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The planned removal of Charlottesville, Va.'s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stirred local controversy before fueling national flames.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist and author Jon Lee Anderson about his new book, "To Lose a War." The book collects Anderson's writing from Afghanistan over a near-quarter-century span.

The rock star's graphic photo stayed up for hours before it was removed. Critics say nude content posted by women, transgender and nonbinary users, however, faces quicker and more punitive measures.

The Emancipation and Freedom Monument — two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant newly freed from slavery — was unveiled in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.

Last week, experts opened a box they believed to be a chest left in the plot in 1887, but the contents weren't what they were expecting. Now they may have finally found what they were seeking.

Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews, "The Fugitive," starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.

The congresswoman sponsored a bill to make Maya Angelou the first Black woman to have her image displayed on an American quarter.

Elder made history in 1975 when he became the first Black golfer to compete at the Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. No details about his death were immediately available.

Film Critic Stephen Schiff reviews "True Lies," the new Arnold Schwarzenegger/Jamie Lee Curtis film directed by James Cameron.

We ask the editor-in-chief of The Economist magazine, Zanny Minton Beddoes, whether the world is heading for a recession, why she says she’s…

In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.

Former PGA Tour player Lee Elder has died at age 87. He was the first Black man to play at the Masters Tournament and meant a lot to the community of Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C.

Witnesses testified Monday in a lawsuit challenging Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's order to remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from its pedestal in Richmond, Va.

Charlottesville, Va., approved a plan to melt down a Robert E. Lee statue — central in a deadly and violent white nationalist rally five years ago — and put a public art installation in its place.

Vice President Kamala Harris gives the eulogy for the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee -- a test of her skills as a potential consoler-in-chief.

In a new 10-part Netflix series, Lee revisits his story of a young black artist who loves sex but isn't interested in a committed relationship.

Authorities link a September shooting in Clinton, Md., to sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo. Two Virginia courts will be the first to try the men held in a series of shootings and killings in the Washington, D.C. area and the Deep South. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

The European Union ambassador to the U.S. said the Western powers must work together instead of engaging in tariff fights in order to withstand…

Lee, 21, was diagnosed with two kidney conditions last year that threatened to end her gymnastics career. Instead, she returned to the Olympic Games and won three medals.