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Kate Beaton, the mind that gave us perky revolutionaries and a roly-poly Napoleon, now tells the darker side of her life story: how she suffered during the two years she worked in Alberta's oil field.

Joe Kennedy lectures burping baby Ted on political ambition while teenagers Joe Jr. and John wrestle for the presidency. Cartoonist Kate Beaton irreverently recasts history and classic literature in her new book, Hark! A Vagrant.

South African police have been in a stand off outside an abandoned gold mine with hundreds of illegal miners who are holding out underground. The situation is getting desperate.

Guest host Ray Suarez talks to Mary Kate Cary, Kevin Blackistone and Paul Butler about end of year news.

In her new book, Lydia Denworth makes the case for the vital necessity of friendship, tracing its effects on your genes, on your brain and even on animals like sheep and fish.

Making tamales is labor intensive, but they're a staple of the end-of-year holidays for many families in the Southwest. It's hard work, and everyone's got to do it. It's a tradition for Anna Fossom and her family as four generations gather to resume what is an annual tamalada - a tamale-making party - at the home of her cousin in San Antonio

NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer posthumously receives the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

The Pandemic-EBT program sends money to families to make up for the school lunches children missed while learning remotely. But, despite numerous school closures last month, WESA’s Kate Giammarise reports it's unclear when families will get assistance.

More than two years after the first pandemic-related business shutdowns, a backlog of cases continues to plague Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation system. WESA’s Kate Giammarise reports on the bottleneck keeping the state from quickly resolving more than 40,000 backlogged claims.

An all-male panel has convicted Kate Kelly, a founder of Ordain Women, of apostasy and canceled her church membership.