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A Serious Man is the Coen Brothers latest (and most specifically Jewish) take on the question of cosmic injustice.

Lynching is now a federal crime. A bill signed by President Biden formally defines lynching — for the first time in federal law — as hate-motivated violence.

ECMO machines became a last-ditch treatment for COVID. But only half of the patients who got ECMO survived, raising questions about whether this expensive and hard to access treatment is worth it.

NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Brooke Neubauer, who owns a non-profit that works to end hunger in Las Vegas, about how inflation and rising food prices have impacted food insecurity in her community.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talked with John Schu, first picture book writer and long time book advocate, and illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison about their new book This is a School.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Poland launches the most radical plan among European nations to wean off Russian energy sources while Germany issues the first of three warning levels over supply.

White Lies author A.J. Baime tells the story of Walter White, a light-skinned Black man whose ancestors had been enslaved. For years White risked his life investigating racial violence in the South.

Only the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who lived in the country during the 19th century will be considered.

Mark Neville set out to create a photography book as a "weapon" to help deter Russia from an invasion. "Stop Tanks with Books" was released just a week before the war began.