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They entered Congress together in 1987. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D., Md. 7th) joins Tom to reflect on the legacy of his friend, the late civil rights…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer died in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala. Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird has sold tens of millions of copies and been translated into dozens of languages.

The Hong Kong-born vocalist and songwriter became the first person of Chinese descent to perform at the Oscars with a nominated song from the popular martial arts film.

Recorded in only one take at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Jerry Lee Lewis' original recording of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" propelled the rock legend to instant fame. In 2005, the Library of Congress selected the song for the National Recording Registry.

We recorded the show in Louisville, Ky., this week — the capital of horse racing. So we've invited Lee to play a game called "It's just like horse racing, if you pretend they're tiny horses."

After Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, she became a recluse and lived with her sister, Alice, in Alabama. Reporter Marja Mills uses rich detail to provides glimpses into their twilight years.

Our theater critic sizes up Woolly Mammoth's new production of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about a gay Black playwright trying to work out some artistic and personal demons.

News of a second novel has raised concerns that the To Kill a Mockingbird author is being taken advantage of in her old age. But friend Wayne Flynt says Lee, 88, can "understand what's going on."

This year's ballot in Baltimore County includes proposals on council size, protecting the inspector general and high dollar bond issues.

The release of Harper Lee's long-lost novel — and its portrait of once-crusading attorney Atticus Finch — has shaken devotees of "To Kill a Mockingbird." One poet argues that nuance should be welcome.

The incumbent Democrat discusses his campaign for a ninth term representing Maryland Dist. 3 in the US House, and his stands on local, state, national and international issues.

The current forecast track shows Lee's center moving toward Maine's coastal border with Canada. But its effects could reach as far south as New York.

Cornyn's voting record ranks him as the second most conservative Republican in the Senate. But some on the right feel he was insufficiently supportive of Sen. Ted Cruz's effort to defund Obamacare, and now he faces a primary challenge from Steve Stockman, a Houston-area House member.

The former US Education Secretary in the Obama White House discusses his Democratic primary campaign for MD Governor, with Lt. Gov. candidate Michelle Siri, and their vision for Maryland.

More than 50 years after the release of her classic — and only — novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee plans to publish a second. The newly unearthed book, Go Set a Watchman, will be published in July.

During more than a half-century as the city-state's leader, Lee helped turn the sleepy British colony into an affluent trading enclave. But he ruled with an iron fist and muzzled critics and rivals.

The country singer's ninth album shows why Womack is one of American roots music's foremost auteurs.

We turn to the world of theater and the premiere of a new musical at the Everyman Theatre here in Baltimore. Its subject couldn’t be more timely: Los…

President and CEO John Lansing plans to leave NPR nine months before his term is set to expire. His tenure has been defined by the pandemic, a racial reckoning, and economic headwinds.

Lee tested positive for coronavirus after a White House event for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. The Utah Republican returned for the Judiciary Committee hearing Monday.