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It's no small feat to tell the beautiful and even messy stories of women's lives. Brenda Dixon Gottschild chronicled the life of a dance legend in her book, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina. As part of the program's "In Your Ear" series, Dixon Gottschild shares some of the songs that continue to inspire her.

This election season, presidential candidates have been putting the word "Muslim" back into the national consciousness. So Tell Me More wanted to ask, "What does it mean to be Muslim in America?" Guest host Jacki Lyden puts this question to a prominent Muslim American and a scholar on Muslim assimilation.

Consumers pay an estimated $30 - $60 billion a year in 401(k) management fees. But the average American has no idea how much they pay or that they pay any fees at all, according to the AARP. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Ian Salisbury of SmartMoney Magazine about the fees and the call by consumer advocates for more transparency.

Questioning earlier this week suggested the health care law's mandate might be in peril. Today, the Supreme Court considered whether other parts of the law could still stand if the mandate falls. "It looked today that if there are five votes to strike down the mandate, there might be five votes to strike down the whole law," said NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Despite broad international support, the peace plan is in flux. Opposition groups believe that President Bashar Assad is just trying to buy time.

Consumers who led the fight against "pink slime" had food safety concerns and objected to the industrialized image of liquefied meat. But meat scientists say lean finely textured beef isn't much different from other products that end up in processed meat, like ham or turkey.

Amnesty International says more than 150 opposition activists have been arrested.

Growing awareness about PTSD has had a downside, namely that civilians now assume veterans are likely to have psychological issues. Yet while in the military, many say they feel pressure to hide their problems. The recent mass shooting in Afghanistan has fueled misconceptions and further complicated efforts to treat PTSD.

If the justices find the insurance mandate unconstitutional, will they strike down the entire health care law? The top five moments from Justice Antonin Scalia could offer clues about the thinking of the court's conservative majority.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the last of three days of oral arguments on the fate of President Obama's health care law. The afternoon arguments focused on the issue of the expansion of the Medicaid program.