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When James McBride, a National Book Award winner for his fiction, decided to write an entire book about James Brown, he wanted to push beyond the hype and racism he says haunts Brown's legacy.

Have you heard of Bass Reeves? Richard Potter? Spottswood Rice? "Box" Brown? If not, illustrator-historian Joel Christian Gill says, you're missing out on some of the best stories in American history.

Farmers in the eastern Indian state of Orissa are at risk of losing their land to a growing steel industry. The Indian government says the steel plants will bring jobs and tax revenue, but critics say the poor won't benefit.

During a beach outing with her family when she's 5, a little girl is swept away by a wave and drowns. In another version of that trip, though, an amateur painter swims out and saves her. Ursula's many lives grow in and out of each other in Kate Atkinson's new novel.

A love story is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the Saw franchise, but that's exactly what a new musical is – and then some.

English singer Rose Betts explains the story behind her song, "Irish Eyes."

Luis Har, 71, was taken hostage on Oct. 7 with his family. The accountant, actor and dancer drew on a lifetime of memories to help comfort them in captivity in Gaza. He was freed in an Israeli raid.

The Williamsons of Carlisle, Pa., live well below the poverty line. And in the family's struggle to obtain enough food, nutrition sometimes takes a back seat to necessity. Hunger in America is complicated. It's not just getting enough food, but getting the right food -- and making the right choices.

Starting as early as the 60s, thousands of babies were stolen in Chile and put up for adoption overseas. Now families are being reunited. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to adoptees Sean Ours and Emily Reid.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers about her new book Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings.