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The actress, who won a Tony in 1997 for her role in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, returns to Broadway after 15 years, to play nightclub singer Shug Avery in a revival of The Color Purple.

The March on Washington series continues with a remembrance of Curtis Mayfield's song, "People Get Ready." Although written more than a year after the march, the song evokes the spirit of the civil rights movement. NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams reports.

Uber is becoming more popular in China, but many drivers say they don't do it for the money. They say they like the human connection and the freedom.

McKenna Pope, 13, of New Jersey wanted to get an Easy Bake Oven for her little brother, but didn't want him thinking the purple and pink toy was just for girls. Forty-thousand signatures later, Hasbro has now shown McKenna a prototype of a new silver, blue and black oven. The company says the gender-neutral toy will be on shelves next summer.

John Beiting of Fort Thomas has a question he says has boggled his mind for years: "In the Greater Cincinnati area, we've got an Eastgate, we have a Northgate, and even down in Kentucky we have Southgate. Why is there no Westgate?"

The final choice will fill an upcoming vacancy when Greg Landsman resigns to join Congress as Representative for Ohio's First District.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Brad Thomas Parsons at one of his favorite bars in D.C. about his book, "Last Call," which looks at the rituals of closing time at bars across the U.S.

When Governors John Kasich and Steve Beshear hold a news conference in Covington Wednesday afternoon they are expected to elaborate on their plan to share…

As medical providers prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care, many people with disabilities fear they will get lesser treatment.

Journalist Kate Bartlett speaks with Elissa Nadworny about what Desmond Tutu meant to the people of South Africa and the fight for social justice more broadly.