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Recent studies suggest breast cancer is biologically different in African-American women compared to other groups. The implications of recent research contain both good and bad news for black women.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Kim Tran about the history of solidarity between Asian and Black Americans and how their movements interact.

American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has released All I Ever Wanted, her fourth album. Rock critic Ken Tucker has a review.

Deadly riots sparked by a U.S. military truck crash this week are not a sign of anti-Americanism in Afghanistan, the U.S. ambassador in Kabul says.

The aftermath of Sept. 11 was a particularly difficult time for Arab and Muslim-American children in the U.S. Author Moustafa Bayoumi talks about some of the challenges chronicled in his new book How Does it Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America.

More than ever, Americans are getting to work by driving alone. Also: The surprising decline in the share of Americans working at home.

She was born in Illinois. But when Abigail Washburn picks up a banjo and sings, the lyrics are often in Chinese. An immersion in Chinese culture inspired her to reconnect with American musical roots.

Since September 11, Arab Americans have been put in the spotlight. Some artists in the community see this as an opportunity -- to work through issues, cast their own images, and show their audiences a different set of responses to the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports for Weekend Edition Sunday.

Poet, playwright and performance artist Sarah Jones tours with a one-woman show called Waking the American Dream. Her many characters reflect astonishing diversity and encourage an effort to know -- not fear -- our neighbors. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports.

DNA from the skeleton of a 12,000-year-old teenage girl found on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula shows that today's Native Americans are descended from Siberians who spread southward across North America.