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School children spent the last week learning about the Pilgrims' settlement in Plymouth, Mass. Jill Kaufman of member station WGBH reports on what they probably didn't learn: 13 years before the Mayflower arrived, another English colony was founded on the rugged coast of Maine. The Popham Colony didn't last, but without it, the Pilgrims might not have succeeded.

A grass-roots organization lobbies Congress to provide funding for tuberculosis treatments around the world. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

NPR's Greg Allen reports from Kearney, Neb., on the financial problems facing The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. Like many other tourist attractions around the country, the monument is hurting from a slump in visitors and a soft economy. The archway was constructed to commemorate many of the important historical events as early settlers migrated to the West.

Commentator Baxter Black, always sympathetic to the concerns of barnyard animals, has some Turkey thoughts for this Thanksgiving Day.

Retailers welcome the tentative labor agreement between union dockworkers and West Coast ports. But some merchants worry there is not enough time to properly stock shelves for the holiday shopping season. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers made the clearest statement yet that the rebels had given up their demand for a separate state, saying he was willing to settle for regional autonomy. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Talking about racial relations in America can often be a minefield of misunderstanding. But for comedians, it can be a goldmine -- an endless source of great material. In the first of a three-part series, co-host Michele Norris talks with Margaret Cho. Hear an extended version of Cho's interview, and learn more about the series.

Archaeologists believe they may have identified the first people in the Western Hemisphere who knew how to write. The Olmec people, who lived in what is now southern Mexico, left behind the carving of a single bird that researchers say may be a clue to an entire language. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her Tuesday series on peace by talking to Yoko Ono about her lifelong efforts to promote peace. As a little girl during World War Two, Ono spent time in Tokyo bomb shelters during Allied air raids. Today, she continues the peace activism that she and her late husband, John Lennon, were involved in during his lifetime. This year, Ono started a new prize called the Lennon-Oko Grant for Peace an award for artists who live in areas where there's conflict.

In India, the Hindu nationalist-led BJP government plans to rewrite school textbooks, leaving out the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu fanatic. Critics say the omission is one of a dozen examples of the government trying to recast the country's history in a more harmonious, Hindu-flavored light. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.