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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Amor Towles about his new short story collection Table for Two and how his novella picked up Eve's story where he left off in Rules of Civility.

Researchers have learned a lot about blended families, since the 1970s — when the Brady Bunch painted a perfect picture of step siblings getting along. Some of their advice might surprise you.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about her latest piece, which chronicles the rollout of New York's social justice-oriented weed legalization program.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks the former head of an office in the State Department that regulates weapons transfers about what's known as the Leahy Laws and how they apply to U.S. support for Israel.

Jacob Collier's latest record is the culmination of a four-album project he calls Djesse. NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Collier about the power of the human voice and the growth of a prodigy.

Poland's far-right Law and Justice party spent eight years stacking the courts with allies, destroying the judiciary's independence. The new government is finding it's tough to undo the damage.

A case before the Supreme Court this week on medication abortion could affect not just reproductive health nationwide, but also oversight of the drug industry and the authority of federal agencies.

Flight attendants are picketing Tuesday at airports around the country making their case for better pay and working conditions.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with bioethicist Judith Daar about the legal and ethical implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's decision that embryos can be considered children under state law.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Ian Urbina about how upwards of 100,000 North Koreans have been sent to work in China, often in conditions of captivity.

Alabama's new court ruling that frozen embryos should receive legal protections as "unborn life," leaves fertility clinics and parents-to-be in limbo.

Texas is suing a border nonprofit that works with migrants accusing it of "human smuggling" and running "stash houses." The group vehemently denies the charges.

Some migrants in Denver are being evicted from hotel rooms that the city had rented to provide them with temporary shelter. The city looks to scale back its sheltering efforts to save money.

Dartmouth College is going back to requiring the SAT after it found students from less advantaged backgrounds were not submitting test scores that were high enough to help them get in.

In the new book 2054, Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman imagine how the singularity might threaten America and the world 30 years from now.

Police oversight boards formed around Florida to look into law enforcement misconduct would see their powers cut and maybe shutdown in a bill passed by the legislature.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen recently spoke out about a law that the U.S. could use to get more aid to people in Gaza. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about what the law is and what it means.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about the CHIPS act and the $8.5 billion grant awarded to Intel to help build semiconductor chip factories.

Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians can't escape. Some are managing to enter Egypt by paying thousands of dollars to a company with reported ties to Egyptian security services.

President Biden and former President Donald Trump traveled to Georgia over the weekend to make their first general election pitches in a key state that finishes voting on Tuesday.

Two sisters struggled to remember troubling childhood events until adulthood. A neuroscientist and author gave them the science and the language to turn their work into a dance performance and a book.

Sports betting is still illegal in 12 states. In Alabama, an effort to legalize sports betting has stumbled amid opposition from religious conservatives and those concerned about problem gambling.

A messed up roll-out of the nation's key financial aid form has left guidance counselors scrambling to help confused families.

FEMA plans to roll out an improved application process for disaster victims in March. Many hope it will simplify a complex system that's preventing some from getting help.

A research paper that raises questions about the safety of abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling about the abortion pill mifepristone.