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San Francisco author Shruti Swamy reads from her new book, "The Archer." It follows protagonist Vidya as she comes to a sense of self through the pursuit of kathak, a classical Indian dance, all the while grappling with the trauma of her earlier life, and finding a way forward.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Adriana Beltrán about what lessons the Biden administration can take from past US attempts to slow migration from Central America.

Author Fred Kaplan reveals how U.S. presidents, their advisers and generals have thought about, planned for — and sometimes narrowly avoided — nuclear war. Originally broadcast Jan. 27, 2020.

Every December, saxophonist Joe Lovano travels home to Cleveland to throw himself a birthday concert. We hear tales of Lovano family lore, and a get a slice of his musical past and present.

President Trump's focus overseas may spare China for now, but Beijing still worries that his "America First" rhetoric hasn't softened what it calls U.S. "military adventurism."

The Senate majority leader, boosted by President Trump, hits a new milestone in his effort to "leave no vacancy behind." The judges, who are far from retirement age, are largely white men.

Kurt Osburn is attempting to ride a bicycle across the country on the back wheel. He did it once before, in 1999, but now he's attempting to break his record and raise money for charities.

The group of women who've met for 25 years watched the event with tears and cheers. Some are, like Kamala Harris, graduates of Howard University and/or members of Harris' Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Under CIA Director Gina Haspel, the spy agency is reaching out in very public ways it has never done before, from social media to superhero conventions.

As protests continue around the country in response to several high-profile deaths of African Americans in recent weeks, black people say they are frustrated, fearful and fatigued.

2020 saw an unprecedented number of statues and other symbols related to America's racist past removed. People with racist tattoos followed suit, by getting their tattoos covered up.

Filmmakers Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren discuss their film, How the Monuments Came Down, about 160 years of history in Richmond, VA., and the removal of the confederate statues along Monument Ave.