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Last year, for Black History Month, NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Edith Renfrow Smith of Chicago, who has died at 111 years old.

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

There's a debate across the country over how well universities are preparing graduates for the real world, and whether colleges should operate more like businesses. That debate is particularly heated in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry wants big changes at state colleges, including the flagship University of Texas.

Full of sex, intrigue and clues based on Victorian poetry, Elanor Dymott's Every Contact Leaves a Trace is a literary mystery about a murder at Oxford University. This tale of a clueless husband who discovers his wife's true nature too late reminds critic Maureen Corrigan a little of Gone Girl.

Scholastic created a separate fair category for diverse books, which it says is to help schools navigate the complexities of book bans. Librarians accused the company of caving to censorship.

Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's largest megacities.

Our New Music Friday crew also digs into Greentea Peng, Tamino, YHWH Nailgun and more.

As the festival prepares to move to Colorado, filmmakers and cinephiles gather to celebrate its founder and the future of indie film.

Philadelphia signed Fedotov in May 2022. But when Fedotov tried to leave Russia for the NHL, he was detained on allegations of avoiding his duty to serve in the military and was forced to enlist.

The development comes just days before the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.