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The racism Gandhi encountered in South Africa helped spark a lifetime of activism. Historian Ramachandra Guha says without that experience, "he would never have become a political animal."

The Demographics Unit was trying to root out terrorist threats, but never produced a usable lead. Kelly McEvers talks to journalist Matt Apuzzo, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the unit.

Wikileaks founder is confident the information released, including unreported Afghan civilian deaths, the use of heat-seeking missiles by the Taliban and reports about secret raids in Afghanistan, is genuine.

The former prime minister of the United Kingdom's memoir, My Life: A Political Journey, is on sale in the U.S. Blair spoke to Steve Inskeep about Iraq, globalization and his political career.

Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire. For more than 30 years, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as "the Boss," a nickname he earned as he ruled with an iron fist. The Yankees won six World Series titles during his reign.

They have chartered a modified plane, and plan to see 9 minutes of totality.

Conservative activist James O'Keefe concocted a "CNN Caper," a plan to embarrass the news network by using hidden cameras to film one of its correspondents in a "palace of pleasure."

The Technology Review Editors' Blog finds out "What Twitter Learns from All Those Tweets." Among other things, the company what makes a user post more frequently.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron talked about Afghanistan and BP, two subjects that will be big issues here, on his first trip to the U.S. as prime minister.

Foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins suggests the Pakistanis might've enlisted the C.I.A.'s help to arrest a Taliban leader, so that he couldn't participant in peace talks.

A friend and colleague passed away over the weekend, after a long battle with cancer: Carolyn Jensen Chadwick.

According to new U.S. Census Bureau figures, fewer and fewer young people are getting married, and more and more children are being born out of wedlock.