On Sundays, Weekend Edition combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. With a nod to traditional Sunday habits, the program offers a fix for diehard crossword addicts-word games and brainteasers with The Puzzlemaster, a.k.a. Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times. With Hansen on the sidelines, a caller plays the latest word game on the air while listeners compete silently at home. The NPR mailbag is proof that the competition to go head-to-head with Shortz is rather vigorous.
Another trademark of Sunday's program is "Voices in the News," a montage of sound bites from the past week, poignant in its simplicity. Hansen also engages listeners in her discussions with regular contributors, who cover a wide range of national and international issues.
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Climate change in the U.S. is intersecting with another crisis: the lack of affordable housing. Vienna, Austria, may offer solutions.
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Saturday's military parade in Washington D.C. and the national "No Kings" protests created a split-screen moment for a divided nation.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks the International Crisis Group's Ali Vaez about the current state of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
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President Trump will attend the Group of Seven political and economic summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
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A tiny mountain town in northern New York is the beneficiary of a huge bequest. Now the 600 residents of Long Lake have to figure out what to do with it.
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A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.
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One of Khartoums oldest and most loved hotels has survived coups, wars, and even a bomb attack, but it couldn't weather Sudan's civil war.
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More details on this weekend's shootings in Minnesota that officials have called politically motivated.
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Authorities are looking for 57-year-old Vance Boelter, who is suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers.
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In cities around the country, people gathered for "No Kings" protests in opposition to President Trump's policies.