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A letter on the importance of open debate was published by Harper's Magazine this week and was signed by more than 150 prominent writers and thinkers, fueling a controversy over debate and privilege.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with writer Jill Lepore of The New Yorker about her article "What 2018 Looked Like Fifty Years Ago."

A new book worries that growing up with smartphones and the Internet has been harmful to a generation of kids. Critic Annalisa Quinn says intergenerational carping is a long, and unhelpful tradition.

The end of Bill Cosby's trial also in effect marked the end of his career as a beloved entertainer and cultural icon. NPR looks back at Cosby's work as an entertainment pioneer, and how his growing conservatism and legal troubles have dimmed that luster for many of his admirers.

Mozilla says it won't advertise on Facebook until it sees proof that the social media giant has tightened data-privacy controls. This is the latest fallout from news that a political data-mining site improperly acquired data from 50 million Facebook profiles.

The U.S. Paralympic wheelchair curling team says the sport changed its members lives. Before they left for South Korea, two U.S. team members shared their sport with paralyzed veterans.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Professor Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina about how social media impacts people's social connections and private lives.

The New England Patriots face the Atlanta Falcons Sunday in Houston. We discuss what to expect from the two teams based on their record so far this season.

With VHS tapes degrading, most Americans' home videos from the '80s and '90s won't be viewable in a decade. But there's a grassroots movement to preserve them for posterity.

Rachel Martin talks with Alan Salzman, the CEO and co-founder of VantagePoint Capital Partners, about President Trump and the Paris climate agreement. Salzman's firm has invested in renewable energy.