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  • Photographer Robert Houston chronicled Martin Luther King's 1968 Poor People's Campaign. Now his images can be seen in the exhibit, "Most Daring Dream," at Morgan State University. For more, Farai Chideya talks with Aaron Bryant, curator of Houston's exhibition.
  • Sarah Silverman's Comedy Central show — quirky, snarky, often wildly inappropriate — strikes some audiences as clueless and tasteless. To fans, including Fresh Air host Terry Gross, it's really funny satire.
  • The Internet has given unprecedented access to information, but where do we draw the line? The Web site Postyourtest.com invites users to share old college exams online. Is it cheating — or democracy?
  • The housing crisis may not be over, but the curtain has gone down on one story about trying to keep a roof overhead. The Broadway musical Rent ended its 12-year run Sunday, after 5,124 performances. Rent is a modern day version of La Boheme, Puccini's opera about starving artists in Paris.
  • Best known for her role as Detective Kay Howard on the 1990s TV show Homicide: Life on the Street, actress Melissa Leo takes on cross-border smuggling in her new movie.
  • Lost creator J.J. Abrams discusses his latest television show, Fringe. The show, which Abrams describes as having a "a slight 'Twilight Zone' vibe," focuses on the unnatural occurrences in the world of a brilliant but mentally-unstable research scientist.
  • Comedian Wanda Sykes publicly came out of the closet at a rally in support of gay marriage. Will other black stars follow suit? Newsweek's Allison Samuels gets us up to speed on the latest in entertainment news.
  • In his debut thriller, Brendan Slocumb employs polemic about racism to great effect as he reminds us that the high-toned world of classical music suffers from, and because of, racism.
  • Two weeks ago, Terrence Howard's mother died. In the wake of her death, he is considering his family, his music and his career. He says it was not until two weeks ago that he became a grown man.
  • With your help, Mo Willems turns his hand at radio cartooning. This time, he looks at a very symmetrical pirate.
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