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If you're a Washington power broker, your status is symbolized by the photographs decorating your office wall: those with you standing next to congressmen, cabinet officers or even the president. Madeleine Brand discusses so-called "glory walls" with John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate.

Congress is considering whether to renew parts of the USA Patriot Act that are due to expire soon, including a provision that allows library records to be turned over to law enforcement. As part of our continuing coverage of the Patriot Act, Larry Abramson has this report on a library system in northwestern Washington state that had its ethics tested when the FBI came to call.

We honor the smoke and sweat that come with the summer rite of grilling over open flame, be it patio, backyard or favorite barehands rib joint. Jennifer Ludden chats with Mike Mills and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe, who teamed for a book on the subject: Peace Love and Barbecue.

Two sisters in Tennessee each got pregnant when they were young. The paths they took and the secrets they kept have shaped their lives.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Meron Hadero about her new book of short stories: A Down Home Meal for these Difficult Times.

Two of France's most prestigious book awards have gone to American Jonathan Littell for his first serious novel. Written in French, Les Bienveillantes or The Kindly Ones, is in the form of a memoir by a former SS officer who leads a hidden life in a French town. The novel is a huge hit in France.

Hear a mix of the month's best electronic tunes, including new music from Robert Hood, Seven Davis Jr, Malory and more.

The cover album becomes an unlikely site for deconstructing gender norms — and R&B's staid '80s tropes — in Ndegeocello's genre-bending care.

Hear why these three composers are still superstars in opera houses worldwide.

A voice from a bygone era, Lena Hughes was never very famous outside of her native Missouri. The only album she ever recorded has been saved from near-oblivion, and it acts as a kind of time capsule.

There's a difference between the news that you listen to, and the stories you love.

Guest judges on this season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars include designer Marc Jacobs and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

As one of the world's largest democracies heads to the polls on Sunday, here are the main candidates and issues in the Brazilian election.

Jennifer Ouellette's book The Physics of the Buffyverse explores the very real principles of science in a not-so-real world: the long-running TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hernandez-Mats, 42, has been president of the United Teachers of Dade since 2016 but has never held public office.

The history of the Vietnam War has been told many times in hundreds of books, movies and plays. But a new 13-CD box set called Next Stop Is Vietnam explores the impact of that conflict through the popular music it inspired.

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

Another protest is planned outside Emerson Alumni Hall during Sasse's interview.

Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson speaks about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.

North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack capacity against its rivals.

Israel and Hamas are negotiating to pause violence and ease up pressure in the Gaza Strip, allowing thousands of workers to go into Israel and the exports of some food.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gabriel Sherman of New York Magazine about his reporting on Roger Ailes, the ousted head of Fox News.

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

An Amazon promotion that tipped delivery drivers $5 for every customer that sent a "thank you" message maxed out on the second day, raising questions about whether drivers deserve tips year-round.

The synagogue is "very important," says an archaeologist, "not only for Jews but all people living in Lithuania." Just 3,000 Jews are left in the capital, compared to some 70,000 before World War II.