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Called "the sweetest man in the music business" by ex-bandmate Don Felder, Meisner joined Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon in the early '70s to form one of the most popular acts in history.

Monday marks 60 years since the 1963 March on Washington. Some 250,000 people gathered around the Lincoln Memorial, including A. Peter Bailey, Courtland Cox and Edith Lee-Payne.

Cathy Park Hong's essays serve as a major reckoning, pulling no punches as the author uses her life's flashpoints to give voice to a wider Asian American experience, one with cascading consequences.

Patrick McGovern searches for and studies the residues of fermented drinks that can be thousands of years old — and then re-creates them. His new book explores these brews and their cultural value.

The weapon is banned by many countries. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Sera Koulabdara of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munition Coalition, about why the U.S. think it's worth the risk.

Turns out wireless networks aren't wireless at all. And light pulses in fiber optic cables carry your voice around the world. A new exhibition explains the science you hold in your hand every day.

"Depending on the outcome, it will either be viewed as genius or the dumbest political move in history," political science professor Patricia Crouse told NPR.

People at Washington's Lincoln Memorial and other places in the city offer their views on the result of the 2008 presidential election. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain to become the first African-American president in the nation's history.

A number of preventive services used by both men and women are available at no cost to insured consumers under the Affordable Care Act.

Relying on a wealth of research and documents, Casey Rae deftly maps out how one of America's most controversial literary figures transformed the lives of many notable rock musicians.