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A lot has changed since Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have A Dream' speech fifty years ago. In honor of the anniversary, Tell Me More is asking listeners to share their dreams via Twitter. Poet Tehran Von Ghasri kicks of the series by sharing his dream of a world without stereotypes.

Georgia officials plan to build a bell tower atop Stone Mountain as a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. It'll stand above carvings of several Confederate war heroes. Opponents call the move insulting.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Charles Chavis Jr. of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is beginning its two-year investigation of the state's harrowing history of lynching.

Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old great-great-grandmother, and wife to her husband of 68 years, was remembered in a homegoing service on Saturday, May 28, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

Following destructive tornadoes, NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Jack Whitfield, Jr., judge executive of Madisonville, Ky., which sits in one of the state's hardest-hit counties.

The election contest pits Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, against outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo, who heads a movement to stop the return of the Marcos dynasty.

Nearly 40 years after high school students in Oakland, Calif., campaigned to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a holiday, students at the same school are taking inspiration from their predecessors.

Informal connections are used to create a cushion of plausible deniability for Putin whether he's invading Ukraine, hacking an election or reaching out to a U.S. presidential candidate.

Thirty forensics specialists have been sent to the explosion site in Boston to learn as much as they can about what happened and who might be responsible. Melissa Block talks to Frank Doyle, Jr., a former FBI special agent who has worked on major bombing incidents, about how the investigation is likely to proceed and what evidence might be found.

With Buffalo’s mayoral Democratic primary over, Garnell Whitfield, Jr. already is turning his attention to building support for the fall’s general election.