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As part of a series of commentaries on the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, Deborah Johnson, a former television producer, says she is angered by the scandal and will protest the U.S. policies she believes led up to it.

President Bush responds to a new videotaped message from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, as the White House says the tape is being analyzed for actionable intelligence.

The two mass shootings in California occurred during a week of celebration for the Lunar New Year, which came at a time of increased anti-Asian violence.

A growing portion of the country's prison population is older than 55. That means higher costs for prisons and new efforts to provide care for the advanced medical needs of the incarcerated.

Mexico claims that gun violence by drug cartels using military-style weapons has devastated the country since the U.S. ban on assault-style weapons expired in 2004.

The rules that dictate what can be built and where were often meant to be exclusionary, experts say. With homes too few and rents too high, many cities are loosening rules to encourage more housing.

For three decades, the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting work by African-American artists, work that is now on display at the American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibition offers a wide-ranging and colorful view of African-American life.

U.S. drivers are set to break a 2007 record for gasoline consumption. With relatively low gas prices, Americans are driving more and buying bigger vehicles again.

Ina Jaffe is a veteran NPR correspondent covering the aging of America. Her stories on Morning Edition and All Things Considered have focused on older adults' involvement in politics and elections, dating and divorce, work and retirement, fashion and sports, as well as issues affecting long term care and end of life choices. In 2015, she was named one of the nation's top "Influencers in Aging" by PBS publication Next Avenue, which wrote "Jaffe has reinvented reporting on aging."

NPR's Rob Schmitz asks North Carolina State University's Rob Handfield how President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China could affect consumer costs in the U.S.