Weekend Edition Saturday

We have a recap of the week in sports.

W.S. Merwin died Friday at the age of 91. He was one of the United States' most prolific poets — he won the Pulitzer Prize twice.

Three women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia received a prestigious award this week. But they can't receive it because they are on trial for their activism.

We look at President Trump's reaction to the attack in Christchurch and how President Trump deals with rebukes from Congress over his policies.

Paul Manafort was sentenced for the second time, Roger Stone appeared in court and a key investigator is leaving the team.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with David Wheeler. His son was killed in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. Victims' families are suing the manufacturer of the weapon used in the attack.

The groundbreaking novel Speak told the story of Melinda, a teen who stopped speaking after a sexual assault. In her poetry memoir, Shout, Anderson opens up about being raped when she was 13.

Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke announced he is running for president. And he is making his first campaign swing through Iowa.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with journalist Mohamed Hassan, a Muslim who grew up in New Zealand, about his reaction to the terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch that left 49 dead.

NPR's Melissa Block gets the reaction of this year's Iditarod winner, Pete Kaiser. Kaiser is the first musher of Yup'ik descent to win.

The man arrested for the shooting in New Zealand is thought to have been inspired the the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. Melissa Block speaks with Åsne Seierstad, who wrote a book about him.

The feature film stars Mary Kay Place as the titular Diane, a woman trying to save her adult son from a drug addiction — and confronting her deep-seated guilt. She appears in every scene.