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As many as a third of defendants in urban areas remain in jail because they could not post bail. An increasing number of states are changing that with risk-based systems of pre-trial detention.

Back in 2001, Vladimir Putin was seeking respect from world leaders while pledging a new openness in Russia. That's what brought him to tiny Crawford, Texas, at the invite of President George W. Bush.

Surfers travel all over the world in search of the perfect wave. In Step Into Liquid, filmmaker Dana Brown captures the surfing culture and lifestyle. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Brown.

This morning an Air Force plane carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and as many as 30 other passengers crashed in the Adriatic, a few miles from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Secretary Brown was on a trade mission with U-S business executives. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the details of the crash.

Weeks after superstorm Sandy, Rockaway, Queens still looks like a disaster zone. St. Francis de Sales Parish has become a kind of central command for distributing food and supplies to thousands of residents every day. Monsignor John Brown of St. Francis talks to host Michel Martin about the recovery effort and what keeps him going.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actress Tabitha Brown, who has become a sensation after gaining a new audience on TikTok using southern charm and uplifting messages during the pandemic.

David Bianculli offers an appreciation of Tinker, who died last month. Also, we listen to a Fresh Air interview with Tinker from 1994, and an interview with Tinker's wife, Mary Tyler Moore, from 1995.

A barbershop in Portland, Ore., is celebrating its place on the National Register of Historic Places. The addition is part of a larger effort to recognize and protect Black history.

At the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, Trump indicated U.S. economic sanctions on the country would remain in place. Retired CIA officer William Brown tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that an end to sanctions is necessary, but insufficient on its own for North Korea to meet its economic potential.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown might as well be wearing Teflon. Despite overseeing the botched rollout of the state's health insurance exchange, he's still the Democratic front-runner.