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The black male achievement gap has always been a hot-button topic. But a new film - 13 years in the making - attempts to address that issue by chronicling the experiences of two black boys as they navigate a prestigious private school. Host Michel Martin speaks with filmmakers and parents, Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, and their son Idris Brewster, about the film American Promise.

On Sunday, the BBC announced that Scottish actor Peter Capaldi would step into the TARDIS as the 12th actor to play the lead role in Doctor Who. Fangirl Petra Mayer says it's an interesting choice that feels like an homage to the classic era of the show.

The daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain has made a name for herself with her very own brand of politics. Now Meghan McCain is hosting a new TV show that explores her Generation Y perspective.

With a son who had a phobia of needles, Dr. Amy Baxter stumbled upon a solution: a high-frequency vibrating ice pack that helps disrupt pain signals on their way to the brain. She stuck a cute bee on the front, won a $1 million federal health grant, and the product now known as Buzzy was born.

The back story on Twitter's founding is profiled as the social giant prepares for its public stock offering; the site to help consumers buy health insurance gets more scrutiny; and NPR goes to the quiet zone — all in this week's tech roundup.

Writer and illustrator Sandra Boynton recruited some of rock and country music's finest to create an eclectic collection of tunes for her new album and songbook, Frog Trouble.

For avid literature fans, the shortlists for various prizes act as miniature to-buy lists. What about music?

Fox's Dads is sort of racist and sexist, but if you want to evaluate it purely on the quality of the comedy, that's perfectly okay. It's still really, really bad.

For the Church of the Living God in Toccopola, Miss., the lap steel guitar channels the voice of God through hymns and improvised solos that mix gospel, blues and country.

Caught in the line of fire by police officers, two women were shot near crowded Times Square in Manhattan last night. They were wounded as police struggled to deal with a man who was behaving erratically. The man had "simulated" firing a gun at police; he was not found to have a weapon.