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Walter Mosley, the creator of the bestselling Easy Rawlings mysteries, has accomplished something remarkable with his young-adult novel 47, according to author Steven Barnes: "He used the struggles of one frightened boy to represent [a] common yearning."

Some filmmakers turn time and again to the same actors for their movies - like Wes Anderson, whose latest is "Asteroid City." A look at the history behind the practice.

A new anime series on Netflix brings a little-known figure from Japanese feudal history to the small screen: Yasuke. A Black samurai portrayed as an aging, stoic loner reflecting on his past.

Silicon Valley Bank was not a household name. For four decades, SVB successfully competed with big name financial institutions only to come crumbling down in a matter of days.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted on charges of child abuse for hitting his son with a tree branch. Robert Siegel talks to Elizabeth Gershoff, professor of human ecology at the University of Texas at Austin, about the history of corporal punishment.

Texas' governor says a new education bill designed to keep critical race theory out of the state's classrooms doesn't go far enough. Texas school districts deny they even teach critical race theory.

Evidence suggests that a British Petroleum oil spill in Alaska earlier this year -- at 200,000 gallons, the biggest spill ever on the North Slope -- may have been the result of poor pipe maintenance. Now there are renewed efforts to hold the company accountable.

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

The NY Times did an exhaustive survey of the Fox News host's broadcasts. Reporter Nicholas Confessore says Carlson's show is based on ideas that were once "caged in a dark corner of American life."

Ad campaigns of the first and second world wars sold Americans on this surprising pairing. Despite a rocky history of breakups, these two flavors have chemistry that cannot be denied.