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Justice Antonin Scalia's dissent in the Arizona immigration case led a noted liberal to call for his resignation, and a fellow conservative jurist likened it to a "campaign speech." But during a quarter century on the high court, the colorful Scalia's writings — even in the minority — have sometimes steered the court.

In 1922, seven states drew up a plan for dividing the waters of the Colorado River. But they overestimated how much water the river could provide — and now 40 million Americans face a water crisis.

As the U.S. struggles to cope with a surge of immigration at its southern border, the European Union is faced with its own crisis — the weaponization of migration by Belarus.

At the last G-7, President Biden announced a plan for the West to counter China's influence in low- and middle-income countries. But not much has happened since. This year, there's a relaunch.

Michael Finkel discusses his new book True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, which documents his firing from The New York Times Magazine for violating journalistic ethics and his subsequent discovery that an accused murderer had assumed his identity while on the lam in Mexico. Finkel talks about his extraordinary correspondence with the killer, Christian Longo.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with director Luca Guadagnino about his new documentary Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.

The new book Burning Down the Haus fastidiously traces the self-discovery of punks in the socialist dictatorship of East Germany, and the violence and repression they endured on the way to freedom.

July marks summer temperatures heating up, evening sunshine seemingly lasting forever, and lines at local ice cream shops stretching down the street.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

Munich's famous river wave, the Eisbachwelle, vanished after a dredging in early November. Authorities are working to resurrect the beloved wave but impatient surfers have also tried their own methods.