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As more schools band together to commit to recruiting and graduating 50,000 more low-income students, four college presidents discuss what it will take to get there.

Musicians Elizabeth Ziff, Alyson Palmer, and Amy Ziff have been in the band BETTY for 38 years. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to them about their latest album, "Eat," and about what keeps them going.

Carlos Santana, Jorge's older brother, paid tribute to his "magnificent spirit."

Conservation groups, ranchers and big beef buyers have joined together to try to save millions of acres of native grasses in the central part of the country.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Hank Azaria, famous for his Simpsons voice-overs, who's now fronting a Bruce Springsteen cover band.

Co-created by visual artist Jamie Hewlett and musician Damon Albarn, Gorillaz is fronted by four animated characters — but critic Ken Tucker says there's "nothing cartoonish" about the new album.

In his new book Sellout, Dan Ozzi explores the punk phenomenon where anti-establishment clout is currency and while it's hard to pay your bills on principles, selling out often led to buyer's remorse.

Long before The Backstreet Boys, a vocal sextet in Weimar Germany was silenced because three memebrs were Jewish. A new Broadway musical with a score by Barry Manilow tells their story.

In the mid-1970s, a hard-luck band from California was in the right place at the right time and changed London's rock-and-roll scene. Their album Good 'N' Cheap has just been reissued.

Members of BTS already received a special deferment. Instead of serving the mandatory 18 months by the time they turn 28, they can wait until they're 30. The two oldest members are now 29.