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Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic, is free after spending more than 100 days in a Tehran prison. Esfandiari was first detained in December while in Iran visiting her aging mother. Then she was jailed in May on national security charges.

Kent Russell's collection of autobiographical short stories explores the extremes of masculinity — like a man who's developing an immunity to snake venom by letting cobras and black mambas bite him.

Gay's new short story collection explores women's lives and issues of race, class and sex. But she says the book could easily have been called Difficult Men.

It's the summer of 1964, and everything's changing for 11-year-old Glory. She was looking forward to celebrating her 12th birthday at the local pool, but the town has shut it down to avoid integration. Members of NPR's Backseat Book Club share their questions with author Augusta Scattergood.

Writer Greg O'Brien was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease five years ago. He describes what it was like to hear the news — and break it to his family.

Curtis Chin's new memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant tells the story of how he came of age helping out at his parents' business in Detroit.

American Airlines is stopping flights to Venezuela because of safety concerns after the pilots' union told its members to refuse to work the flights....

Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.

They are also planning a crackdown on password sharing and finding that the majority of their subscriptions are coming from outside the U.S.

It's been nearly 14 years since Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose was banned from baseball for allgedly gambling on the game. On Morning Edition, hear both sides of the debate over whether he should be reinstated, and allowed into the Hall of Fame. Hear extended versions of the interviews online.

In the 1960s, men slowly but surely began leaving the workforce and many never came back. The trend continues today. Economists cite a number of reasons, from technology to international competition.

The Dow Jones slumped over 600 points as financial troubles at property developer China Evergrande Group became the latest in a growing list of concerns for Wall Street.

The decision comes after the coronavirus pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in an already fragile supply chain system.

Dozens of states and cities require businesses to offer paid sick leave. But some employers are looking for ways to pre-empt those requirements, including at the federal level.

Invasion author Luke Harding began reporting from Ukraine in December 2021 and was in Kyiv the night before the Russian invasion began. "There is no mood inside Ukrainian society to yield," he says.

Nearly one-fourth of high-achieving students from low-income families apply to college completely on their own. One approach to make the experience better? Pair students with a virtual adviser.

Naturalist and author Lyanda Lynn Haupt took her research on Mozart to a whole new level when she invited a young starling into her home.

A new podcast from The Texas Newsroom explores the discovery of a cemetery in Sugar Land, Texas.

About a third of students are on track to miss at least 10% of school days this year. Why are students missing school, and how can we bring them back?

After two national presidential primary fails, Florida lawmakers are changing the date. The legislature is on its way to reversing the 2016...

At 16, Nicolas Montero is old enough to get vaccinated on his own in some parts of the country. But he had to try to get the jabs without his parents knowing, since they're opposed to the vaccine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Eric Foner, a history professor at Columbia University, about what people mean when they talk about unity and healing during a moment of national division.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with immigration lawyer Lindsay Toczylowski about the condition of detainees swept up in the ongoing immigration arrests in Los Angeles.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Stephen Gutowski of The Reload about the NRA and the influence of the gun lobby this election.

It has been a tumultuous week at the country's consumer finance watchdog, as the Trump administration looks to decimate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.