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As a teenager, the singer-songwriter was already touring the world with his rock band. His new album takes him back to before then, when country music blasted out of Texas radio stations. He performs 'Fight' from his new album 'Changing Horses' in NPR's Studio 4A.

NPR photographer David Gilkey spent a month covering the recent hostilities between Israel and Gaza. He talks about the images he made and the stories behind them in this video slideshow. (Produced by John Poole / NPR)

Staff Sgt. Bobby Henline and his family's world was literally flipped upside down when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He survived burns to 38 percent of his body, including his face and left arm. (Video by John W. Poole / NPR)

Staff Sgt. Bobby Henline and his family's world was literally flipped upside down when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He survived burns to 38 percent of his body, including his face and left arm. (Video by John W. Poole / NPR)

Follow the history of Philip Morris' marketing campaigns, as they capitalized on trends to sell their cigarettes.

Tour the hallways of the Library of Congress.

For as long as there have been wars, there have been warriors who survive - and yet become as much casualties of battle as those who died. In fact, some think that the Greek playwright Sophocles was writing, in military dramas like Ajax and Philoctetes, about what today we call post-traumatic stress disorder - and that his plays were performed by veterans, for veterans, in part to help them heal.

Civil rights activist James Armstrong reflects on the right to vote on election day in Birmingham, Ala.

The singer-songwriter's newest project is a double album focusing on two different parts of her personality. Elephants is contemplative, while Teeth Sinking Into Heart is upbeat, rhythmic and fun.

A group of Richmonders, including L. Douglas Wilder, the country's first African American governor and currently mayor of Richmond, discuss the new realities of Virginian and American politics the day after the election of Sen. Barack Obama to the presidency.

Set in the 1680s, when this country's reliance on slavery as an economic engine was just beginning, 'A Mercy' explores the repercussions of an enslaved mother's desperate act: She offers her small daughter to a stranger in payment for her master's debt.

In order to wage sporting battle, China has long poured an inordinate amount of money into elite athletes and the schools that train them, starting with children as young as four.

Panda breeding director Zhang Zhihe is a gentle man who speaks about giant pandas as if they were his own family. When asked why he thought the giant panda bears are so popular, he answered simply: "Because they make you smile!"

A member of Afghanistan's national tae kwon do team hopes to make history by becoming the first Afghan to ever win an Olympic medal - despite meager training facilities and a lack of funds.

The duo makes smart, infectious pop with tight harmonies and jangling guitars. It's an upbeat and innocent sound, heard most recently on Places. Georgie James visits NPR's Studio 4A for the Project Song challenge: Write and record a song in two days.