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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Heather Cabot about her latest book, The New Chardonnay: The Unlikely Story of How Marijuana Went Mainstream.

These stories are good for sharing any day, but they must be shared today, in honor of The Purple One's passing.

When James McBride, a National Book Award winner for his fiction, decided to write an entire book about James Brown, he wanted to push beyond the hype and racism he says haunts Brown's legacy.

The symbols of America's racist past have been under intense scrutiny since the protests against police brutality erupted nationwide. Now, the traditional music community is having its own reckoning.

Children, parents and grandparents all living together are becoming more common in the U.S. Multigenerational households also cause houses themselves to change.

In this encore presentation of For the Record, NPR's Rachel Martin looks at the last contested convention: the 1976 GOP meeting in Kansas City. Ronald Reagan nearly denied Gerald Ford the nomination.

Getting the right search engine results at the top of a page can be everything for a campaign. Rick Santorum found this out the hard way.

"We don't support the current administration's position of separating children simply to discourage illegal immigration," Sheriff Richard Wiles said in explaining his decision.

The rapper Rico Nasty is known for her genre bending style. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with her about staying true to yourself, not being boxed in, and her new album Lethal.

Over the last 20 years, the number of sheep in the U.S. has been cut in half. Today, the domestic sheep herd is one-tenth the size it was during World War II. Consumers are eating less lamb and wearing less wool these days. Those trends have left ranchers to wonder: When are we going to hit bottom?