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David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. Originally broadcast in 2018.

A former ward of the state who gave birth while imprisoned, Philly rapper Isis Tha Saviour uses hip-hop to transform her trauma into freedom.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visits China on a three-day trip to improve ties between the Chinese and U.S. militaries. But military tensions are just one facet of a very complicated relationship that also must contend with currency strains, human rights disputes and North Korea.

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

Linda Simpson performed in and chronicled the drag scene in the '80s and '90s, taking some 5,000 photos of performers. She calls Tennessee's anti-drag legislation "ridiculous."

Talk of the Nation news analyst Ted Koppel and Robert Baer, who spent 20 years as a case officer for the CIA, join Neal Conan to discuss whether the debate over torture is truly over.

Lambert, who just put out her seventh album, Wildcard, has closed the gap between serious singer-songwriter and arena-rocking entertainer to become the most riveting country star of her generation.

Nintendo and Ubisoft both return to form this Autumn, while massive games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Resident Evil 4 get new expansions. NPR rounds up the best and biggest new games of the season.

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

After several failed attempts at in vitro fertilization, Melanie Thernstrom and her husband, Michael, chose to have children with a surrogate. So that their kids would be the same age, they chose two surrogate mothers to carry eggs from a single donor. She calls her son and daughter "twiblings."