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Many films have been made about Nelson Mandela. Danny Glover, Morgan Freeman, Dennis Haysbert, and now Idris Elba have all tried to step into the icon's shoes. Host Michel Martin speaks to Sean Jacobs, founder of the blog Africa Is A Country, about which actor played him best.

If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court, and she would be one of four women on the court, the largest number ever to serve at one time.

Gay Talese conflates the journalist and the voyeur in his new book about a motel owner who spied on his guests. And he makes the readers voyeurs as well: We watch him watching the unwary motel guests.

MLB-WORLD SERIESClayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers have opened the World Series with a victory over the Houston Astros.Kershaw tossed seven…

MLBThe Milwaukee Brewers have taken a two-games-to-one lead in the National League Championship Series.Jhoulys Chacin combined with four relievers on a…

Obama's attorney general says that when it comes to voting rights, the Supreme Court has increasingly become "an impediment to justice." Holder's new book is Our Unfinished March.

The federal criminal complaint against New York politicians as the result of an FBI sting was a reminder of how often real-life political scandals can read like the imaginings of Hollywood screenwriters.

Government reform groups say they are pleased that New York Governor Cuomo has now proposed step one in his plan to clean up corruption in state…

The second half of New York’s legislative session begins Monday. It's likely to be dominated by the response to on going bribery and corruption scandals…

Nine more names of New York state Senators and others potentially involved in corruption were made public Wednesday, when a judge ordered prosecutors in…