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To get away from a strict religious family, Justice fled to New York in 2001 to busk on the streets.

An exhibit at the National Archives shows that, since America's early days, the government has had a lasting effect on how and what Americans eat.

Across the country Monday, thousands of people held rallies demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman. He is the neighborhood watch volunteer who last month shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in what he says was an act of self-defense.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the army is trying to wipe out a group of renegade militiamen. In the 1990s, the Mai Mai were autonomous local defense forces but they've since mutated into small rogue armies. The government says the Mai Mai are terrorizing people in the southeast region of the country.

President Obama recently called on the nation to rally around young African-American men. But is that easier said than done? Host Michel Martin asks a panel of dads.

In a nation where child obesity rates are soaring, some parents are turning to a boarding school that focuses on both weight loss and academics. The goal: to rewire students' eating and exercise habits to ensure they live long and healthy lives. The kids find it a challenge — but totally worth it.

The two Washington political veterans who wrote the new book claim today's Congress is probably the most dysfunctional since the Civil War — and they aren't afraid to point fingers at who they think is to blame: the Republican Party.

A growing number of those seeking help from mortgage counselors are high-income owners of million-dollar homes in wealthy communities like Laguna Beach, Calif., and Westchester County, N.Y. But large home loans can be more difficult to modify than more modest ones.

The experimental music maven spins some of his favorite songs from contemporary artists — including his Animal Collective bandmate Avey Tare — and previews some of his own upcoming album, Tomboy.

Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep talk about the election with liberal columnist Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine and conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online. Chait has said Republicans lost not just an election but a four-year gamble.