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The Russian war is expected to intensify in eastern Ukraine. Like most Ukrainians, journalist Iuliia Mendel is watching it all anxiously.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that, according to a paper published in the journal Nature, ancient Egyptians prepared mummies in ways more sophisticated than previously thought. Researchers say they used embalming materials such as plant oils, tree resin and beeswax to preserve the bodies.

In April, 2001, Cincinnati was rocked by three days of rioting after a young black man was shot and killed by a cop. All Things Considered host Noah Adams reports that six months later, the racial divide is still as wide as ever.

Host Bob Edwards talks with producer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones. In the second segment of this interview (first segment aired yesterday), Jones recalls his successful efforts at producing pop hits after a career that began in jazz big bands and be-bop. (8:38

With his acoustic guitar and a batch of witty and insightful songs, Dan Bern is rapidly becoming the voice of a new generation of folk music. The singer/songwriter — hailed by some critics as the next Bob Dylan — talks about his latest album, titled New American Language. The CD is available on Messenger Records.

Singer-songwriter Sally Taylor talks about her song "Victim." Sally Taylor has followed the profession of her parents, James Taylor and Carly Simon, and she's now released her third CD. It's called Shotgun.

Jude Johnstone has written songs for some of the biggest stars in the music business, including Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Trisha Yearwood and Johnny Cash. Now the songwriter has stepped up to the microphone to perform her own songs on a debut CD. Renie Montagne profiles Johnstone and her music on Morning Edition. (8:50) Jude Johnstone's album, Coming of Age, is on the independent BoJak Records label.

Security-minded lawmakers are turning their attention to the U.S. chemical industry, because chemicals from a sabotaged plant could threaten lives of millions of people in cities across the nation. NPR's Jack Speer travels to Freeport, Texas, where Dow Chemical operates one of the nation's biggest chemical plants.

Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro meld their voices in beautiful harmony, but the songwriters-turned-performers couldn't stand each other when they first met. They did learn to work together -- if not to always get along. Lowen & Navarro chat with Morning Edition's Bob Edwards about their career and perform some of their songs.

While working at a blueprint shop in Charleston, South Carolina, a customer brought in some Confederate money to order a blowup. The imagery shocked Jones. The money showed slaves. Jones began to collect the brown and gray money with slaves picking cotton, corn and tobacco and loading barrels cheerfully. He then created large scale full color paintings based on the images. The art is now on display at America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.