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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, which opened the Catholic Church's window onto the modern world. Among other things, it gave a larger role to lay people and updated the liturgy. But the changes provoked a backlash, the effects of which are being felt even today.

Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks with author Dennis Lehane reflects on how Boston has dealt with a week of violence and uncertainty. Lehane is a Boston native and the author of many books about the city, including Mystic River.

Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin speaks with David Rohde about his new book, Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East.

A visit to the southern resort town to see how it - and its tourism business - are faring during the Gaza war. Many of the hotels are filled with displaced Israelis.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks Rep. Robert Garcia of California about congressional Democrats' new plan to engage voters of color ahead of November's elections.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Xay Khamsyvoravong, the Democratic mayor of Newport, about issues facing his city this election year. He's in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting.

Administration officials say Palestinian statehood, as part of a normalization between Israel and Arab countries, is achievable. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Brian Katulis of the Middle East Institute.

Taiwanese comedian Vickie Wang and Chinese comedian Jamie Wang work through the lived experience of cross-strait tensions through comedy.

Amazon workers formed their first union. And at Starbucks, 380 stores are unionized, but not one has a contract. But the big, established unions have won big raises for workers.

Scientists are exploring how human brains learn to read — and discovering new ways that brains with dyslexia can learn to cope.