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Cities and towns along the Gulf Coast have seen more than their share of destruction from this month's hurricanes, but the land itself -- particularly the marshes of Louisiana -- has also suffered.

Country music legend Willie Nelson and jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis discover common ground and a mutual love of jazz standards and the blues on their album Two Men With The Blues. Here, the artists discuss their first-ever collaboration.

Marin Alsop, meet Robert Schumann. The Baltimore Symphony conductor reconnects with the composer's symphonies, probing for a deeper meaning within this widely performed but still misunderstood music. The Symphony No. 2, Alsop says, traces Schumann's emotional frailty.

Foreign policy journalist Laura Rozen gives NPR's Scott Simon her assessment of the state of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

Enrollment in two-year colleges has dropped nationwide by about 750,000 students. But degree programs in construction trades are booming.

The U.S. oil and gas industry and its backers are seizing on the war in Ukraine to promote domestic energy production. Opponents say it makes more sense to ramp up renewable energy.

The man who fiercely shreds halfpipes openly shed tears on the snow, saying he was proud of his effort. It closed the book on a record-setting Olympic career.

In the hours since Russia invaded its neighbor, Ukrainians have mobilized. NPR's A Martinez talks to Volodymyr Omelyan, a Ukrainian politician, who has joined the ground fight against Russia.

A year after tornadoes roared across Tennessee, killing 25 people and destroying over 1,6oo buildings, the rebuilding continues — and the toll of the storms weigh heavily on those still recovering.

"Index, a History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age" explores the development of those things in the back of a book that many of us turn to for reference.