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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Malcolm Harris about his new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.

America venerates its founding fathers on Presidents' Day, even as it reckons with the fact that many of them enslaved people. NPR's Michel Martin talks to historian Kenneth C. Davis.

The long days of January and February usually herald some great reads featuring crime, suspense and — everyone's favorite — murder.

North Korea fired a long-range missile into the sea off Japan a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises.

There's a race on to mine lithium in the U.S. for electric vehicle batteries. It's part of the fight to slow global warming — and to some people a matter of national security. But to neighbors, a proposed mine in Gaston County is an impending environmental disaster.

On what would've been Kurt Vonnegut's 100th birthday, Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep shares a memorable interview he did with the writer in 2006. Vonnegut died in 2007.

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.

Marian Lewyeka's delightful novel, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian spurred NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid to tell another tractor story — the history of Belarusian tractors in Pakistan.

Rep. George Santos, a Republican freshman who fabricated much of his life story but has defiantly resisted public pressure to leave, has shown just how much things have changed.

Turkey, stuffing, pie — it's all way more expensive this year. But you don't have to let inflation spoil your meal, if you're willing to get creative.

For the world of crypto, 2022 started with exuberance and ended with its unofficial spokesman in handcuffs.

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with Andrew Callaghan about his new HBO film "This Place Rules," a personal look at the conspiracies and events leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Antony Marra about his book, "Mercury Pictures Presents."

Next month marks three years since the start of the pandemic, and a new report shows how uptown developers, employers and workers are settling into the not-so-new-anymore normal.

The conservative media was in uproar last week over speculation that the federal government planned to ban gas cooking stoves and possibly seize them. It escalated into something much larger online.

Starting March 27, you won't be able to buy digital games for the Wii U and 3DS. Video game archivists and fans are racing to preserve titles that may soon disappear.

In 1985, graphic novelist Alison Bechdel came up with criteria for whether she'd watch a movie. It's become known as the Bechdel test, and it's surprisingly hard for films to pass these days.

After Microsoft's powerful AI chatbot verbally attacked people, and even compared one person to Hitler, the company has decided to rein in the technology until it works out the kinks.

Attorney General Eric Holder is in the homestretch of his first, and probably last, full term as the nation's top law enforcement officer. He talks to NPR about the country's ongoing struggle over civil rights, and what he wants to accomplish in his last months of government service.