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Billed as a "companion" to major Senate sentencing legislation released last week, the top Republican and Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee say the proposal comes after months of negotiations.

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke about the debt ceiling, raising wages and the new potential faces of the $10 bill.

Many of the pieces in Heather O'Neill's new collection involve characters telling stories, fables and fairy tales that wander far beyond the boundaries of their original genres to forge a new reality.

The Nobel Prize for literature is revealed Thursday. While it would be nice to win, most writers realize they don't stand a chance. (This piece initially aired Oct. 10, 2013 on Morning Edition.)

The word “genius” is thrown around so often that when it truly should be used, it’s often not taken seriously. Make no mistake—Erroll Louis Garner was a…

The inventive singer doesn't bother adhering to the iconography of vintage soul, preferring instead to point his path toward the future.

October 7: Marc Steiner takes a sneak preview of the Baltimore International Black Film Festival. On the show are Kenneth Moore, Founder and Director of…

The UAW announced the agreement just after Wednesday's strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. Fiat Chrysler is the first of the Detroit's Three automakers to reach a tentative contract with the UAW.

The word "sanction" can mean both "to approve or permit" and "to punish." Weird, huh? It's an example of a contronym: a word that can be its own opposite, or have two contradictory meanings.

In this game we uncover the dark secrets behind Disney's beloved animated films. We give a summary of the original story — guess the title of the watered-down Disney version.