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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with bestselling author Marlon James about his latest novel, Moon Witch, Spider King.

Texas has tightened security at schools considerably over the past four years. But the new protective measures came up short earlier this week in Uvalde.

As residents return to a liberated town near Kyiv, a teacher and her high school students recount what it took to survive the war.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to a Texas Republican criticizing Gov Greg Abbott's new truck inspection policy at the border, saying it's causing long delays and could lead to high prices for consumers.

You may know the work of Sooni Taraporevala from the big screen — she wrote the screenplays for Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala, each of which won awards. But when she's not writing, Taraporevala enjoys taking photographs. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

In a Morning Edition commentary, Melissa Herman describes hearing bad news about Iraq and fearing the worst about her husband, an Army helicopter pilot deployed there. Her essay is part of a project National Endowment for the Arts called Operation Homecoming.

Shortly before leaving office, Virginia Gov. Mark Warner ordered post-conviction reviews of thousands of old criminal files after DNA testing in 31 cases revealed that two men had been wrongly convicted decades ago. The move has re-ignited debate about large-scale review of long-settled cases.

A large body of research shows being denied an abortion limits women's education, time in the workforce and wages. It also finds long-term negative impacts for their children.

Film critic Joe Barber tells Scott Simon about holiday fare from Steven Spielberg: Memoirs of a Geisha, which he produced, and Munich, which he directed.

Michele Norris talks with Natasha Richardson, lead actress in the new film Asylum, which was adapted from the book by Patrick McGrath. Richardson plays Stella, the wife of an accomplished psychiatrist. She falls obsessively in love with a patient at her husband's institution. Richardson and Norris discuss the psychology of the attraction as seen in the film as well as the background behind the film, including the role Richardson's real-life husband, Liam Neeson, played in its development.