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The great Dolly Parton died earlier this week and tributes have poured in from across the country. Fans are mourning the loss of a country music icon who not only changed the musical landscape but gave back to communities with her Imagination Library program and donations to develop the Moderna COVID vaccine.

NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: like-minded releases from Erykah Badu and Saul Williams, closure in the 2Pac murder and more.

The longtime Bay Area drummer, jugmaster, and "cheekophonist" passed away earlier this year.

Classicist Emily Wilson talks about her new book, 'Crossing the Wine Dark Sea,' a series of essays reflecting on translation and classic writing in the modern world.

For the first time, Trump's top envoys take their peace push to Kyiv — after talks with Putin in Moscow.

NPR's Bobby Allyn talks about covering the prediction markets, where anyone can trade bets on the outcome of anything happening in the real world.

On today’s show, Host Jeneé Darden visits the home of the legendary Bay Area artist Mildred Howard to talk about her exhibition at the Oakland Museum. Then, artwork that honors and celebrates past queer and trans movements.

The U.S. and Iran traded strikes this weekend, raising tensions as Iran announced a new route in the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump claimed the U.S. controls the waterway.

Unions are trying to figure out where they stand on AI. While some are focused on greater protections for workers, the building trades unions are already reaping benefits from the data center boom.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rick Hasen of UCLA's Safeguarding Democracy Project about the Trump administration's Supreme Court appeal on the USPS plan for mail-in voting.

Trump's top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. With the U.S. distracted by Iran, is Putin becoming increasingly emboldened?

One week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing. China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal.