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You've seen him on television in hit shows like CSI: NY and Covert Affairs, but Hill Harper's most important role may be off-screen. He sat down with NPR's Michel Martin to discuss his longtime friendship with an inmate, documented in his new book, Letters to an Incarcerated Brother.

A new documentary celebrates how millions of children learned the power of drawing from PBS television art educator Mark Kistler.

The Supreme Court has chosen to hear two cases relating to same-sex marriage that would judge the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8. Washington Post opinion writer Jonathan Capehart argues that this is not the best time for a marriage equality ruling.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about how the city has been working to reduce violent crime, now at historic lows, according to city data.

NPR's Noel King talks to Planet Money's Jacob Goldstein about his book, Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. He addresses technology, historic advances, and hustlers who made money what it is.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with author Jeff Chu about completing Wholehearted Faith, a book started by his friend, Rachel Held Evans, before she passed away in 2019.

The podcast came to an anticlimactic end as a mystery, but it says a lot about the demands of being a public figure.

A bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal is back on track after President Biden walked back an apparent veto threat.

Public hospitals in Liberia may require a bag of supplies to gain admission for delivery: bleach, baby clothes, diapers. The $100 price tag is too much for the poor. One nurse has a solution.

Wealthy Chinese woman are hiring Americans to be surrogate moms. We explore how the relationship between a Chinese woman and her American surrogate changed during a particularly difficult pregnancy.

Pain and Glory is the latest from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. It tells the story of an aging filmmaker unable to make films — to tell his stories — until the past nudges him forward.

Foster families are in short supply on the Navajo Nation. U.S. law requires Native children be placed with Native families, so a small number of homes take in a large number of foster children.

Rachel Martin talks tennis and the Australian Open with Mike Pesca, host of Slate's "The Gist."

TV critic Eric Deggans debriefs with Audie Cornish about Thursday night's live performance of the musical, Peter Pan, on NBC.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Treasury Secretary Janel Yellen about the latest inflation data and the state of the U.S. economy.

While many Americans strive for the usual Thanksgiving fare, some listeners revel in their own, idiosyncratic family traditions this time of year. Gene Koo goes to White Castle with friends every year, and Kim Krzywy serves up a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast for her kids for the second meal of the day.

The people of Zimbabwe used to say that things would get better once longtime leader Robert Mugabe was no longer alive. Now, they see a future after Mugabe as more of the same.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

An inspector general warns of dangerous overcrowding in border facilities in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Census forms to be printed without the citizenship question. And, a July 4th preview.

In 1999 Tom Peters met JoAn Joseph at a party for his job. A couple of years into their relationship, they came to a crossroads and had to make a difficult decision.

Federal housing officials are closing two large public housing projects in Cairo, Ill., renewing concerns that the predominantly African-American town will be wiped off the map altogether.

One woman turned her home into an ad hoc shelter for Haitians displaced by the storm and facing discrimination.

The for-profit hospice industry has grown, allowing more Americans to die at home. But few family members realize that "hospice care" still means they'll do most of the physical and emotional work.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Ghaith al-Omari, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the future of governance in Gaza.

Until this past weekend, the USF women's basketball team had never won a game in the NCAA Tournament, but you wouldn't have known that Monday night.The…