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The U.S. military has some 20 missions across the continent. Most are for training African armies not combat. But there are risks as U.S. troops venture into the field.

Democrats complain there is a lack of evidence present in Republicans' report because Republicans didn't look for it. But it might also not be there because it doesn't exist.

In communities where both housing and fresh food are needed, the fight over valuable vacant land is prompting policy reform — and tense collaboration — between developers and gardeners.

Handshakes and cheek kisses from the U.S. president surprised onlookers, but they were the only unanticipated events to happen during Friday's two-hour talk between the world leaders.

The CNN anchor talks about his new novel, The Hellfire Club. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a four-disc reissue of Louis Armstrong. Pardlo discusses his new memoir, Air Traffic.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: playing doctor, bleedable feast, yellow-tail pale ale.

Plus an unpaid faculty position and disparities in access to advanced courses, in our weekly roundup of education news.

A new memorial in Montgomery, Ala., remembers the thousands of African-Americans who were lynched. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the nonprofit organization behind the memorial.

The co-founder of the annual arts and culture festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert died on Saturday at 70. The event was born after Harvey burned a giant effigy on a beach in 1986.

Thirty-five years after the landmark report warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in U.S. education, the statistics have been questioned, but the concerns still feel urgent.