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Talat Hamdani's son Salman died after the police cadet rushed to the fallen towers to help. The first responder was later wrongfully identified by police and the press as an accomplice in the attacks.

As part of our encore presentation of our series on American popular son, we remember the late lyricist DOROTHY FIELDS. Born in 1905, She was the only woman in the pre-rock era to sustain major critical and popular acclaim as a songwriter. First, We feature singer BECKY KILGORE and pianist DAVE FRISHBERG perform music by Dorothy Fields. Biographer DEBORAH GRACE WINER talks about Fields life and music.Winer is author of "On the Sunny Side of the Street: The Life and Lyrics of Dorothy Fields." PHILIP FURIA talks specifically about the lyrics DOROTHY FIELDS wrote. Furia is Chairman of the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is also author of "Poets of Tin Pan Alley." (These interviews and performances continue in the second half of the show.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

Asian Americans speak about their anger over the shootings in the Atlanta area that left six women of Asian descent dead.

The East Wing of the White House has been demolished to make way for President Trump's ballroom. Americans outside "The People's House" share how they feel about the construction.

The East Wing of the White House has been demolished to make way for President Trump's ballroom. Americans outside "The People's House" share how they feel about the construction.

Americans are concerned about crime, but don't broadly support President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to U.S. cities, according to a new NPR-IPSOS poll.

Iam Tongi is the first Pacific Islander to win American Idol. His dad died a few months before Tongi's audition, which he says his mom signed him up for and pushed him to practice.

At the White House Tribal Nations Conference on Thursday, President Obama praised the initiative and added that "a certain sports team in Washington might want to do that as well."

The latest Gallup poll finds two-thirds of Americans approve of unions. That's down a few percentage points from last year, but continues a trend that stands in sharp contrast to the last six decades.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.