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Crumb's comics were staples of 1960s counterculture. He's now the subject of a new biography. Crumb spoke to Fresh Air in 2005, and again, with his wife, fellow comic Aline Kominsky Crumb, in 2007.

Rebels take control of parts of Syria in a sweeping advance. While some celebrate the demise of a brutal regime in these areas, many in this country of many religions and sects fear what a rebel takeover means for them.

“Today, our nation and world are at an inflection point,” Mary Smith, President of the American Bar Association, said. “At home and around the globe, autocrats and dictators threaten the rule of law. Our democracy is under strain." At the start of her presidential term in August 2023, ABA President Smith created the Task Force for American Democracy. The deans from more than 100 of America’s top law schools wrote a letter in support, concerning the training necessary for the next generation of lawyers to sustain our constitutional democracy and the rule of law. “The nation's law schools play a critical role in training the next generation of lawyers and upholding the core values of our profession,” remarked Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law School dean and member of the task force. “Through our joint efforts as outlined in [the] letter, we hope to set an example for our students as we prepare them to carry our democracy forward.”What forces are at play that threaten democracy in America, and throughout the world? Are they taking hold? Here?Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Task Force member Maria Echaveste, a former U.S. presidential advisor to President Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton Administration, and Brent Turner, a graduate of Lincoln Law School in San Francisco who was instrumental in the creation of the San Francisco County Voting Systems Task Force and who has been a Director of Communications for Open Voting Consortium.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Ukrainians hope that officials' meeting with U.S. diplomats in Saudi Arabia will be a chance to find a framework for a ceasefire deal with Russia.

No one show swept this year — and it turns out, that's a good thing.

The Department of Homeland Security had earlier said eight people on a flight out of the U.S. had been convicted of crimes in the United States and that they couldn't be brought back.

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other refugee admissions still suspended.

Prosecutors are scheduled to begin their arguments today against the rap mogul, who is accused of racketeering and sex trafficking. Here is an overview of Combs' career and the charges he faces.

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration comes at a pivotal time in American history. Insulated from controversy, Trump will enter the White House more prepared than when he first won in 2016.

An administrative judge at the federal agency that enforces U.S. workplace anti-discrimination laws explains why she spoke out against a directive to pause all LGBTQ+ cases.

Until the end of the year, QPH is airing Gays Against Briggs, a seven-part series about the 1978 proposition known as the Briggs Initiative, which would ban gays and lesbians from working in California public schools.

Today is Cappuccino Day!