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NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Jennifer Weiner about her latest novel The Breakaway. explores a woman's relationship with her body is influenced by society's rules and expectations.

The Obama administration will require plans that receive waivers from the health law's restrictions on annual benefit caps to write policyholders and spell out where their plans fall short and by how much.

In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi traces his family’s journey, from India to South Africa — where his grandfather crossed paths with Mahatma Gandhi — to Kenya, Canada and the U.S.

Colorado gunman faces ten murder charges. After that shooting, Biden urged immediate action from the Senate on gun bills. Education Department releases data on remote learning and school reopenings.

Bassett has received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

In Oregon's high desert, a more than 10,000-year-old lake is drying up. That doesn't have to happen. Summer Lake hosts millions of migratory birds annually, but its water is being diverted to farms.

Alex Chadwick talks with Phillip Carter of Slate about the recent Pentagon announcement of military base closures around the country. Carter argues that closing the selected bases could undermine homeland security and diminish support for the military in affected communities.

"This is a question of black body versus black brain," says sports writer Howard Bryant. "In the United States, the black body has always been what's been compensated."

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Bonnie Docherty, senior arms researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the group's call for a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous weapons.

Kevin Wilson's new novel is set on a state-of-the-art commune where children don't know who their biological parents are. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the book lives up to its title.

Kirk Wallace Johnson's new book chronicles the real-life heist of 299 rare bird skins from Britain's Tring Museum in 2009. Maureen Corrigan says The Feather Thief reads like a "classic thriller."

Once renowned for its artists, Italy seemed to vanish from the world stage in the '80s and '90s. But two new novels, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio and Sicilian Tragedee, show Italian culture enjoying an international comeback.

Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov writes short, surrealistic stories full of dark comedic surprises. His latest is The Case of the General's Thumb, but critic John Powers suggests starting with his 1996 novel, Death and the Penguin. It's a fast-paced, witty read and what Powers calls "an almost perfect novel."

At a summit this week, EU leaders voted to begin membership negotiations with Ukraine. But Hungary's leader Viktor Organ vetoed a $52 billion aid package.

The lawmakers in Albany, N.Y., have approved a series of reforms that aim to reduce the number of people of color who die in police encounters and include a ban on some violent policing tactics.

Rodents, primates and bats likely carry hundreds of thousands of viruses we haven't yet identified. But how do you know which ones might infect humans?

The idea for a cancer "moonshot" did not originate with President Biden. Medical philanthropist Mary Lasker gets much of the credit. She was the first to push the idea 50 years ago.

Even in a pandemic, the show must go on. For Joshua William Gelb and Katie Rose McLaughlin, that meant converting a closet into a theater. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to them about their project.

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, was working on a memoir when she died in 2023. Now, her daughter Riley Keough, has finished and published From Here to the Great Unknown.

When Florida’s legislative session reaches its final days, senators honor retiring colleagues with videos and floor speeches. Some of the accolades are…

As protests against police brutality and racial injustice continue across the country, WUSF is amplifying the voices in our community responding to the…

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Seth Godin, author of the bestseller This is Marketing, about ways to make public messaging about the pandemic more effective and persuasive.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times about the GOP debate this week and President Obama's legacy.

NPR speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about how the community is feeling as President Trump sends in more troops to respond to protests in the region.