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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mahsa Alimardani of the human rights group Article 19, about the role the internet and social media are playing in the on-going protests over a woman's death in Iran.

Texas allows religious groups that are part of the state’s child welfare network to refuse to assist LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt. That could put critical federal funding at risk.

How do investigators begin to consider the task of prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine? NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Wayne Jordash, managing partner at Global Rights Compliance.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke about the Department of Justice's report about the civil rights abuses in the Louisville Police Department.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with MSNBC Host Ayman Mohyeldin about what he calls double standards and western prejudice in coverage of Qatar hosting the World Cup.

UCLA law professor Joanna Schwartz talks about the legal protections — including qualified immunity and no-knock warrants — that have protected officers from the repercussions of abuse.

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with writer and director Zach Braff about his new movie A Good Person.

President Obama said Monday that U.S. banks that received bailout funds from taxpayers must help rebuild the economy. Do banks owe U.S. taxpayers anything beyond repayment of money borrowed from the Troubles Assets Relief Program? Alex Pollock, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, and Robert Shapiro, chairman of the economic advisory firm Sonecon, offer their insight.

The stories of refugees crossing the border from Sudan to Chad, tell of horror, destruction and nonstop fighting, in a dreadful deja vu of Darfur's genocidal past.

NPR speaks with independents, who account for about a third of voters in the swing state of Arizona, about the issues motivating them ahead of the 2024 elections.