Silverman's parents died 9 days apart; the loss was a starting point for her comedy special. Ken Tucker reviews new albums by ...

Soviet leader Josef Stalin's legacy includes mass purges and executions. Statues of him in Russia came down decades ago, but ...

Four super-rich tech leaders gather for a poker weekend in a mountain mansion while AI technology leads to global chaos in ...

Raising two kids while living with an autonomic nervous system disorder taught Jessica Slice to embrace interdependence. Her ...

President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also ...

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, died at 87. NPR's Scott Simon previously spoke to him about his latest novel and waiting for the Nobel Prize.

In a Damascus firehouse, former regime firefighters work side by side with the White Helmets. They were on opposite sides of Syria's war, and struggle with prejudices & fears -- as they work together ...

President Trump addressed U.S. Steel workers and local officials in Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, trumpeting a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.

NPR's Scott Simon asks poet Edward Hirsch about his new memoir, written in poem-like snippets. It is called "My Childhood in Pieces." ...

Taylor Swift has purchased the rights to the master recordings of her early albums, giving her control over all her music.

NPRs Scott Simon and sports writer Howard Bryant discuss a Stanley Cup final rematch and wonder who can stop the Oklahoma City Thunder's bid for an NBA title.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants.