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TV critic Eric Deggans says the Oscar-winning actor whose career has been rooted in films based on U.S. history needs to take responsibility for helping dismantle the notion of white exceptionalism.

The second floor of the Longworth congressional office building is taking holiday decorations to a whole new level.

Scott Simon speaks with Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Christine Baranski about her new HBO drama, "The Gilded Age," written by "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes.

To best protect against unintended pregnancy, emergency contraceptives like Plan B or Ella need to be taken within five days of unprotected sex, but a large number of pharmacies don't stock the pills.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with civil rights activist Xernona Clayton about growing up in segregation, her first racist experience and working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but three of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

A large share of the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID in the U.S. may have lived if they'd gotten vaccinated. A new analysis shows how many lives could have been saved across the country.

As part of our series about students and teachers, musicologist Bruce Nemerov describes the way that one song is recorded by several different musicians in different decades of the 20th century. The older musicians are teaching the younger musicians through the song "Sitting on Top of the World." We hear the song as recorded by Al Jolson, The Mississippi Sheiks, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Clapton, Bill Monroe and The Grateful Dead.

The former military analyst has been called both a hero and a traitor for leaking classified information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In a new memoir, she talks about why she did it.

Drag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.

Some consumers who bought health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act have had a tough start to the year: Many say it's hard to find an in-network doctor or hospital.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Berlin-based journalist Peter Kuras about right-wing extremism in the German military.