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The Unlikely Best-Seller: 'A Wrinkle In Time' Turns 50

How did a book featuring complex discussions about quantum physics, theology and mathematics become a beloved children's book? Madeleine L'Engle's classic had a rocky path to publication.

50 Years After MLK: Civil Rights Now And Then

As we mark 50 years since the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Michel Martin talks with Human Rights Watch's Nicole Austin-Hillery, the New School's Maya Wiley and the NAACP's Tiffany Dena Loftin.

Celebrate The Beatles At Crosley Field 50 Years Later – At Crosley Field

Fifty years to the day, come celebrate the Beatles final Cincinnati appearance at Crosley Field on Sunday, Aug. 21. Fans who saw the Beatles concert –...

John Lennon graced the cover of Rolling Stone's first issue in 1967.

Shuffle: Rolling Stone Magazine's 50 Years On Display At The Rock Hall

[Editor's note: This previously aired on WKSU on May 4, 2017] The iconic music and pop culture magazine Rolling Stone turned 50 last year. Next month,...

19 Dead, Nearly 50 Missing In Laos Dam Collapse

A dam that is part of the unfinished Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower project — being built with the help of a South Korea company — collapsed on Monday, sending a wall of water downstream.

The Indianapolis 500 — usually viewed by hundreds of thousands of spectators — will be run in August in front of a crowd capped at 50% capacity, track officials say. Here, cars race in front of fans during last year's event.

Indy 500 Will Run In August With Its Massive Grandstands At 50% Capacity

The track normally accommodates hundreds of thousands of spectators. Indianapolis Motor Speedway President J. Douglas Boles says the race will be held on Aug. 23 with fans on hand.

ABC Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

ABC will air "It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown" Monday night. On the classic Christmas cartoon's golden anniversary, NPR explores what makes this ageless special endure.

5 Years-50 New Pieces-$1.5 Million = FREE!

In a world where there seem to be daily stories about disappearing funding for the Arts, Kronos Quartet has a solution...give it away.In a project called…

In this Nov. 27, 2018 photo, signs hang from windows at the UAW Local 1112 union hall, in Lordstown, Ohio. (Tony Dejak/AP)

U.S. Unemployment Is At A 50-Year Low. But Not Everybody's A Winner

U.S. unemployment is at the lowest level in nearly 50 years. We look at who wins and who loses in a strong labor market.

A family swims in Lake Nicaragua, which will encompass nearly half of the proposed canal's 172-mile route. Environmentalists worry that oil spills, pollution and dredging will destroy the country's largest supply of fresh water.

A Chinese Man, A $50 Billion Plan And A Canal To Reshape Nicaragua

Groundbreaking for the 173-mile canal is set for December, but critics warn the waterway will cause irreparable environmental and social damage. The government has withheld outside firms' assessments.

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