Disinformation isn't new, but Freedom House researcher Allie Funk warns that over the last year, 16 governments have deployed generative artificial intelligence to smear opponents, blur the truth, and shape political debate.

It's easy to look at American politics, now, and find individuals for whom loyalty to party or an individual leader is the only thing that matters. But historian Richard Aldous tells us of another time when service to the nation was the highest service in public life.

In honor of Black History Month, Brown University historian Francoise N. Hamlin discusses what African Americans have to celebrate and the challenges that remain.

It's easy to listen to the news and conclude that things have never been more fraught. Cultural historian Kliph Nesteroff argues just the opposite, explaining that throughout American history, women, minorities, and others have always had to fight an array of powerful forces arrayed against them.

The Academy Awards is Hollywood's annual night-of-nights. Pete Hammond, Deadline's Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic, helps us take stock of the film industry and the films singled out for their powerful storytelling this year.

Dr. Cornelia Griggs, a surgeon, was completing her fellowship at a New York City hospital when the COVID pandemic began. Her new book, "The Sky Was Falling," chronicles that devastating time in 2020.

We take for granted that the "immigrant experience" is part of the American story. But in an epic new history, Daniel Schulman tells the story of the Jewish immigrants who built some of America's biggest financial institutions and transformed America.

Award-winning veteran journalists Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy discuss the way forward for the Fourth Estate and outline its role in preserving democracy in their book "What Works in Community News."

Army combat veteran Brian Turner's award-winning poetry explores war and non-military themes, most recently in his new collections, "The Goodbye World Poem," "The Dead Peasant's Handbook" and "The Wild Delight of Wild Things."

In her new book, "Blood Sisters," best-selling Native American author Vanessa Lillie explores missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Public education in the United States has a long and varied history. Author Laura Pappano says the challenges it faces now from parent-activists and partisan politics is unlike anything American schools have ever seen.

Over the years, young families have often struggled with the ethics of bringing a child into the world. Scholar Jade Sasser documents that question now as families struggle with the reality of climate change.

Racism isn't just an individual failing, but too often it's part of the structure of society and organizations. Brown University Professor Tricia Rose describes the impact of systemic racism on black lives - and what we all can do to break free.

The myth is that anyone who works hard, saves their money, and makes good decisions, can develop wealth in the United States. But Louise Story and Ebony Reed document the long and painful history of the structures, policies, and practices that have resulted in a profound wealth gap between Black and White Americans.

The last 25 years have produced plenty of conflict and a seasoned community of journalists who have moved towards the sound of fighting. Journalist Sean Carberry documents the personal costs of those reporters, producers, photographers, and videographers who, in documenting the worst of humanity, have paid a price with their physical and emotional health.

Immigration has been a contentious issue in American politics for generations. Yet immigrants keep coming to the United States, overcoming obstacles, and working for better opportunities for themselves and their families. In his new book, journalist Ray Suarez shares the stories of recent immigrants in their quest to find a home.

Whether the natural world and humanity can coexist is one of the great questions of the modern era. Creative conservationist Ruth Ganesh says, "yes," emphatically, and explains how and why.

In his book "Telltale Hearts," physician and public health advocate Dr. Dean-David Schillinger provides a powerful meditation on what he has learned from his patients and what they can teach us about listening, healing, and public health.