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For background on the situation in Mali, Steve Inskeep talks to Corinne Dufka, West Africa Director for Human Rights Watch. NPR National Security Editor Phil Ewing says 6 Americans were at the hotel.

American University professor William LeoGrande explains how the Supreme Court's decision to allow lawsuits seeking compensation for assets seized in the Cuban revolution to move forward fits in context of current political crisis on the island.

Imani Perry says the South can be seen as an "origin point" for the way the nation operates. Her book South to America traces the steps of an enslaved ancestor. Originally broadcast Jan. 25, 2022.

For a ninth year in a row, the word "whatever" has been named the most "annoying" word or phrase used in casual conversation. The recent addition of "fake news" takes second place.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris, where Secretary of State Colin Powell met today with the other five foreign ministers in the so-called Contact Group on the Balkans. {The ministers stressed the large degree of consensus within the Contact Group on the various Balkan issues. With regard to the recent fighting in Macedonia, they strongly supported Macedonia's territorial integrity and condemned violence by ethnic Albanian insurgents. As for Montenegro, which will soon hold a referendum on independence, they expressed support for a democratic Montenegro within the framework of a democratic Yugoslavia.}

Music can have immense therapeutic value in improving the physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of an individual. Those taking part in music…

The Treasury Department today released its report on the participation of dozens of its agents in the Good Ol' Boys Roundup, an annual gathering of law enforcement officials that allegedly included racist activities. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said 31 officers will be investigated, some for witnessing racist behavior or taking government cars to the Roundup, and others for participatung for a number of years. The report also recommends that the Department issue new regulations forbidding officers to express any racist, sexist, or otherwise biased sentiments, even when they are off-duty. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

A prescription for a drug called Kerydin depleted one woman's health reimbursement account without her even knowing it. When should health care providers broach costs with patients?

The Color Purple is now the second-biggest Christmas Day opening in history — $18 million on day one of its release.

The Democrat and former governor of Maryland spoke to NPR about Hillary Clinton, Republican economic theory and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.