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Author Hortense Calisher once called the short story "an apocalypse in a teacup." Critic Jane Ciabattari presents her favorite mini-apocalypses of 2012, from veteran authors like Sherman Alexie to newcomer Claire Vaye Watkins, who combines a unique voice and a shadowed family history in her debut collection.

The song is many things: comforting, manipulative, cathartic, a little threatening. Most importantly, it is a vessel, which empties out at the chorus to accommodate whatever a listener brings to it.

It's unclear who's responsible for Tuesday's blasts, but they follow the arrest of a suspect in the Paris attacks. Brookings senior fellow William McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse, weighs in.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart and Politico reporter Eliana Johnson about a report from BuzzFeed News that special counsel Robert Mueller's office is challenging that says Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with residents of Gaza and volunteers in the area for their views on the violence unfolding there after demonstrators clashed with the Israeli military.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington about the scope of the expected charges against President Trump. NPR's Domenico Montanaro weighs in on the conversation.

Congressional redistricting is underway in Ohio again, but many of its one-time supporters say it isn't working as intended.

The city's light rail has attracted Israeli and Palestinian riders. But it has also been a source of controversy in a conflict where even the trains are freighted with political significance.

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

One comedy writer opened a snow globe business on Etsy. A showrunner's assistant is offering bar and bat mitzvah tutoring. As the strikes wear on, here's how Hollywood workers are getting by.