Weekend Edition

A federal lawsuit is challenging how Native-run casinos operate, saying they're a monopoly. Critics worry that the suit, if successful, would undermine tribal sovereignty.

Climate change has resulted in summers of fire, intense heat and damaging storms. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gimlet's Kendra Pierre-Louis about how people need to prepare for extreme weather.

Cuba is hoping more tourists return to the island. The economy depends on it.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Maren Christenson Hofer about the harm of taking away recess in elementary school as a form of punishment.

Chris Singleton's mother was murdered at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015. He's since made it his mission to root out racism one person at a time.

Three siblings spend a summer day at the beach building sandcastles and watching them get demolished in a wordless picture book written by JonArno Lawson and illustrated by Qin Leng.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Jenny Town, senior fellow at the Stimson Center and director of its 38 North Program, about the recent uptick in North Korea's ballistic missile tests.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to sociologist Nicole Bedera about the online attention surrounding the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial and its implications for discussions about intimate partner violence.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to actor Michelle de Swarte about her new horror-comedy HBO series, "The Baby."

Falguni Adams plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.