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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, saying the attacks were the most complex and secretive military operation in history.

"Magic is often very much a part" of the story of enslavement and escape, Coates says. His new novel, The Water Dancer, imagines a world in which teleportation helps power the Underground Railroad.

More than 40 years after its release, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama is still one of the most recognized rock anthems celebrating the deep South. It's also a song with a complicated legacy.

Rep. Alcee Hastings is helping advance the full House vote to impeach Trump. Being a participant on both sides of impeachment places him alone in American political history.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian David Farber about his new book, Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed.

NPR's David Greene talks to, Theodore R. Johnson, senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, on the political pragmatism of black voters.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Erik Larson about his latest book: The Splendid and the Vile. Larson's past books have often focused on less famous characters at the edge of history.

NPR's history podcast Throughline, profiles Sidney Rittenberg, an American who became a Chinese revolutionary and encountered both acceptance and suspicion from Chinese leaders.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jill Lepore about her latest book If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future. Her acclaimed books include These Truths, a history of the U.S.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Anna and Joerg Winger, creators of the television series Deutschland 89, about the show's premiere.