spent days without power after massive fires devastated parts of Maui. Volunteers around the island are also chipping in.

Filmmaker KEN BURNS is the director of "The Civil War" and "Baseball," the hit documentaries on PBS. The former was the network's highest rated series. BURNS' newest project is the three-hour documentary, "Thomas Jefferson" about our third president, narrated by Ossie Davis. (It premieres on PBS in February). BURNS' other documentaries include "The Brooklyn Bridge," "The Statue of Liberty," and "Empire of the Air," about the early history of radio. Commentator GERALD EARLY considers the past and the future of Fisk University. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPYOn today's Fresh air -- catering to the nutrition needs of people with AIDS. . . ROBERT LEHMANN ("LAY-man") developed diet and nutrition standards as chef for MANNA, a service organization that delivers meals to people with AIDS. Now he has a new cooking guide. Also -- documentary film maker KEN BURNS. His latest documentary premieres on PBS next month, a three hour portrait of Thomas Jefferson. That and more coming up on Fresh Air.

China's strict zero covid policy has created a rare opportunity for political dissent.

Significant aftershocks continue to rock Chile two days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought down buildings and bridges, and triggered a tsunami. And yet it's already clear the devastation won't reach the levels seen in Haiti. Walter Mooney, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the differences between the two quakes.

The game of bridge was a very important part of Deng Xiaoping's (dung shah-oh-ping's) life. Robert Siegel talks with Kathie Wei-Sender (way-sender), a Grand Master bridge player, about the leaders's card playing skills and why he loved the game so much. Wei-Sender played bridge with Deng Xiaoping several times.