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In his book The Women's House of Detention, Hugh Ryan writes about the New York City prison and the role it played in the gay rights movement of the '60s, including the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

Curtis Hanson, director of the new film In Her Shoes, explains how a movie about women and shoes fits in with others he's directed, how he cast the film, and how he wishes the movie could be marketed. His other films include the noir L.A. Confidential and gritty Eight Mile, starring rapper Eminem.

Biden was far from the first U.S. president to say what he thought about Russia or its leaders — or to pay a price for it.

Cynthia Erivo stars on Broadway as Celie in The Color Purple. She talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the production, and revisits one of the first songs she sang for an audience: Silent Night.

Protections for noncitizens, criminal justice reform, education changes among bills passed in May

The Declaration of Independence states that all men have certain "unalienable rights." From Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, satirists have picked apart that guarantee and what politicians do to honor it.

Bollywood tends to portray women as sex objects or subservient sidekicks to male leads. But a few female directors of independent films have begun depicting women with complex or unconventional lives.

The Trump administration's immigration policies are designed to convince migrants to not cross the border illegally. But poverty and lack of opportunities in Guatemala continue to push people north.

Growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants, Pablo Ramirez never really thought about race. For him, the Obama years meant finding pride and a new awareness of his own racial identity in college.

ABC is set to announce a new lead for The Bachelorette on Monday night. But would choosing Caila Quinn, who is Asian and white, be a sign of progress in casting diversity or something else?