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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

From our panel of public-radio hosts to you: a hand-picked sampler of free downloads, including new music from Son Little, Ty Segall, Rome Fortune, Kaytranada, Allo Darlin' and more.

Will Future Historians Consider These Days The Digital Dark Ages?

We are awash in a sea of information, but how to historians sift through the mountain of data? In the future, computer programs will be unreadable, and therefore worthless, to historians.

McCain's Age and Health, and the 2008 Election

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is in good general health and is free of skin cancer, according to a report by The Associated Press that cites the candidate's medical records. McCain is 71, older than any newly elected president. In a Pew poll, half the voters said they'd be less likely to vote for a candidate in his 70s.

Middle-Aged Breadwinners Become Part Of The 'Sandwich Generation'

As more grown children cannot find jobs and aging parents aren't working, the generation in the middle is faced with financial responsibility for both groups, a Pew study finds.

Barkatullah smiles and rests on a crutch and grips his walker during a physical therapy session at Emergency War and Trauma Hospital in Kabul. The 13-year-old lost his right arm and leg in an explosion. He practices standing on the walker 30 seconds at a time.

The Resilience Of An Injured Aghan Kid: 'They Are Helping Me Walk Again'

Barkatullah is one of thousands of children who are casualties of the conflict. The latest are victims from this month's suicide bomb attacks. What does the future hold for these youngsters?

Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hit leader and a polarizing figure, dies at age 83

Major League Baseball banned Rose for life for betting on the game and lying about it. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Keith O'Brien, who published a book on Pete Rose called "Charlie Hustle."

The Age That Forged Christianity And Its Reform

In the winter of 1077, German King Henry IV trudged through a snowy mountain pass in the Italian Alps. Historian Tom Holland, author of a new book about the turn of the millennium, calls the journey "an episode as fateful as any in Europe's history."

Richard Ford won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his novel <em>Independence Day.</em> His latest book takes his beloved hero, Frank Bascombe, into his sunset years.

Superstorm Sandy Inspires Bleak, Poetic Landscapes In 'Let Me Be Frank'

In Richard Ford's brilliant collection of four short stories, protagonist Frank Bascombe returns to be "frank" about touchy topics. His awareness, particularly of mortality, is profound and hilarious.

A confederacy of prison reform activists rallied at City Hall in New York City to demand that it close the long-controversial Rikers Island Corrections facility where, among others, Kalief Browder, died; critics maintain that the prison is unsafe and prolonged detention of inmates at the facility is a violation of Constitutional due process rights.

Young People Of Color Are Central To Debate Over 'Raising The Age'

Raising the age of adult responsibility for crime is a heated issue in New York, which tries 16-year-olds as adults — and where nine in 10 youth held at Rikers' Island jail are black or Latino.

Ali Akdeniz, 85, who always dresses to impress, in some of his various outfits in Berlin. Thanks to photographer Zoe Spawton, he became the star of a blog called What Ali Wore.

Age 85 And Still Stylish On The Streets Of Berlin

In Berlin, street fashion's trendiest figure is Ali Akdeniz, age 85. His dapper attire is the focus of a blog that went viral. Its creator, Zoe Spawton, won Germany's most prestigious design prize.

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