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Argentinian singer-songwriter Juana Molina performs and talks with Maria Hinojosa and Soundcheck's John Schaefer about leaving acting for a music career.

We hear a little more music from La Mecánica Popular, and Soundcheck's John Schaefer and Maria Hinojosa speak with members of the Labyrinth Theater Company about diversity in New York theater.

Our live edition with WNYC's Soundcheck kicks off with a performance and interview by psychedelic salsa band La Mecánica Popular. Soundcheck's John Schaefer co-hosts.

Average weekly wages in the majority of U.S. counties were below the national average of $958, according to new federal data. The U.S. Bureau of Labor…

County clerks are making news by defying the state's gay-marriage ban, but Clela Rorex got there first. Decades ago, she issued a groundbreaking license to the first openly gay people she'd ever met.

At the time, ideas of race in America were quite literally black and white. But a few meters of cloth changed the way some people of color were treated.

International correspondent Ari Shapiro talks with NPR's Scott Simon from Jerusalem about about the second day of the Israeli military's ground operation of the Gaza Strip.

Asia correspondent Anthony Kuhn talks with NPR's Scott Simon from Kuala Lumpur about the reaction to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Thursday, killing 298 people.

A health official in Gaza says 338 Palestinians, including more than 70 children, have been killed so far in the 11-day conflict.

U.S. and European officials worry that evidence pointing to the cause of the crash could be altered or removed, and that bodies exposed to the elements are beginning to decay.