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With new momentum for same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court, gays and lesbians are hoping for progress in another sphere — the workplace. In 29 states, it's still legal to fire someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Congress is again considering legislation to ban that.

NPR's David Greene talks to New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor, about the strike, and the future of unions.

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is to testify Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee. He is the first major witness from the Mueller investigation to appear before the panel.

Almost everyone who learns about the project thinks it sounds "crazy," admits one scientist. But the technology should work.

Just days after he was named as one of the newest Saturday Night Live cast members, comic Shane Gillis has been fired. Recordings surfaced of Gillis saying racist and homophobic things.

Rachel Martin talks to Jeffrey Feltman, former U.N. under-secretary-general for Political Affairs, about the U.S. military pulling out a contingent of its troops from Libya's capital Tripoli.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Caro about his book: Working, which is an uncharacteristically short memoir. Caro says he was a fast-writing newspaperman until he recalled a professor's advice.

This week it will be 25 years since the genocide in Rwanda took the lives of more than 800,000 people — mostly from the minority Tutsi tribe — over a three-month period in 1994.

Above average voter turnout is expected for next week's gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin. Passions have run high in the state ever since Republican Governor Scott Walker launched an effort to curb the collective bargaining power of public employee unions.

A Francois Hollande presidency in France might turn Europe away from the German-led austerity approach to debt that has been focused tightly on cutting debt. Hollande has pledged to pursue a pro-growth strategy which has struck a chord with jobless voters.