Connie Chung, shown here in 2023, says watching a bad interview is painful: "I want to throw my shoe at [the television] if somebody isn't asking the question ... that I would ask." Hachette Book Group hide caption
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Richard B. Hays is the co-author of The Widening of God’s Mercy. Fuller Seminary hide caption
A theologian’s work was used to exclude LGBTQ people from church. In a new book, he and his son argue the exact opposite.
Anne Lamott reflects on aging. Sam Lamott/Sam Lamott hide caption
After buying Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk changed the company's name to X. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What Musk's Twitter takeover could tell us about a possible government appointment
By the time he left 10 Downing Street in 2007, Tony Blair had gone from being Britain's most popular prime minister when he entered office to a deeply divisive leader a decade later. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn-in during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 21, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices
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Danzy Senna says her first novel, Caucasia, was met with acclaim. "But one of the things I kept hearing from publishers was: Don't do this again. Don't keep writing about mixed-ness. ... it's that idea that you're a predicament. You're not a world." Her latest novel is Colored Television. Dustin Snipes/Penguin Random House hide caption
'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author
Algorithms are in everything from your social media use to how many companies curate your playlists. Researcher Joy Buolamwini and writer Kyle Chayka question the extent of their influence and helpfulness. Qi Yang/Getty Images hide caption
Grief is complicated, but author Annie Sklaver Orenstein tells Morning Edition there are simple ways to help those grieving a loss. Getty Images hide caption
Lynda Barry was a 2019 recipients of MacArthur "Genius" Grant. John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
President Biden speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Chicago's United Center Stadium. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
With the DNC underway, a historian explains how 'The Stadium' became a public square
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Dr. Ala Stanford's new memoir is Take Care of Them Like My Own. Simon & Schuster hide caption
When poor Black communities were struggling with COVID, this surgeon stepped in
"Everything that we are as human beings is in our brain," Dr. Theodore Schwartz says.
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For this brain surgeon, the operating room is 'the ultimate in mindful meditation'
'Not a badge of honor': how book bans affect Indigenous literature
Jon M. Chu directs Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on the set of Wicked.
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