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After 40 years of working in politics, pundit Mark Shields has seen the best and worst of our democracy. But he still believes good politics and courageous politicians can benefit our society.

Whitfield's children and grandchildren share treasured memories and calls to action at the event with their legal team, led by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

As Zimbabwe's economy collapses under 1,000 percent inflation, many of the people uprooted by a slum-clearance campaign last year remain homeless and unemployed. Human-rights activists in the Southern African nation say the country is on the verge of social upheaval.

In a poor, remote area of Southern Sudan, schoolgirls attend class under a sprawling tree. A group of women from Boston who promised to build a school in the village find the vow is a difficult one to keep.

Journalist, novelist and playwright Thulani Davis traces her roots in My Confederate Kinfolk: a Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots. Among the revelations Davis uncovered was that her ancestors include a Scots-Irish clan of cotton planters as well as Africans from Sierra Leone.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold an Oregon law allowing assisted suicide is being seen as a victory by Oregonians. Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.

Kenneth Bacon, president of Refugees International, talks with Scott Simon about his visit to Darfur this week. Bacon says the peace accord signed in May has failed to stop violence in the region. But aid efforts in the region have largely managed to continue serving the large displaced population.

Ali Farka Toure, the Grammy Award-winning musical legend from Mali, has died after a long illness. He was 66. The singer-guitarist gained international fame from his 1995 collaboration with Ry Cooder on the bluesy album Talking Timbuktu.

Chad is battling a rebellion that it says neighboring Sudan is sponsoring. The rebels are attempting to end the nearly 16-year rule of Chad's president. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Donald Yamamoto is visiting Chad this week to discuss insecurity in the central African country.

Racial tensions between blacks and Latinos have developed recently in Los Angeles high schools. Youth Radio reporter Jennifer Obakhume visits a South Los Angeles high school to find out how Martin Luther King's legacy is taught there, and how those lessons are received.