Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, breaks down the 2024 election and what the second Trump presidency might hold.

Best-selling young adult author Padma Venkatraman discusses her latest book, "Safe Harbor," and her leadership in the national organization, Authors Against Book Bans.

On October 19, 1979, a massive tropical cyclone struck Japan and the Marines stationed at Camp Fuji. Retired Marine and journalist Chas Henry recounts the ensuing firestorm that swept the island, killing 13 Marines.

Imagine an energy technology that produces vast quantities of energy with extremely small quantities of waste and a virtually limitless supply of fuel. Fusion Industry Association CEO Andrew Holland says that technology is coming-with dozens of start-ups driving innovation that may just prove to be revolutionary.

Media scholar and disinformation researcher Alice Marwick says the world of traditional media has been forever changed as legacy news outlets fail and social media influencers rise to change who we trust and look to for information about the world around us.

With Hollywood's awards-season in full-swing, Deadline's Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond shares his insights on the contenders for this year's Academy Awards.

Daniel D'Addario, chief correspondent at Variety, discusses the entertainment industry today, the Oscars, and his new book, The Talent.

In the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, a long, simmering effort to rename U.S. military installations previously named for Confederate officers gained momentum. Historian and retired Army Brigadier General Ty Seidule recounts the effort to rid the military of old names, as well as the actions by the Trump administration to resuscitate old ghosts.

In her new book, "Pieces You'll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival," author Amina Ali pens a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purpose.

Scholar and former Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake describes how tech companies are, increasingly, taking on the functions of government and threatening the health of democracies around the world.

As children we learned the that "stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." But Alia Dastagir says it's not true - online attacks with words produce real physical and mental health consequences for their victims.

Most of us can probably point to examples of people who suffered from racism, or who overcame racism. But Keon West reminds us all that "the plural of anecdote is not data" and that science actually has a lot to say about the reality of racism today, if we take the time to consider it and really understand.

As the contours of public debate coarsen, it's easy to brand political rivals with epithets from the worst chapters in history. Tom Nichols, a writer for The Atlantic, warns about doing just that.

It's possible that we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing. And consciousness may be a physical matter, or it might require something extra, something nonphysical. Philosopher Eric Schitzgebel says the answers to these and other fundamental questions about our existence lie beyond our powers of comprehension.

In the first months of his second administration, the president has used tariffs and the threat of tariffs in an attempt to compel trade concessions even while roiling markets. Scholar Kimberly Clausing helps us unpack the rhetoric from the reality around tariffs.

Award-winning journalist and author Abigail Leonard dives into her new book, "Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries."

Harvard-educated lawyer and animal rights advocate Elizabeth MeLampy discusses animals and their relationships with people in her new book "Forget the Camel: The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say About Being Human."

As Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in the Obama administration, Frank Lowenstein practiced American diplomacy at the highest levels. Now, he turns his experienced eye to the challenges facing the United States in the second Trump administration.

It's not unusual for friends, family members, and even good bosses to tell us, "practice some selfcare." Author Nicole Karlis says there are physical and emotional benefits to practicing care for others, too.