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"We've had time to act — and essentially we haven't acted," says science journalist Michael Lemonick. He describes the threats posed by climate change in his new book, Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Elizabeth Neumann about the rise of Christian extremism. Neumann served as a Homeland Security official in the Trump administration. Her new book is Kingdom of Rage.

Against a backdrop of a declining birth rate, many families in Ukraine are trying to have a child in wartime.

Major League Baseball has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated. Now, statistics from those players have been added to the books.

The federal courts say they have taken "extensive" steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don't trust the internal system for reporting complaints.

More than 120 prisoners held at a special unit in Thomson Penitentiary reported mistreatment, a Washington Lawyers' Committee report says.

Scott Simon talks with Lily Tuck about her new novel, "The Rest is Memory." Based on a real photograph, she imagines the life of a Polish girl killed at Auschwitz concentration camp.

The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

Many of Nikki Haley's voters wanted an alternative to Biden and Trump. But now, these potential swing voters have to choose between the two men, again.

Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care.