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Happy New Year! April 15th was the Bengali New Year, but the LAST day of the year means the Charak Mela!

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kelefa Sanneh, a music critic writing for The New Yorker, about his essay "How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge."

The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump sparked in Texas, California and other states have led some advocacy groups to reconsider their strategies against partisan gerrymandering.

An unhealthy diet is the leading risk factor for death in the US, according to research published in the Lancet. Studies show a healthy diet can reverse chronic diseases.

Published months after her death, Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir illustrates how "victims of sexual trafficking are not born, they are made," says her collaborator.

Families in the U.S. and much of the world are having so few babies, national populations are set to shrink and age. The trend is changing American politics and fueling the rise of global populism.

Today is Hot Air Balloon Day!

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former FCC chairperson Tom Wheeler about ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air after comments on the right's reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk.

These announcements by DHS are just the latest escalation of federal action in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — all led by Democrats.

NPR's Michel Martin asks former FBI counterterrorism analyst Javed Ali about the next steps in the investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Stocks tumbled Monday after President Trump threatened to impose new import taxes on more than a dozen countries. Trump pushed back the effective date of those tariffs, however, until Aug. 1.

Dan Fesperman's spy caper Pariah follows a disgraced comic-politician who's recruited by the CIA. The Dancing Face, by Mike Phillips, is a crime caper that confronts the spoils of colonialism.