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This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments in cases challenging President Trump's sweeping tariffs. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Michael McConnell, who represents one of the plaintiffs.

Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb.

A new push by the Trump administration for more coal production is getting mixed reviews in West Virginia, where the majority of electricity is produced by coal and expensive for many residents.

Good hiking trails can be hard to come by on the East Coast. So some are working to expand the network of trails by carving new public paths through private land. (First aired on ATC July 24, 2023.)

The U.N.'s top court is issuing an interim order on the genocide case against Israel. A bipartisan Senate deal pairing border security with aid for Ukraine and Israel could fall through.

NPR's wide-ranging interview with President Obama covers his strategy fighting ISIS, the 2016 elections, his legacy and the Paris climate deal.

In the U.S., what does it mean when a white family and a Black family share a last name — and one of their ancestors is a pioneer of Black history? How Black and white Woodsons became one family.

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2015 Coates spoke about growing up in Baltimore and facing threats from both the streets and the police.

Mudbound follows two families — one white and one black — just before, during and after WWII. Rees' experiences growing up in Nashville, Tenn., informed her film. Originally broadcast Nov. 14, 2017.

Smith, who died Sunday, started her daily column for The New York Daily News in 1976. In 2000, she told Fresh Air: "I always held back from writing things that were intentionally hurtful."