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There are five skin tone emojis to choose from, but doing so can open a complex conversation about race and identity.

Cities are experiencing heavier storms and flooding as the climate gets hotter. But due to outdated rainfall records, many are still building infrastructure for the climate of the past.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews a documentary film about camel herders in Mongolia: The Story of the Weeping Camel. The project began with two student filmmakers looking for interesting story to tell.

Young jazz musician James Carter talks with NPR's Tony Cox about his new CD, Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge.

The pioneering PBS children's show Sesame Street, which is in its 35th season, has substantially reduced its writing staff and will only create 26 new episodes this year. The cuts come as PBS faces increased competition for preschoolers' attention from fare on cable TV and video. Jon Kalish reports.

This weekend's opening of Shrek 2 broke box office records for an animated film. The film smashed records and jolted Hollywood out of a box-office slump. The showing also increases the chances that Dreamworks, the privately held studio, could make a public stock offering later this year. NPR's Kim Masters reports.

Actress Patricia Clarkson is making waves -- and winning fans -- for her sharp-edged interpretation of Blanche DuBois in a Kennedy Center production of A Streetcar Named Desire. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Clarkson.

Although he died almost 80 years ago, Harry Houdini is still one of the world's best-known escape artists. This week, a new exhibition about Houdini opens in Appleton, Wis. But some modern day conjurers want part of the show to disappear. Harriet Baskas reports.

Laugh yourself into the weekend with featured comedian David Arnold.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Victor Goines, the renowned saxophonist and clarinetist. Goines is also director of the Institute for Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School in New York, and has collaborated on a benefit CD for the school, Flowers for Juilli.