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Monday is the 100th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. A spate of books and documentaries are marking the moment; we round up three to watch this weekend.

A Skagit Valley Chorale rehearsal early last year became a deadly COVID-19 superspreader event. Now, the group is figuring out how to come back together and reforge the bonds of a community choir.

The U.S. says it will ensure international aid to rebuild Gaza will not go to Hamas militants following their war with Israel. But Palestinian contractors say the strict monitoring system is futile.

Nine states and dozens of cities passed legislation outlawing discrimination against a Black person's hairstyle. Many Black women say they feel pressure to change their hair from its natural state.

Jason Rezaian, writer for the Washington Post's Global Opinions section, discusses the arrests of journalists in Belarus and Myanmar and what they say about authoritarian leaders' tactics.

Listener Jeff Scott-Densic plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

The Senate's failure to move forward on creating a bipartisan commission to look into the Jan. 6th insurrection shows how much influence the former president still has on the GOP.

The class of 2021 has had a strange senior year. Three teens, Gerald Burton, Emily McNichol, and Kimberly Rochin, talk about the weirdness and what they actually learned about life and themselves.

Ohio officials decided on a one-million-dollar jackpot for a lottery exclusively for vaccinated Ohioans. It appears to be paying off, with a spike in the number of those getting the shots.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about a nationwide pandemic-era increase in Black-owned small businesses.