Storyteller Luis Alberto Urrea talks with Bill about crossing borders of all kinds.

Replay our live chat about life on the border and immigration policy with writer Luis Urrea and border patrol agent Paul Wells

The Mexican-American author describes how meeting U.S. border patrol agents changed his views about them.

Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke, who wrote a eulogy for facts, explains the circumstances of their death.

Can a media specialist survive seven days without CNN, The New York Times or even his BlackBerry?

Marty Kaplan describes the "civic mischief" he used to ensure community participation in the design of a Los Angeles park.

Fifteen books you think every American should read, including Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

Nearly half of all Americans go online to get their news at least three times a week.

To Kill a Mockingbird and The Hunger Games make the American Library Association's list of books receiving the most complaints in 2011. See the top ten.

These films tell the stories of individuals and movements who have fought, each in their own way, to make America a fairer place.