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On June 5 Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will face Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a recall election. Stephen F. Hayes of The Weekly Standard says the election is a farce — and an expensive on at that.

In honoring a veteran of the Polish Underground, the president did not make clear that such death camps were run by the Nazis. Polish leaders were outraged by his mistake.

A day of sporadic gun violence in New Orleans, including an evening rush-hour shooting near a major thoroughfare, has left two adults and one child…

The U.S. is the world's biggest economy, but it's not the richest country. China is a huge world power, but it's still quite poor.

The man who has represented the interests of Syrians living in Southern California as honorary consul general there has resigned from the volunteer position. Last Friday's massacre in Houla was "the tipping point," Hazem Chehabi tells NPR.

Marek Claasson, one of Europe's foremost media entrepreneurs, recently gave a talk in Berlin on ArtFacts.net, an artist-run non-profit that fosters community-building and support for American creatives based in Berlin.

Israeli demonstrators turned violent last week when calling for the deportation of African immigrants. Host Michel Martin speaks with Ilan Lior, a reporter with Israel's Haaretz newspaper. They discuss the Tel Aviv protest and why tensions are boiling over between some Israelis and African immigrants.

The Beauty Shop ladies discuss Olympic athlete Lolo Jones' announcement that she's a virgin at age 29. They also weigh in on the latest with the Catholic Church's ongoing fight over contraception coverage. Host Michel Martin checks in with columnist Mary Kate Cary, TV critic Mekeisha Madden Toby, and bloggers Viviana Hurtado and Danielle Belton.

As Spain's borrowing costs continue to go through the roof, the European Commission proposes a "banking union" for the 17-country eurozone. The plan would include a fund to protect individual governments from being overwhelmed by the cost of bank rescues.

When The Associated Press said it would no longer condemn the use of the adverb "hopefully" in its style guide, most people shrugged. But the announcement was a red flag to people who have made the adverb the biggest bugaboo of English usage over the past 50 years.