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As part of our MLK holiday, These Days brings you excerpts of interviews with individuals who fought for, or reflected on, the struggle for civil rights in America.

As Barack Obama takes office he is expected to remove restrictions on the use of embryonic stem cells for medical research made by President George W. Bush. KPBS Health Reporter Tom Fudge has more.

On a lovely, balmy San Diego evening in January, I reluctantly went indoors to watch a

Where's the Sacrifice?

Where’s the Sacrifice?

Eric Holder tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that, if confirmed as attorney general, he would work quickly to remake the embattled Justice Department. He also said he would classify waterboarding as torture and stated his objection to rendition.

The federal government is expected to give billions of dollars in additional aid to Bank of America to help it cope with losses at Merrill Lynch. Bank of America bought the brokerage giant in mid-September for $50 billion in an all-stock transaction.

Just like in the U.S., there's been considerable debate over how to revive Germany's economy. Officials there have agreed to a stimulus package that combines more government spending with tax cuts. But many doubt that will be enough to pull the world's third-largest economy out of recession.

Republican lawmakers want to tap into tobacco tax money to help plug California's budget gap. But Democrats say they won't sign off on the idea. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has more.

Late last year, just a week before Election Day, three guests on Tell Me More told listeners about their decision not to cast a vote for anyone on Nov. 4. Now, a week before the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, host Michel Martin checks-in with two of the men who said they weren't voting. Not everything went as planned.