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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with James Patterson and Sherri Crichton. The new novel “Eruption” is written by Patterson and Crichton's late husband, Michael.

The Trump administration is drastically changing the federal government's role in education.

A halt in SNAP payments has millions worried about their next meal, raising new questions about how a program born in the Great Depression still defines America's fight against hunger.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Edwidge Dandicat about her new essay collection, We're Alone.

Guillermo del Toro's new film, Pinocchio, hovers between joy and sadness. So does the music by French composer Alexandre Desplat — performed, appropriately, entirely on wooden instruments.

As Jane Austen fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they also celebrate her characters.

There is no clear choice for this year's Song of the Summer in the same way Beyonce's "Break My Soul" dominated the summer of 2022.

As President Trump expands his aggressive immigration crackdown to major cities across the country, U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents have been detained or arrested, sometimes held for days.

The star filled his set with hits and familiar images from home, but also expanded his lens to make an argument about the place of Puerto Rico within a larger American context.

After the Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, Israel cut off most economic ties with the West Bank. Permits for Palestinians to work in Israel were frozen, and West Bank unemployment is now at 28%.