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Black students at San Francisco State College walked out in a protest that led to the rise of ethnic studies departments at colleges and universities around the country.

One of the best teams the Cleveland Indians ever fielded had a nickname, but it was hardly flattering. The 1940 Tribe squad was dubbed the “Cleveland Crybabies.” The story behind how the team landed this unpleasant sobriquet is one of many writer Scott H. Longert explores in “Bad Boys, Bad Times: The Cleveland Indians and Baseball in the Prewar Years, 1937-1941.” (Ohio University Press)

New streaming shows are changing the way TV talks about teen sexuality. We look at how the small screen is taking on the secret struggles of puberty.

The odds of successfully telling the origin story of the Star Wars trilogy's lovable rogue are approximately 3,720 to 1. After a sluggish start, Solo: A Star Wars Story beats those odds.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel returns to Broadway for the first time in more than two decades. NPR's Scott Simon talks to opera star Renée Fleming, who has two showstoppers in the musical.

The president and his legal team are attacking the special counsel's office more strongly amid confidence that supporters share their views about "bias" and "abuse."

Everyone has an opinion about the big logos slapped on humanitarian handouts, from bags of food to temporary toilets. Are they helpful? Or do they make recipients feel like "supplicants."

Rachel Martin talks to Michael Dorf, constitutional law professor at Cornell Law School and an ex-clerk for Justice Kennedy, about the longest serving member of the court deciding to step down.

"Eat healthier" is a resolution many people make at the start of the year. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Tamarkin, editor at Epicurious, who has some tips on how to make that resolution stick.

Under rules inherited from British colonial times, jokes, slurs or accusations against the head of state are unlawful. An "insult" carries a hefty fine and a brief jail sentence.