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Critics of Trump's decision to participate in the summit say it legitimizes the brutal and authoritarian North Korean regime of Kim Jong Un. Rachel Martin talks to Jean Lee of the Wilson Center.

The pianist and composer, a force on the jazz scene for 50 years, celebrated her 80th birthday with a gala concert and new album — and she has another album on the way.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about conditions in Gaza after his recent visit.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Elizabeth Paton about Michael Kors buying shoe and bag retailer Jimmy Choo for $1.2 billion.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Fat Joe about his new memoir, "The Book of José," which traces the rapper's rise from the rough and tumble streets of the Bronx to his success in the music world.

More than 70 rural U.S. hospitals have closed since 2010, and rural areas are likely to be short 45,000 doctors by 2020. It's one more example of the nation's division between haves and have-nots.

While making his latest album, the inventive guitarist found that covering classic film and TV scores has an existential side effect.

Julius Rosenwald built nearly 5,000 schools for black children across the south. That was a century ago. But some economists thinks those schools may hold important lessons for today.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve of Chicago, about the pause in interest rates and his economic outlook.

Basie came to New York City in 1936, and used elements of blues and jazz in the newer sounds of swing and big band.