The recent conviction of nine anti-ICE protesters has raised concerns among activists, protesters, and NGOs that have aligned themselves with anti-fascist organizing.

Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 1,500 people, including at least 130 children, and have forced more than 1.2 million people to flee their homes.

What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

Today is Farm Animals Day!

The legendary San Francisco label is hosting a day-to-night party at The Embarcadero and The Great Northern featuring Mark Farina, Sharp Objects, and KALW's J Boogie.

Mosswood Meltdown announces the addition of Mannequin Pussy, Snooper, and more to their already insane lineup, headlined by Iggy Pop and Bikini Kill.

Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years.

The Bollywood legend was one of the world's most recorded artists — who, by her own reckoning, made more than 12,000 songs.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KUT listener Nell Newton and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

In a rare interview, a wounded Hezbollah commander tells NPR about his secretive Shia Muslim militia's new command structure and how it has managed to keep firing rockets into northern Israel.