Nikole Hannah-Jones says the contributions of Black people are often left out of the American story. Her mission is to reframe U.S. history through the lens of slavery.
Blair Braverman says if she lets go of the sled, the dogs will race on without her. The question, she says, is not how to get sled dogs to go. Rather, it's how do you get them to stop?
The new book from ABC News' chief Washington correspondent focuses on how Trump worked to overturn the election — but Karl also has a message about the rally at the Capitol that became a riot.
Karl notes often that Trump continues his campaign to invalidate the 2020 election — even now. The "Trump show" remains very much on stage, finding an audience and threatening to extend its run.
There are many paths to fame. You can read several this fall, as there are a number of celebrity memoirs hitting shelves — books from Mel Brooks and Jamie Foxx to Will Smith and Drew Barrymore.
Mayer, a self-described "resident nerd" on NPR's Culture desk, was known to her colleagues for her humor and fierce enthusiasm for sci-fi and comics, passions she shared with a national audience.
In the latest instance, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster calls on the state's department of education to look into banning a book about queer identity, saying the content is sexually explicit.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Love Life, the podcast The Shrink Next Door and more.
Elliot Ackerman served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, during which time, he says, he witnessed the absolute worst — as well as the absolute best — that human beings are capable of.
Authors JR and Vanessa Ford's experience with their own child coming out inspired the story of the young transgender protagonist in their new children's book.
As a child, Smith watched helplessly as his father beat his mother. The experience shaped him: "The mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today."
The movie adaptation of Nella Larsen's Passing is out now, and if you're less familiar with the book, critic Carole Bell describes it as a "decades-early precursor to a Patricia Highsmith novel."
Anne Helen Petersen is the co-author of a new book on the future of remote work. She says companies need to clearly know what goal they are pursuing when asking remote workers to come back in person.
The heartbreak starts right away in Dustin Thao's debut novel: 17-year-old Julie's boyfriend Sam is killed in a car crash — but then she calls his phone, just to hear his voice again. And he answers.
Set in a haunted Minneapolis bookshop over the course of one very momentous year, The Sentence is an ambitious novel, featuring a sinister ghost, a country in tumult and Erdrich's own shifting style.
