Nearly thirty years after the influential jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald’s death, her legacy and influence remain strong.

Who better at the whodunit than Agatha Christie?

Salimata, her husband Moussa, and their baby son, Ibrahim, fled violence in their home country of Ivory Coast. They arrived in Texas this year, seeking asylum in the United States. After a day at a shelter, they were put on a bus and dropped off in Washington, D.C. 1A producer Avery J.C. Kleinman talked to Salimata and Sue as part of a conversation on 1A about what's happening to migrants being bussed north.

Dr. Vivian Cheung, a physician in Bethesda, Md., is helping immunocompromised Americans across the country access Evusheld, a life-saving drug that can prevent them from contracting COVID-19.

Have you ever read a novel that you felt misrepresented your culture? How did it feel?

In the list of last year’s biggest North American concert tours, among the expected big-name pop acts like Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars was Dead & Company, a mix of original Grateful Dead musicians along with new players mining the band’s extensive back catalog.

The great American road trips are the stuff of legend. But what really makes them stand out are…roadside attractions. You know the ones. The world’s largest rocking chair. The world’s largest ball of yarn. And what one listener described as “a huge peanut in Alabama.” This country is full of culture and kitsch.

Leaders, listen up. There are characteristics of an employee with great potential you’re likely overlooking. Like vulnerability. And empathy. And exploring these traits within yourself makes you a better leader, too. So says researcher Brené Brown in her newest book called “Dare To Lead.” It’s about the potential for what she calls “brave leadership” and helping employees let their guard down to be themselves in the workplace.

Higher education facilities like the University of Phoenix and Capella Universities have been heavily scrutinized by journalists and the federal government alike. That’s because they are for-profit colleges. But under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, regulations around them may change.

You are not alone. That’s been the message on social media as more and more people have come forward to share their stories and experiences with sexual assault and abuse. The charge was ignited by Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She told the committee that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while she was in high school.

Back in town to promote his new album, “The Iceberg”, with a performance at D.C.’s 9:30 Club, Oddisee talks to Kojo about how the region and its music inspire his work.

Kojo explores how and why states in our region keep accident data secret—and how one Bethesda community encountered the lack of transparency during a decade-long battle to get a light installed at a dangerous spot.

There are no private gyms east of the Anacostia River, and while 95 percent of D.C. lives within a ten-minute walk to a park, the spike in crime in some neighborhoods has made outdoor exercise a less than ideal option.

Washington’s African American population dipped below fifty percent in 2011. This downward population trend, coupled with rapidly rising home prices, has created challenges for the District’s predominantly black churches. With gentrification driving many long-time congregants out of the city, churches are contending with dwindling membership and tensions with their rapidly changing communities that no longer reflect their congregations. While some churches have embarked on an exodus to the suburbs, others say they are determined to stay in the city. Kojo explores why some faith communities stay while some go, and how gentrification is affecting the city’s predominantly black churches.

Before purchasing the 9:30 Club at its original location at 930 F St NW, Seth Hurwitz started independent concert promotion and production company “I.M.P.”– short for “It’s My Party.”

Phoenix School in Montgomery County, Md. opened in 1979 and offered students who were recovering from addiction a supportive space free from the peer pressure that can spur relapse.

It’s been more than a year since Initiative 71 passed in Washington, D.C., making the city the first on the East Coast to legalize the recreational use of marijuana and its growth in private residences. In that time, a number of entrepreneurial locals, dubbed ‘cannapreneurs’, have opened up pot-focused businesses in the District, despite the legal murkiness of local rules.