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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Jennifer Weiner about why writing books centering plus-size women has always been an important part of her career.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri, Chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland. He was a friend and spiritual advisor to Sinead O'Connor who died earlier this week.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kamala Harris' childhood friend, Carole Porter, about how their upbringing in a redlined Bay Area neighborhood shaped Harris.

That's how researcher Beatriz Garcia Nice describes the new U.S. stance under the Trump administration to programs addressing gender-based violence.

To celebrate Christmas, Fresh Air listens back to a concert given by the late singer and actress on Feb. 11, 1997. Clooney spoke about her childhood and working with Bing Crosby and Billy Strayhorn.

Bloomington-Normal is a large metro area that’s home to several college campuses and plenty of Chicago transplants. So how did Republican Donald Trump…

More than 1,000 Bloomington-Normal homes have already signed up for MetroNet, with 12,000 residences and businesses ready for installation, a company…

"Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.”That famous quote attributed to Edmund Burke, a one-time orator, political theorist and British…

Quality local journalism from WGLT depends on your financial support. We need new contributors on Giving Tuesday who will give $10 a month. Please…

Thomas Dortch Jr., a community activist and national chairman of the 100 Black Men of America organization, brought his call for unity to Bloomington as…