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Climate change is hitting the oceans hard, both warming and acidifying the water. Ocean scientists are hoping the Biden Administration dives in quickly to address it.

Journalist Fatima Roshanian has faced threats before, but she and many other Afghans say the risk to their lives is more serious than ever. "People are being killed everyday, everywhere," she says.

NPR's Mary Louise speaks with Adm. James Stavridis and Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman about their book 2034: A Novel of the Next World War.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with book writers — Laura Miller of Salon.com, and blogger Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation — about worthy books that got overlooked by the mainstream book-review sections in 2007. Here's a rundown of their recommendations.

When he was a kid, writer Chris Grabenstein loved tourist towns, so he set novels in one of his favorites — the Jersey shore. He says one of the great joys of writing is coming up with an interesting place to drop the body, like a roller coaster or a tilt-a-whirl.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three journalists on how they report on news affecting transgender people, and how being trans themselves shapes their reporting.

The Manchester-raised artist was an invariably complicated and controversial figure, said to exert an unhealthy level of control over their collaborators.

100 years ago this week, some of the bloodiest race riots this country has ever experienced erupted in more than two dozen cities, including Chicago. It was known as the Red Summer.

Florida has one of the highest populations of LGBTQ people in the country, but despite the community’s size, it remains a weak political force in the state.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with William Hanage of Harvard's T. H. Chan School of Public Health about President Biden's goal of reaching 70% vaccination by July 4.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about efforts to bolster the U.S. supply chain. Four key sectors were reviewed including semiconductors.

The new film CODA tells the story of a hearing daughter living with her deaf family. It represents a breakthrough for deaf representation on screen and it stars acclaimed actor Troy Kotsur.

In the news, the al-Aqsa mosque compound is a fuse for conflict between Israel and Palestinians. But in daily life of Muslims, it's a park, holy site and, yes, a symbol of resistance.

Moderate Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey tells NPR's Rachel Martin that he will wait to see how the Congressional Budget Office scores the plan before he commits to giving it his vote.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with actor Daniel Dae Kim, about his role in National Geographic's The Hot Zone: Anthrax., in which an FBI agent sets out to find who is sending letters laced with anthrax.

A comedian, writer, actor, director and producer, Carl Reiner was part of the golden days of television. But these days, he's producing a lot of books.

NPR's Michel Martin talks Twitter poetry with Danez Smith, co-host of The Poetry Foundation's VS podcast.

Weaver talks about her new film, A Monster Calls, which tells the story of an adolescent boy who seeks solace in his imagination from the sadness and anger of losing his mother to a terminal illness.

While the new film Straight Outta Compton may be Hollywood's attempt to keep it real, Compton's reality in 2015 is quite different from the stream of images pop culture has churned out since the '80s.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with poet Joshua Bennett about his new collection, Owed. Bennett says he tried to create poems that celebrate places and people who were disparaged.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to a woman in Los Angeles, who had grown up religious, and faced a decision she never thought she would. She explains how her abortion changed her views on abortion-rights.

To best protect against unintended pregnancy, emergency contraceptives like Plan B or Ella need to be taken within five days of unprotected sex, but a large number of pharmacies don't stock the pills.

Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, experts warn that prosecutions will increase for miscarriages, stillbirths and self-induced abortions.

The hip-hop duo Dead Prez made a name for itself in the late 1990s with politically charged and controversial raps. Dead Prez member M1 talks to Steve Inskeep about crime, politics and his new solo album called Confidential.

Earlier this month, Bush administration officials promised that the Army Corps of Engineers will repair New Orleans' broken levees by June 1, 2006, in time for hurricane season. But some researchers say the Corps can't possibly get the job done by next year.