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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with David Graham of The Atlantic about President Trump's vision for the Kennedy Center and the intersection of art and politics.

For 19 days, activists have camped outside a police station in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, on hunger strike. They're asking the Kuwaiti government for citizenship.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Rusha Latif, who embedded herself with Egyptian revolutionaries, and writes about what the world can learn from a defeated revolt in Tahrir's Youth.

Candidates vying for president are talking a lot about trade. But trade is not a subject easily summed up in slogans. Here are resources to help you study up on trade and make your own decisions.

The Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith upholds a songwriting tradition that earns him critical praise and awards, if not chart-topping hits. His latest album, Time Being, finds him reflecting on getting older and appreciating what's precious.

On what would've been Kurt Vonnegut's 100th birthday, Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep shares a memorable interview he did with the writer in 2006. Vonnegut died in 2007.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about what receiving a MacArthur Fellowship means to him and who shapes his writing.

The White House says President Obama on Monday will direct the Department of Labor to craft new rules to require financial advisers to put their clients' interests ahead of their own.

Some Colorado doctors who've treated victims of recent mass shootings and everyday gun violence say they're deeply disturbed by and opposed to guns. But other doctors don't support the new gun restrictions lawmakers are talking about in Denver and Washington, D.C.

NPR producer Tyler Bartlam enlists the help of her grandmother to make a special recipe.

Tensions are high not only in Israel and Gaza, but across the region, as fear of the conflict spilling over grows.

Federal data from 2007 say 40 percent of births in America are to unwed mothers, a trend experts say is especially common in middle-class America. In one St. Louis community, the notion of getting married and having children — in that order — seems quaint.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Khan, an Afghan national who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military for four years, about the safety situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.

A college history professor tells us why using AI is a detriment to learning.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Patti LuPone, one of the stars of the revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Company" on Broadway.

Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, attributes the Gaza deal in part to Trump's transactional nature and breaking of traditional diplomatic crockery.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the newly expanded "Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration."

Pete Hegseth is fighting to keep his nomination on track after a series of negative reports about his past behavior — including a damning email his mother sent him during his second divorce.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Doug Parker, head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about climate-related hazards — such as workers facing smoke-filled air from wildfires.

Fairy tales — those stories of princes and princesses, spells and magic — have sparked kids' imaginations for centuries. But author John Baxter suggests a very different kind of fiction to get young synapses firing: He recommends three tales filled with creepy characters you're sure to love.

In 2006, voters angry about Iraq and frustrated with President George W. Bush sent a new class of senators to Washington. In The Upper House, Terence Samuel profiles these legislators as they come to terms with the grunt work and gridlock of their new jobs.

Author Lisa See is drawn to books by Japanese-American women and the issues they tend to write about: love, race, identity, place and history — and its effect on the present.

The Ides of March — that infamous day that saw the death of Julius Caesar — are nearly upon us. And to commemorate it, author Myla Goldberg recommends three tales of back-stabbing. Have a favorite story of disloyalty? Tell us in the comments.

Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion is a mythic figure. In Ben-Gurion: A Political Life, Israeli President Shimon Peres talks about his mentor.

When President-elect Barack Obama chose former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture, he praised Vilsack's knowledge of both agriculture and energy. But writer Michael Pollan says the incoming administration's focus should be on food and the people who eat it.