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President Trump's pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio has prompted an outcry. Professor Andrew Rudalevige of Bowdoin University puts this pardon in historical context for our host A Martinez.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to history professor Peggy Pascoe of the University of Oregon in Eugene about U.S. laws that were the nation's longest lasting form of legalized racial discrimination. For three centuries, states had laws of various sorts barring marriage between people thought to be of different "races." They lasted halfway into the 20th century when a Supreme Court decision overturned the last ones. We compare and contrast the fears behind those laws with fears against same-sex marriage today.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Family History, the new novel by Dani Shapiro.

By Todd Hattonhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-1000928.mp3Murray, KY – If you've lived in the Four Rivers region for…

As President Obama and Mitt Romney finalize preparations for tonight's debate, some historical reminders — thanks to YouTube — of what can go right, and what can go wrong.

Many Kentuckians will travel sometime this week and the vast majority will go by car. Daniel Wheeler, AAA of the Bluegrass Spokesman, says they will…

The Smithsonian Institution's photographs -- all 13 million of them -- are being scoured for historical gems that will tell the country's and the institution's history. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports for Morning Edition.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the new African American History Museum in Detroit. The 38-million-dollar museum opens tomorrow (Saturday 4/12) and will document 500 years of black history and culture. In addition to a library, research facilities and a restaurant, the museum will feature a 70-foot replica of the hold of a slave ship, containing life-size plaster figures. As much an economic development project as a cultural endeavor, the museum is part of Detroit's on-going revitalization effort.

House Republicans efforts to disrupt the impeachment inquiry this week by storming a closed hearing is part of a tradition of using "stunts" to try to redirect the political debate on Capitol Hill.