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In this installment of the This American Moment series, Eboo Patel, director of the Interfaith Youth Core, discusses his efforts to promote religious pluralism among young people. Patel believes that this type of mutual respect and understanding is the "big idea of our time."

There has been a lot of talk about the current economic crisis being "the country's worst since the Great Depression." Listeners who remember the Depression of the 1930s share memories of how their families pulled through hard times.

Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli parliament, says it is time for Jews to "rise from the ashes" of World War II. In his book, The Holocaust Is Over, Burg says Jews and Israelis must remember the Holocaust, but not be its victims for generations to come.

As Women's History Month comes to a close, authors Charlotte Waisman and Jill Tietjan talk about their new book, Her Story: A Timeline of Women Who Changed America. The book — in stores on April 1st — highlights more than 900 women who left their mark on the nation's history.

Armageddon in Retrospect is the first collection of unpublished work by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who died at age 84 in April 2007. The 12 short pieces are Vonnegut's reflections on peace, war and the human capacity for violence.

A 16-year-old in Lakeland Fla., was beaten unconscious by six teenagers, reportedly for comments she had made on MySpace. Her attackers taped the beating, with the apparent intent of posting the video online. Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes, weighs in on intersection of teen girls, bullying and the digital age.

Provisions slipped into the economic bailout bill mandate that employers and insurance companies give mental health issues parity with physical health issues. Among the changes? Companies will not be able to charge different rates for mental — versus physical — health services.

A generation of young Americans has grown up with high-tech tools and toys — how will this "Net generation" shape the 21st century? Author and entrepreneur Don Tapscott investigates tech-savvy youth in Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World.

Citing curious absences and an "odd detachment," journalist Bob Woodward argues that President Bush ultimately fell short as commander-in-chief during the Iraq war. Woodward fields questions about this assertion, and about his new book, The War Within.

Pervez Musharraf has resigned as Pakistan's president under threat of impeachment. It may be the final act in a long confrontation between Musharraf and the political opposition that has accused him of illegally seizing power and mishandling the country's economy. Shuja Nawaz, a Pakistani journalist and author, explains issues facing that nation's government.

In his new book The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, historian Niall Ferguson argues that money, in its many forms, is the "root of most human progress." He traces money's evolution from Mesopotamia to modern microfinance.

The Obama girls have enrolled in one of Washington D.C.'s most exclusive private schools — Sidwell Friends School. What tips would they find helpful for navigating such a fraught social world? Farai Chideya talks with Sidwell alumna Damali Ayo.

In a new memoir, Carrie Fisher — actress, novelist and self-described daughter of "Hollywood inbreeding" — writes about her tumultuous life as showbiz royalty. In Wishful Drinking, Fisher discusses her bipolar disorder, addictions and divorce — and still manages to laugh.

Rojas pays tribute to two early twentieth century guitarists: Ida Presti and Maria Luisa Anido.

Nearly one year into the Trump administration, the Justice Department is operating without Senate-confirmed leaders in six of its most important units.

Does it matter, legally, whether or not former President Donald Trump believed the lies he told about the 2020 election? Can ignorance be a defense?

Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones were ousted by the Republican-led state house after staging a gun control protest on the House floor in April.

In the complaint, the dancers accused Lizzo of sexual harassment and said she created a hostile work environment.

He's one of two Democrats who were expelled from the Tennessee legislature in April for participating in a protest on gun control.

Wildfires burning across Canada has sent smoke wafting down into the Midwest and Eastern United States.

A bombing Tuesday in Pakistan's borderlands is the latest in a string of attacks by militants after the siege of Islamabad's Red Mosque. The scale of the violence has renewed debate about the threat of Islamist extremists to President Pervez Musharraf.

The Scooter Libby trial has exposed a White House eager to get its side of the story out and journalists equally eager to develop and maintain sources at the highest level of government.

Gamers have been waiting for sometime for the rollout of new video game consoles. At midnight Friday, Sony's Playstation 3 went on sale. Sunday, Nintendo's Wii will be available.

Public school enrollment in the United States fell by more than 1 million students in the first two years after the onset of the pandemic.

A lawyer connected to then-President Trump laid out a plan to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election.