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Tadeusz Kosciuszko's name can be found on bridges, roads and statues all over the country, but very few people know why. Guy Raz talks to author Alex Storozynski, who has written a new book about the relatively unknown Revolutionary War hero. Kosciuszko's engineering know-how helped win the Battle of Saratoga.

It's been one year since a flood tore through Waverly, Tenn., and killed 20 people. There's been lots of effort to rebuild, but it's still unclear if the town will ever be the same.

A high-concept collaborative album by a veteran rapper and a film composer knits together hip-hop and soul music.

Another part of the funeral takes place at Windsor Castle, about 25 miles from Westminster Abby. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Frank Langfitt, author Claudia Joseph and NPR's Eleanor Beardsley.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Hari Kunzru, a British writer of Indian heritage, who wrote an opinion in The New York Times about the fraught legacy of the U.K. as an imperial power.

No country in the world is more dependent on its computers than the U.S., making it uniquely vulnerable to attack. One official tells NPR that the Pentagon has experienced an "explosion" of computer attacks, currently averaging about 5,000 each day. But is the country ready to wage a cyberwar?

While researching And the Pursuit of Happiness, Maira Kalman gained respect for American democracy.

In Rawhide Down, journalist Del Quentin Wilber offers new information about the March 1981 day that President Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington, D.C. Wilber and Jerry Parr, the head of Reagan's Secret Service detail at the time of the shooting, speak with NPR's Ari Shapiro.

At the start of the 20th century, only the most privileged could afford to go to college. Today millions of students pursue higher education, but collectively they owe $1.7 trillion in debt.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and NPR's Jason Beaubien about the implications of the explosion on the bridge.