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With roots in organized labor, Gonzalez will begin a transition to take over the California Labor Federation later this summer. The San Diego Democrat authored a number of consequential labor laws, including the AB5 worker-reclassification bill.

As nearly two dozen states move to ban or restrict access to abortion following Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights protests continued across the country.

She was country music royalty, but June Carter Cash never left her Appalachian roots far behind. In her final recording, Wildwood Flower, she reached back to those roots by including several classics written by A.P. Carter and other members of her legendary country music family. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to her son, John Carter Cash, about the album, which he helped record just before her death in May.

Reissues are the bread and butter of the jazz record business, but the artists whose talents made the records possible often miss out on the royalties that could help sustain them in old age.

The decision to suspend Pete Arredondo follows the police response to the deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary which has been called an "abject failure."

From a new series, Kevin Whitehead reviews a pair of '60s LPs from the distinctive trumpeter.

The out-of-print and much-coveted album combines a dramatically spare sound with a heavy backbeat.

The resourceful young violinist asked for brand-new encores — and, boy, did she get them. Hear fascinating works by 27 contemporary composers, written especially for Hilary Hahn.

Each of these records has a raw quality that provides a welcome break from overproduced music. Critic Tom Moon says it's enough to make listeners question whether the computer age of recording is a good thing.

Kin: Songs By Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell is a new collaboration between Karr, the bestselling author and poet, and the maverick singer-songwriter. Together, they've written 10 songs, which are performed on the album by a variety of singers, including Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash and Emmylou Harris.