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NPR's Pien Huang speaks with writer and director Zach Braff about his new movie A Good Person.

President Obama said Monday that U.S. banks that received bailout funds from taxpayers must help rebuild the economy. Do banks owe U.S. taxpayers anything beyond repayment of money borrowed from the Troubles Assets Relief Program? Alex Pollock, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, and Robert Shapiro, chairman of the economic advisory firm Sonecon, offer their insight.

Fifty years ago, the U.S. government backed a coup that ousted Chile's democratically elected socialist president. Rotting in the Sun and El Conde offer subversive glimpses into the coup's legacy.

The stories of refugees crossing the border from Sudan to Chad, tell of horror, destruction and nonstop fighting, in a dreadful deja vu of Darfur's genocidal past.

NPR speaks with independents, who account for about a third of voters in the swing state of Arizona, about the issues motivating them ahead of the 2024 elections.

This week brought more damaging allegations about Boeing as an engineer accused the company of taking production "shortcuts." He joins a growing list of whistleblowers who say they faced retaliation.

A radiologist in Gaza tells NPR he endured beatings and mistreatment during seven months in Israeli detention. Israel has incarcerated thousands of Gazans since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

NPR's Scott Simon asks writer Calvin Trillin about his new collection of reporting on reporters. It's called "The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press."

The first tweet was posted seven years ago. Since then, the social media site has been used as a free speech platform to spread information, report on the Arab Spring and stay connected with millions worldwide. But critics say that as Twitter has grown, it has sometimes compromised its principles.

Spokane group defends its TV ads against Commissioner Al French; questions raised about north Idaho senator's official residence; UW and EWU expand dental education program on the Gonzaga campus;