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Forty years ago today, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., announced final plans for a march on Washington for his Poor People's Campaign. One of his most ambitious political goals, it was aimed at eliminating poverty, regardless of race. Author David Shipler revisits King's vision.

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Iraq war costs reach beyond the tab for bullets and bombs, says Joseph Stiglitz, co-author (with Linda Bilmes) of the new book The Three Trillion Dollar War. They join Fresh Air to talk about potential long-term expenses from the war.

Dmitri Medvedev appears headed for a resounding victory in Sunday's presidential election, according to the first official results. But as Russia prepares to enter the post-Putin era, opposition leaders say Sunday's event was not an election, but a coronation.

The Other Boleyn Girl

A largely blue-collar state, Rhode Island should arguably be an easy win for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the upcoming March 4 primary. But Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has made inroads into Clinton's working-class constituency there, as he has in the much-bigger delegate prize of Ohio.

Oscars 2008: The Good, the Bad, and the Photos

Sergio Vieira de Mello was the United Nations' envoy in Iraq when he was killed by a terrorist attack on the Canal Hotel in August 2003. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power has written a book about Vieira de Mello's life.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

The major remaining presidential candidates are courting voters in Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's primary vote, despite bad winter weather. With Hawaii likely to go to Democrat Barack Obama and the majority of Washington's delegates already awarded, Wisconsin is considered to be the main prize.