Charges Of 'Re-Segregation' At N.C. High School Fri, 12 Mar 2010 A high school in Wayne County, N.C., has a student population that is poor and 99 percent black. That's not the case at other public high schools in the same county. The disparity has prompted a civil rights inquiry — and complaints about what one leader calls "re-segregation."

Christian Group's Members Share Health Care Costs Fri, 12 Mar 2010 The nonprofit Samaritan Ministries transfers money among its members to pay each household's health care costs. Benefits to members include lower monthly payments and faith-based policies, but there's no guarantee their bills will be covered.

We Bought A Toxic Asset; You Can Watch It Die Thu, 11 Mar 2010 Remember those complicated bonds full of home mortgages? The ones that almost brought down the economy? A team of NPR reporters used $1,000 of their own money to buy a tiny piece of one — and plan to track it until it dies.