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Operations against the Rohingya look like a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing," the U.N. human rights chief says. But Myanmar's civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, denies the allegations.

Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Tom Bowman about the operation and what went wrong, and to Ridal Lyammouri, who has worked and lived in that area of Africa doing analysis for U.S. agencies in the region.

NPR's Michel Martin considers the implications of the Kavanaugh controversy for the midterms and beyond, with Republican commentator Mary Kate Cary and former Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and documentary filmmaker Ramona Diaz about President Rodrigo Duterte and the spread of disinformation on social media in the Philippines.

While the Freedom Rides of 1961 are an honored part of the Civil Rights movement, the response of Southern racists is less well-known. The Reverse Freedom Rides sent scores of African Americans north.

"There were families that couldn't afford to pay the fines and therefore couldn't return the materials," Chicago Public Library Commissioner Andrea Telli said. "So then we just lost them as patrons."

Tyler and Larry have never met. But almost every day for the last few years, they get into a fight on Twitter.

Around 20% of U.S. adults live with chronic pain. Medical schools traditionally haven't dedicated much time to teaching about pain and pain control, but one top school now has a mandatory course.

State regulators and even one medevac company have raised doubts about prepaid subscriptions and promised benefits offered by air ambulance companies. Gaps in coverage can be a problem.

The British government recently reached a settlement with Kenyans who were tortured during colonial rule. Host Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor Caroline Elkins about the atrocities, and how she uncovered them.