In a two-part interview, NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Farrakhan about his life and leadership.

NPR: Minister Louis Farrakhan

The bill is in two parts, the first being to amend the rules about the punishment part of non-mandatory life sentences imposed in criminal cases.

BBC: Criminal Cases Bill debate 1

He spent most of his life in the Alentejo, and a visit to this under-developed part of Portugal reveals many links to his life, including the two places claiming to be his birthplace and the town where he was laid to rest.

BBC: In the footsteps of Vasco da Gama

American pundits might like to try the following two thought experiments, based on real-life EU instruments, and imagine how, with Mexico playing the part of Turkey, they would sell either to American voters.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne: If only it were that easy | The

It says something about whether we're honoring those words put on paper more than two centuries ago -- whether we're doing our part, like generations before us, to breathe new life into them in our time.

WHITEHOUSE: Creating the White House Council on Women & Girls