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Work will begin soon on a memorial in West Chester created from the sail of the former USS Cincinnati submarine.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to University of Texas law professor Steven Vladeck about the cases former President Trump has before the U.S. Supreme Court and the ethics questions raised over them.

Spokesman John Kirby still insists that the $400 million was "leverage," not ransom for the Iranian Americans released in January — though the payment was withheld until the prisoners were freed.

The Trump campaign is hoping to boost support from African Americans in November. It will open offices in 15 cities with large black populations.

In celebrating the milestone, the president also announced the administration would begin offering tax credits to employers who give workers time off to get vaccinated.

An American Airlines plane was ordered to cancel its landing after a Delta plane that had been cleared for take-off was still on the runway. The FAA is investigating how close the planes got.

Author HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. He is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities and chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University as well as a staff writer for "The New Yorker." His past books include the bestselling memoir "Colored People." In his new book, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man" (Random House) Gates records the thoughts of some of society's most revered black American men. In the book, the men debate the current state of black men and the difficulties of race and gender relations in American society. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW).HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. cont'd.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air. . .FRED GOLDMAN and his daughter KIM GOLDMAN talk with Terry Gross about their experiences at the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials. They have a new book "His Name is Ron: Our Search for Justice." Also, bestselling author HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. discusses the effects of the Simpson trial on black society and the reemergence of black theater. His new book is "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man." That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

More than 500 Reform rabbis from around the country are in Cincinnati this week for the Central Conference of American Rabbis’ (CCAR) annual convention.…

The National Book Award-winning author has a new novel called Deacon King Kong. It's set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969. "Time and place is really crucial to good storytelling," he says.

The young singer-songwriter has described herself as "half-Japanese, half-American, but not fully either." Critic Ken Tucker says her fourth album, Puberty 2, has an impressively wide range of sounds.