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Checks and Balances is a group of conservative lawyers speaking up against what they see as the Trump administration threatening the rule of law. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to member Marisa Maleck.

Netflix releases Narcos: Mexico, a spinoff of its show Narcos with a focus on how Mexico's drug cartels got organized. Diego Luna stars as an ex-cop turned kingpin and Michael Pena as a DEA agent.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, current House minority whip, about the incoming Democratic majority bringing new ideas and some challenges to its leadership.

Steve Inskeep talks to Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the U.S., who explains why Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan is the best possible deal for the United Kingdom.

In 1978, more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jim Jones committed mass suicide in Guyana. Jeff Guinn explains how Jones captivated so many in The Road to Jonestown. Originally broadcast April 11, 2017.

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy climate specialist Rick Thoman talks about Thanksgiving weather, including an historic ice storm.

When three inmates escaped Alcatraz in 1962 they used fake heads to fool the prison guards. Now, the FBI has re-created the heads in order to preserve the history of an escape that is still unsolved.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced new rules for how colleges handle sexual assault and harassment, saying they will fix a "failed" and "shameful" system that's unfair to accused students.

Two-time Oscar winning screenwriter William Goldman has died at 87. Goldman wrote such classic movies as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men and The Princess Bride.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Los Angeles Times photographer Wally Skalij about his photos of the Woolsey Fire in Southern California.