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A few years ago, the government of Uganda tried to pass a law that would criminalize homosexuality and punish even those who simply know gay people. The…

Tuesday, PBS wraps up its series "Constitution USA," with NPR's own Peter Sagal. Of course, you wouldn't expect a stodgy documentary from the host of the…

There was a time when adoption was a closely guarded family secret. Author Adam Pertman says that’s partly because people made the mistake of trying to…

According to developmental psychologist Peter Gray, children are born with innate curiosity, playfulness and a deep desire to learn. But at some point…

Army Private Bradley Manning recently went on trial in military court for turning over thousands of classified documents to the whistleblowing website…

There's good news for lovers of local, independent bookstores: people still want books. Yes, there are many choices for readers these days, but across the…

Monday, be prepared for a challenge to the conventional wisdom on worldwide population problems. Our guest is the conservative journalist Jonathan Last,…

Monday, Doug sits down with author Richard Rhodes, one of the foremost historians on the nuclear age. Rhodes is in town for a reading of his play…

Environmentalist Mark Lynas believes that nature no longer runs the Earth. We do. Managing an entire planet isn’t easy, but in his book, Lynas aims to…

New Yorker film critic David Denby asks a blunt question with the title of his latest book: Do the Movies Have a Future? Denby points out that some 600…