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Following the recent incident of youth violence in Chicago, the Obama administration dispatched two Cabinet officials, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, to deal with the issue. Duncan says the issue is a national one — not just urban or rural or suburban.

The pianist, who died last week, was an inspiration to a generation of Black and brown musicians who followed in his pioneering footsteps.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman — the second in command at the State Department — reflects on U.S.-China relations as she gets ready to retire.

After five days of clashes, the militant organization Hamas is in control of almost all of the Gaza Strip. Hamas fighters have been firing mortars and rockets at the few remaining compounds in Gaza under control of Fatah.

Reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker tell NPR they wanted to make sense of the rapid churn of Trump-era news. In a new book, they emerge with a portrait of an "undisciplined, impulsive leader."

Kira Jane Buxton's novel imagines a viral apocalypse from the perspective of the animals left behind. Specifically, a crow named S.T., who sets out to save the world with his canine companion.

A joint effort by former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to unify Democrats around Biden's candidacy has produced its policy recommendations.

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua, discusses Chua's extreme parenting techniques. The book has become fodder for debate among parents across America. NPR's Michele Norris talks to Chua about the book, and to Chua's husband, Jed Rubenfeld. The two are professors of law at Yale Law School, and Rubenfeld has a forthcoming book of his own, The Death Instinct.

Thirty years ago no one uttered the words "breast cancer" in public. Now there's no shortage of information, but the glut can make it hard for women to make choices about care.

The author of The Corrections and the new novel Purity likens writing to losing himself in a dream. "When it's really going well ... you're in a fantasy land and feeling no pain," he says.