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Once one of the most advanced mental institutions in the region, Baghdad's Al-Rashad Mental Hospital is now struggling to care for its rapidly deteriorating patients. Looters have left the facility without beds, food, anti-psychotic drugs and other critical supplies. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Germany is slowly destroying 20,000 bunkers along World War II's Siegfried Line, declaring them a safety hazard -- not to mention a bitter vestige of the past.

Alan Cheuse reviews Symptomatic, by Danzy Senna, a novel about a young California woman of mixed race who falls into a psychic tug of war with a colleague in New York City. It is published by Riverhead Books.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the new world of treating mental illness brought about by technology and managed care ...from novel medications to stricter limits on the number of mental health visits that patients are allowed to get well.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the trend toward community care for the severely mentally ill. People who were once routinely placed in state hospitals are now living in communities, with more freedom and responsibility, and at less expense.

Conductor, composer and educator Michael Tilson Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, establishing its reputation as a world-class orchestra, died Wednesday. He was 81.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nikki Glaser about her new comedy special on Hulu, Good Girl.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that the Surgeon General is hosting a two-day national conference on children's mental health.

In Episode #6, Senator Mark Leno, Chair of the California Senate Public Safety Committee, discusses politicians' fear of being labeled "soft on crime,"…

In Russia, expanding state restrictions on the Internet are frustrating daily life for millions — and sending President Putin's approval ratings on a rare downward spiral.

Maria Hinojosa reports that law enforcement is increasingly relying on the use of informants to catch people suspected of crimes. The problem is that often those informants have criminal records themselves and have been known to lie to law enforcement about what they've discovered, which, in some instances has meant that innocent people have been dragged through criminal proceedings.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Lena Dunham talks about the advice from childhood that sticks with her.