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A profanity-laden Truth Social post on Easter Sunday by President Trump has been one of the latest moves that has cries for invoking the 25thAmendment growing louder.

Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Vivek Ramaswamy and Amy Acton advance in Ohio governor's race

The governor’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton promises to be historic, expensive and contentious.

Ohio State Athletics Director Ross Bjork

We're talking all things related to college sports with Ohio State's Athletics Director Ross Bjork on this hour of All Sides.

'Tar Baby': A Folk Tale About Food Rights, Rooted In The Inequalities Of Slavery

Versions of the story of Bre'r Rabbit outwitting Bre'r Fox exist around the world. At heart, a new book argues, they're really about who controls access to food and subverting the powers that be.

Jeremiah Tower is the subject of <em>The Last Magnificent</em>, a new documentary on his crash-and-burn career. It was produced by Anthony Bourdain, who feels that Tower has been denied his due in the American culinary pantheon.

A Watergate Villain Walks Into A Berkeley Restaurant. What Could Go Wrong?

A new film profiles influential chef Jeremiah Tower. When one of the most hated men in U.S. politics walked in for dinner at Berkeley's famed Chez Panisse, where Tower worked, a colorful scene ensued.

Leonard Cohen performs on stage at the Musikhalle in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany.

The Story Behind The 'Tea And Oranges' In Leonard Cohen's Song 'Suzanne'

Cohen's friend Suzanne Verdal fed him a black tea with pieces of orange rind in it. That tea is Constant Comment, sold by the Bigelow Tea Co. First sold in the 1940s, it remains popular even today.

Berlin, Germany: A candid photograph of Eva Braun with Adolf Hitler at the dining table. A new book explores the lives of six women through food, and Hitler's mistress is a startling inclusion. But what Braun ate reflected a "perpetual enactment of her own daydream" against a barbaric backdrop.

How Eva Braun's Champagne-Soaked Fantasies Fueled A 'Make-Believe Morality'

A new book explores the lives of six women through food and Hitler's lover is a startling inclusion. But what she ate reflected a "perpetual enactment of her own daydream" against a barbaric backdrop.

Amelia Earhart eats dinner at a Cleveland hotel. Her in-flight menu, however, was usually simple, often consisting of tomato juice and a hard-boiled egg.

Amelia Earhart's Travel Menu Relied On 3 Rules And People's Generosity

The question American women often asked Earhart was what she ate during her long flights. She said she used three rules for her in-flight menu. Once on the ground, she relied on people's generosity.

Anyone who has read or seen <em></em>Victor Hugo's masterpiece knows the plot of <em>Les Miserables</em> turns on the theft of a simple loaf of bread. There was no sharper barometer of economic status in 19th-century France than bread.

Let Them Eat Bread: The Theft That Helped Inspire 'Les Miserables'

Anyone who has read or seen Victor Hugo's masterpiece knows the plot turns on the theft of a simple loaf of bread. There was no sharper barometer of economic status in 19th-century France than bread.

American writer, abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s. Douglass was acutely conscious of being a literary witness to the inhumane institution of slavery he had escaped as a young man. He made sure to document his life in not one but three autobiographies.

Frederick Douglass On How Slave Owners Used Food As A Weapon Of Control

Hunger was Douglass' constant companion as a boy. As a young man, he escaped slavery and became a heroic abolitionist who revealed how food was a key tool in the immoral mechanics of slavery.

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