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Raha Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer whose latest book is Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine. (Steer Forth Press) He is a founder of the nonpartisan human rights organization Al-Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, and author of several books about international law, human rights and the Middle East. Shehadeh lives in Ramallah. He was a guest on Fresh Air in February of this year and returns to talk about the latest news from the occupied territories. Read the Transcript

Silverman won the Emmy for best writing for a variety special for her HBO special We Are Miracles. In 2005, she spoke with Fresh Air about her movie Jesus Is Magic.

The European space probe Huygens is due to parachute to the surface of Saturn's moon Friday. The images, sounds and air samples it collects from Titan's cloudy atmosphere may tell us more about the solar system.

On March 7, the actor and monologist Spalding Gray was found dead in the East River in New York. Gray, 62, had been missing for two months. His family believes he committed suicide. Gray was best known for his autobiographical monologues, including Swimming to Cambodia, Monster in a Box and It's a Slippery Slope. Over the last 19 years he was a frequent guest on Fresh Air. We listen back to excerpts of his performances and interviews: Swimming to Cambodia (rebroadcast from Aug. 20, 1985), Monster in a Box (rebroadcast from Sept. 21, 1990), Impossible Vacation (from May 8, 1992) and Gray's Anatomy.

Hundreds of flights have been canceled out of concern there aren’t enough air traffic controllers, who are not getting paid, and a judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully pay of stalled food benefits known as SNAP that millions rely on. But the administration is appealing.

He came to fame late in life when his music was featured on the triple-platinum soundtrack of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Stanley sings and plays banjo. He won two Grammys this year for his performance of "O Death" on the O Brother record. At age 75, Stanley has just released a self-titled CD and continues to tour. He's recorded more than 170 albums in total, and has been performing continuously since 1946. This interview first aired July 15, 2002.

Richard Shindell moved from New York to Buenos Aires four years ago. His latest album Vuelta, a collaboration with the Argentine band Puente Celeste, shows the folk musician has learned a new lyrical language.

An Environmental Protection Agency draft proposal would change the way pollution from power plants is measured -- changes that critics say would undermine clean air laws. The document could limit pollution on an hourly -- not yearly -- basis.

Journalist David E. Hoffman reflects on the high-stakes maneuverings of the Cold War arms race and tells Fresh Air about the urgent search for the nuclear and biological hazards left behind after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He also details the inner workings of the Soviet nuclear program in his book The Dead Hand.

Mick Zimmerman has flown into Hurricane Ian four times this week as part of the Air Force's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "hurricane hunters."