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A secret appellate court gives the Department of Justice broad powers to use wiretaps as part of the war on terrorism. But civil libertarians say the ruling will also make it much easier to spy on people without justification. NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with former National Security Agency attorney Stuart Baker.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to Loune Viaud, this year's winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. Viaud is Director of Strategic Planning and Operations at an AIDS clinic in Haiti. Ms. Viaud is being recognized for her advocacy of health as a human right.

U.S. colleges are restarting study abroad programs after a year of cancellations brought by the pandemic. But the virus and travel restrictions have added new hurdles to an already complex process.

With his new album It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook, Rod Stewart is following in the footsteps of Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Willie Nelson and others who have reached back to music from earlier times and moved it into today -- their way.

In Maine, EMTs and paramedics are part of the COVID vaccine mandate for health care workers. The deadline is looming, and some ambulance crews say coworkers have quit rather than get vaccinated.

President Bush speaks at Revolution Square in Bucharest, site of the downfall of toppled Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. He tells a huge crowd the world is "tired of tyrants," and welcomes Romania to NATO. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to NPR's Don Gonyea.

Earlier this week, singer Michael Jackson ignited a firestorm when he dangled his infant son over the fourth-floor balcony of his Berlin hotel. Since there are no words in English to capture the array of emotions this gesture elicited, we try to imagine how the German language might describe this event.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Washington State Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal about negotiations with President Biden over the infrastructure bill and reconciliation package.

Sunday means football. Scott Simon and Weekend Edition sports commentator Ron Rapoport discuss the Packers-Buccaneers contest, the NFL's blind eye to quarterback talent, and Steve Spurrier's comeuppance.

The recent fuel oil spill off the coast of Spain is likely to cost tens of millions of dollars to clean up. But the environmental damage is just beginning to be understood -- especially since the tanker Prestige sank with 17 million gallons of fuel oil on board. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.