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Roderick MacLeish mischievously told people he was a wild animal trainer from Kenya. He said he was once a prisoner in Siberia, rescued by a pair of huskies. But the truth of MacLeish's life was far more interesting. The filmmaker, author and former NPR commentator died Saturday. He was 80.

We plunge into the archives and find NPR's first mention of Bernie Sanders. It was from a story in February 1983 when he was running for re-election as mayor of Burlington, Vt.

Jon Batiste was born for show business. Hear him play an intimate set in New York and on our radio show as we trace his story to his current gig as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

From the lush gardens of The Houdini estate in Los Angeles, the influential Atlanta rapper premiers songs from his forthcoming album, Punk.

An outbreak of Ebola has hit Western Africa, killing hundreds. Writer Michael Schaub recommends The Plague by Albert Camus, a novel he hasn't been able to stop thinking about since the outbreak began.

For All Things Considered's series on men in America, NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji asked some guys about the objects that make them feel manly. We want to hear from you, too.

The teen heroine of Nicola Yoon's debut novel, Everything, Everything, has a disorder that bars her from leaving her house. Still, her world is vast, filled with writings, drawings — and new love.

A memorial in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, a Black teen who was killed by a white police officer remains active 10 years later. NPR's Michel Martin talks local journalist Linda Lockhart.

Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off!"

The entire LIHEAP office was slashed in the HHS firings earlier this week. LIHEAP provides heating and cooling assistance to low-income families--and experts worry that its disappearance will put families at risk in the upcoming heat season.