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Since 2014, DeRay McKesson has become a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in his hometown of Baltimore, a podcast host, and now he's written a new book, <em>On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope,</em> that tells his personal story along with his current thinking about activism.

Activist DeRay McKesson On Why He's Making 'The Case For Hope'

In his new book, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope,activist and author Deray McKesson tells his personal story and shares his thinking about activism.

EPA Administrator Weighs In On California Emissions Decision

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler about the administration's plans to revoke California's authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards.

People listen to the Rev. Raphael Warnock speak on Jan. 5 in Marietta, Ga. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff won the Georgia Senate runoffs on the strength of superior Democratic organizing around the state.

How Democrats Found Thousands Of New Voters And Flipped Georgia's Senate Seats

Roughly 225,000 people who voted in January runoff elections didn't vote in November. A disproportionate number of them were people of color, a sign of where Democrats' political future lies.

Oliver James lives in California with his partner and their two kids.

A TikTok star who was functionally illiterate finds a community on BookTok

Oliver James is a TikTok star who pledged to read 100 books this year. He has had a lot of difficulty with reading since he was a child and is now teaching himself at age 34.

A cell biologist shares the wonder of researching life's most fundamental form

Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee explains how cellular science could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, HIV, Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia. His new book is The Song of the Cell.

Post Malone chases happiness, chicken nuggets and love on 'Austin'

Hip-hop superstar Post Malone shares stories of fatherhood, self-doubt and why he named his latest album after his real name.

Mortician Caitlin Doughty says she romanticized working in a crematory, like this one in Watertown, Mass. But the reality is that modern crematories are "really industrial environments and the body goes into large industrial machines." And, she says, "oftentimes I was the only one there."

A Mortician Talks Openly About Death, And Wants You To, Too

"You're never going to be completely comfortable with it," says mortician and author Caitlin Doughty. "But it's an important process." Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is her new memoir.

"I think sometimes you have to quit 100 times to make the 101st time stick," says author Sarah Hepola, author of <em>Blackout.</em> She has also written for <em>The New York Times Magazine</em>, <em>The New Republic, Slate</em> and <em>Glamour</em>.

After Years Of Blackouts, A Writer Remembers What She 'Drank To Forget'

Sarah Hepola's memoir Blackout is filled with stories that are both funny and tragic — about how she'd drink to excess, and then try to piece it all together the following day.

Patricia Volk is an essayist, novelist and memoirist. She recounts her experiences growing up in a restaurant-owning family in New York City, in her memoir <em>Stuffed</em>.

'Shocked': Patricia Volk's Memoir About Beauty And Its Beholders

Even as a child, Patricia Volk knew she would never measure up to her strikingly beautiful mother. But after reading the memoir of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, Volk found a new understanding of beauty that had more to do with personality than a pretty face.

Hank Azaria, Longtime Voice Of 'The Simpsons' Apu, Says He's Willing To Step Aside

The controversy surrounding The Simpsons character Apu took another turn Tuesday night. Hank Azaria, who has voiced the character from the start, says he's willing to step aside from Apu.

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