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Karen Grigsby Bates looks at why no one seems to want to take advantage of one great perk of being Los Angeles mayor: living rent-free in a gorgeous mansion.

NPR hosts and reporters read Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, accompanied by "On the Threshold of Liberty" by Mark Isham.

The ideals that have shaped what it means to be American are the subject of Neil Baldwin's latest book, The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country From the Puritans to the Cold War.

Reading is a thrill sport for Cobi Jones, a midfielder for Major League Soccer's L.A. Galaxy and the latest participant in the summer reading series on Weekend Edition Sunday. Jones favors military history, mysteries and fantasy series.

Like many brilliant inventions, it arrived by accident in 1905. Through a century of change, it remains an American icon, stick and all. Food essayist Bonny Wolf salutes the popsicle.

We honor the smoke and sweat that come with the summer rite of grilling over open flame, be it patio, backyard or favorite barehands rib joint. Jennifer Ludden chats with Mike Mills and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe, who teamed for a book on the subject: Peace Love and Barbecue.

Rock musician Judee Sill never made it big during her lifetime. But many consider her two albums from the early 1970s to be classics of the West Coast singer-songwriter genre. Now a third album has been released: Dreams Come True.

William Beeman, professor of anthropology at Brown University, discusses the Iranian election results and what the outcome means for U.S.-Iran relations.

A young American girl living with her father in Europe finds evidence that Dracula was real, and may be hunting them. Elizabeth Kostova's first novel created a bidding war in the publishing industry.

Wesley Brown graduated from the Naval Academy in 1949 — the first African American to do so. Others had tried, but were forced out by racism and even violence. Brown and author Robert J. Schneller, Jr., tell John Ydstie about efforts to integrate the Academy.