Michel Martin

In an effort to deter refugees, a controversial bill in Denmark calls for police to confiscate cash and valuables from arriving asylum seekers.

Following criticism over a lack of diversity in the Oscars, the Academy Awards board of governors announced new programs to try to diversify the academy's membership by the year 2020.

The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Iran just hours after three Americans released as part of a prisoner swap made their way to Europe. What does this spell for relations between the two countries?

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Gov. Martin O'Malley debate Sunday in Charleston, S.C. The Democratic race has is close between Clinton and Sanders.

A Maryland high school principal says many of her students are skipping school, fearing that they or their parents will be deported.

The Iran prisoner exchange was not an easy decision at the White House. NPR's Scott Horsley talks about some of the factors at play.

NPR's Sonari Glinton tells Michel Martin about week one of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Arthur MacMillan is the Tehran deputy bureau chief at Agence France-Presse. He gives some insight about how the prisoner swap and nuclear deal is being perceived in Iran.

Virginia Republican Puneet Ahluwalia, actor Ravi Patel and NPR's Sam Sanders join Michel Martin to talk Nikki Haley hashtags and the Oscar nominations.

Roxana Saberi, a journalist who was imprisoned in Iran in 2009, discusses the recent release of American prisoners in the country.

On a day that sanctions were lifted on Iran, for its compliance with last July's international nuclear agreement, Iran also released five American prisoners. The U.S. released seven Iranians, as well.

Some critics are calling last night's football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers a new low in sportsmanship. Tracy Wolfson of CBS Sports explains what went wrong.

The Alabama Crimson Tide take on the Clemson Tigers in tomorrow's college national championship football game. It's the second year for a new playoff system in college football.

"Implementation Day" for Iran will come once the country takes steps to shrink and open up its nuclear program to verification.

What to expect when President Obama delivers his final State of the Union on Tuesday, from NPR's Ron Elving.

NPR's Carrie Kahn gives an update on the capture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán and actress Kate Del Castillo's role in the secret meeting between "El Chapo" and actor Sean Penn.

Wheaton College has begun the process to fire Larycia Hawkins for stating that Muslims worship the same God as Christians. "It was about solidarity," Hawkins says, "which is a Christian principle."

After 18 consecutive Powerball lottery drawings without a winner, the current prize pool has grown to over $900 million dollars. We find out who's paying to play.

Michel Martin shares questions she's pondering as the new year begins — like why one child's death is deemed a tragedy instead of a murder, and another ruled a murder instead of a tragedy.

With Nigeria's president saying Boko Haram is "technically defeated," we assess its current strength. The Islamist insurgents have lost ground but still terrorize the nation with suicide bombs.