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NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with actress Regina Hall about her upcoming film, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

The Pentagon's release of documents detailing the hearings of Guantanamo detainees has cracked open a window into the government's top-secret world. The 5,000 pages offer unedited transcripts that include names and stories from some of the prisoners at the base. The documents were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Associated Press.

Though President Biden’s candidacy has come into question, Democratic volunteers on the ground in Wisconsin are still campaigning for him, even in the face of uncertainty.

The nanosatellites will observe the health of the land to help people make the best use of their countries' natural resources. A growing number of African countries are venturing into space.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ralph Basham, the director of the Secret Service during the George W. Bush administration, about Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle's decision to resign.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Hanna Shelest of the Foreign Policy Council's Ukrainian Prism think tank about reports of a deal negotiated by the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

Ever wonder why your Big Mac never looks as good as the one in the ads? You don't have a food stylist picking out the wilted lettuce and choosing the perfect bun from a hundred contenders.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with writer Emily Henry about her new novel, "Great Big Beautiful Life."

Yunior is a gruff, masculine artist who finds it nearly impossible to stay faithful to the women in his life. And then the day comes when all of that betrayal finally catches up with him. In This Is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz delves into what it takes to get an adulterer to change his ways.

Jazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots.

The annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, postponed after a shooting on April 25, took place Friday night.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Johnny C. Taylor, the CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, about what to wear to the office in a heatwave.

Aline Ohanesian's debut novel attempts to make sense of the events of 100 years ago, when the Ottoman Empire began forcing Armenians out of their homes in Turkey, leaving more than a million dead.

Israel braces for retaliation. Japan's stock market falters.

Many amazing music history moments have happened outdoors.

Israel invades Lebanon. The U.K. turns its back on coal.

Israel attacks a school. A UN chief wants to tax fossil fuel companies.

The teen cheerleading movie was a cliche of the early 2000s.

Zelenskyy presents his victory plan. India and China expel each other's diplomats.

Books by three YouTube stars are on The New York Times best-seller list right now. That's not an anomaly — NPR's Lynn Neary reports it's a trend that more and more publishers are starting to embrace.

The film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings, is based on an award-winning book by the same name. Rachel Cohn and David Levithan wrote the book together — almost by accident.

His new book about raising kids in America and the virtues of work and perseverance is "not an old man screaming, 'Get off my lawn!'" insists Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. It's, "Work in my lawn."

Critic Maureen Corrigan recommends two graphic novels — one about a Yiddish advice column in the early 1900s and another about a regiment of African-American soldiers who fought during World War I.

The legendary folksinger wrote hundreds of political songs, children's tunes and ballads, including "This Land Is Your Land," "Pastures of Plenty" and "Pretty Boy Floyd." Many of his tracks appear on a new CD box set released by Smithsonian Folkways.

There's a volunteer movement to rehab overgrown cemeteries. We visit one in Connecticut, where "cemetery citizens" provide TLC to neglected plots.