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"Elysium," the new movie starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, isn't the first time income inequality has been tackled on the big screen. NPR's Linda Holmes takes us through some classic examples.

So far, Chinese authorities have not detailed the corruption charges against its former rising star, Bo Xilai, but a legal expert says there's a 99 percent chance he'll be found guilty.

Rafael Caro Quintero, who was in prison for the 1985 kidnapping and murder of U.S. agent Enrique Camarena, was released because authorities said he was tried in the wrong court.

NPR's Alt.Latino Host Jasmine Garsd is spending a few months in Mexico City, which she says is "one of the Latin meccas of Music." She posted this photo from one of her makeshift recording studios there, "a.k.a. a closet with good acoustics."

The NPR investigation into foster care for Native American children in South Dakota sought to follow the money but misused the way federal incentives and bonuses work. The series alleged that state social workers took the children from their families as a way to reap funds for the state, but it gave no proof for this charge, which does not stand up to scrutiny. The weaknesses were covered over with tendentious language and tone.

Chef Edward Lee has cheesy ideas for olives and says noodles are best served cold. Wondering what to do with those surplus Korean spices? Lee's got you covered.

Download new music from hip-hop producer (and Kendrick Lamar collaborator) Terrace Martin, Justin Vernon's Volcano Choir project, the upstart Americana band Houndmouth, pop singer Carolyn Malachi and much more.

The verdict against former mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was overwhelming, but as WBUR's David Boeri reports, nothing in the Bulger case is ever as straightforward as it might appear.

Religion offers existential and emotional benefits that science can't seem to match. According to Commentator Tania Lombrozo, there's a tension in nature and science between beauty and bleakness. Can a scientific, naturalistic worldview be as fulfilling as religious belief?

Attorney General Eric Holder says low-level, nonviolent drug offenders will no longer be charged with crimes that impose harsh mandatory minimum sentences.