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In the 1940s, the U.S. government used census data to locate and wrongfully incarcerate Japanese-Americans. Some are now speaking out against plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas about his visit to the border facility where a Guatemalan girl was held before she died and how to prevent future deaths.

If you had to evacuate your home at a moment's notice, what would you take with you? When teenaged Sarah Frey was sent to the U.S. to escape unrest in the Dominican Republic, she took a ring with her.

It was this year when scientists ratcheted up their warnings about the effects of a warming climate on weather. And the weather itself showed that scientists' predictions are getting better.

The death of a Guatemalan boy in U.S. custody follows a girl's death. David Greene talks to Rep.-elect Xochitl Torres Small, who will serve the New Mexico district where the children were detained.

In Brazil on New Year's Day, a congressman from the far right will be sworn in as president. His rise to power has created deep divisions among Brazilians, symbolized by one particular incident.

Noel King talks to Kori Schake, who served on George W. Bush's National Security Council and now is at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, about Trump's trip to Iraq to visit troops.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers the musical contributions of Hugh Masekela, Jerry González, Roy Hargrove, Buell Neidlinger, Randy Weston and Vancouver Jazz Festival founder Ken Pickering.

A new photography book captures the unseeable — the storied Mistral wind in Provence. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the photographer, Rachel Cobb.

A new BBC/Netflix series about terrorism and political chicanery delivers plenty of thrills — but ultimately lacks seriousness. Critic John Powers says Bodyguard is "awash in a timely cynicism."