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3608 - Malala Yousafzai

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3608 - Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai

Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison

John Waters, 'Pope of Trash,' turns 80!

Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace

Amanda Peet

A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war

Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?

Best Of: Arsenio Hall / Jeff Ross

St. Vincent

Inside a mobile OB/GYN clinic

Humorist Annabelle Gurwitch faces stage 4 cancer, finds ‘unexpected joys’

Comic Jeff Ross on roasting, loss and his epic bar mitzvah

Arsenio Hall

Best Of: John Lithgow / Sondheim’s tumultuous life

Julio Torres spins immigrant stress into satire

John Lithgow

An exposé of the plastic industry

Inside the training camps for “alpha males”

Stacey Abrams On American Autocracy & Her New Chapter

Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe

SCOTUS & The Reconception Of American Constitutional Order

Doula & Novelist Leila Mottley On The Nuance Of Young Parenthood

Raphael Saadiq's Secret To Creative Success: 'Dare To Suck'

Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone

Best Of: 'Hamilton' Producer Jeffrey Seller / Ebon Moss-Bachrach On 'The Bear'

How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star

Virgil Abloh's Unconventional Path To Luxury Fashion

Gen Z Is Having Less Sex. Why?

Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast

Benicio del Toro On Living In Wes Anderson's World

Former Infowars employee on Alex Jones' conspiracy machine

Best Of: Jill Scott / Riz Ahmed

Remembering Action Hero Chuck Norris

America's first AI-fueled war is unfolding. How'd we get here?

Bryan Stevenson says facing our racist past is a path, not punishment

Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?

Riz Ahmed is chasing acceptance in 'Bait'

Best Of: Harrison Ford / Novelist Francis Spufford

‘Jury Duty’ star James Marden / Remembering Roy Book Binder

Jill Scott is in her ‘auntie’ era

The Blitz, romance, and time-traveling fascists

Could the Iran war lead to WWIII?

The tumultuous life of Stephen Sondheim

Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’

Benicio del Toro

Inside the explosive growth of sports betting

Harrison Ford

Jamilah Lemieux on the complicated beauty of being a ‘Black. Single. Mother.’

The hidden history of blackface in America

Best Of: ‘Hamnet’ star Jessie Buckley / Documentarian Morgan Neville

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