Keiji Nagashima has been farming spinach in Ibaraki prefecture for 25 years but will be destroying this year's crop because of fears of radiation exposure. "I can't have a life without the spinach," he says. Richard Harris/NPR hide caption

Republicans are once again trying to eliminate money for public broadcasting. iStockphoto.com hide caption

Young Laborers: Most of the garment workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory were young, immigrant women. On March 25, 1911, the New York City building caught fire, and 146 workers lost their lives in one the country's worst workplace tragedies. Courtesy HBO hide caption

Rema Webb, Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad Joan Marcus/ hide caption

Advertising boards on buildings are seen without illumination at Tokyo's Shibuya district. Rolling blackouts are crippling a number of industries. Miho Takahashi/AP hide caption

Anthony Blackmon (left) and Anthony Barber (right) both participated in Friends of the Children. Blackmon is currently studying music at Benedict College in South Carolina; Barber is at the Multnomah County Detention Center in Portland, Ore., awaiting trial. Colin Fogarty for NPR/Multnomah County Sheriff's Office hide caption

When an Asian-bashing video caused a stir on YouTube, Jimmy Wong responded in song. YouTube hide caption