From NPR. At a hillside overlooking El Rodeo Uno, a maximum-security prison, families of Venezuelan detainees call out into the night, hoping to hear relatives they say were jailed for political reasons. While hundreds have been freed in recent weeks, many families say about 300 people remain imprisoned.

From NPR. NPR’s Arezou Rezvani tells host Mary Louise Kelly about the fear she encountered when speaking to Iranians crossing the border into Iraq.

From NPR. The Israeli military conducted a raid in Eastern Lebanon on March 6 to locate the body of Ron Arad who disappeared after parachuting from a fighter jet that was shot down in 1986. The Lebanese army said three soldiers were among those killed and Hezbollah said dozens of its militants were killed in…

From NPR. Tennessee could become the first state to require proof of immigration status to enroll in public schools, which would challenge legal precedent. “Plyler v. Doe” was a landmark 1982 Supreme Court decision that confirmed the right for all students — regardless of immigration status — to get a free K-12 public education. The…

From NPR. There’s a continued reckoning over the legacy of the late United Farmworkers activist, César Chavez. The Texas Newsroom’s Lucio Vasquez spoke to historians who say this could be an opportunity to refocus on the broader farmworkers movement. For decades, Chavez has been revered as a central figure in the fight for farmworker rights.…

From NPR. Three major reports out this month say President Trump has damaged American democracy at remarkable speed — pushing the country closer to authoritarianism. Bright Line Watch, which surveys more than 500 scholars in the U.S., finds that through tactics such as amassing executive power and attacking the media, Trump has pushed the U.S.…

From NPR. Like father, like son. Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is considered to have even more hardline views than his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This could be an ominous sign for the future of the U.S.-Iran war.

From NPR. NPR’s Arezou Rezvani is reporting on the war in Iran. Getting the stories of Iranians, and how the conflict is affecting the region, hasn’t been easy. An attempt to get to Baghdad was particularly difficult. She explains why to Sources & Methods host Mary Louise Kelly. #sourcesandmethods

From NPR. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was born and raised in Mashghara, Lebanon, is the suspect in an attack a synagogue in Michigan on March 12. His hometown is grappling with the grief and fear of Israeli attacks.

From NPR. Iran launched the strike after Israel struck the Iranian side of the field. President Trump said Israel had “violently lashed out” at the facility out of anger, but he said there would be no more attacks made by Israel on what he called an “extremely important and valuable” gas field. But Trump also…

From NPR. Could factory-built homes be the future of affordable housing? More cities and suburbs are making them easier to install. And in Petersburg, Va. they’re already all over town.

From NPR. President Trump has demanded, begged and threatened U.S. allies to join the war in Iran. But those allies aren’t exactly leaping in to help. Can Trump finish the war he started – without them? Host Mary Louise Kelly is joined by Arezou Rezvani, NPR’s correspondent currently in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Rezvani…

From NPR. A federal immigration judge has ruled against the asylum claims of a Minnesota kindergartner and his family, according to their Minneapolis lawyer. The 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from Columbia Heights, Minn., received national attention after he was detained by U.S. immigration authorities and sent to a Texas family detention center along with his…

From NPR. Naturalization ceremonies are still taking place across the country, despite the the Trump administration’s attempts to make it more difficult to seek citizenship and limit legal migration to the United States. We talked to some of the newly-minted citizens.

From NPR. As the partial government shutdown involving the Department of Homeland Security drags on, TSA agents are among those currently not being paid. DHS says more than 300 agents have already quit. More have called out sick, including more than than half of Houston’s TSA agents, and about a third of the agents in…