Music For Healing: A Meditative Alt.Latino Playlist
An emotionally exhausting week calls for music that helps you to unwind and just breathe.
Arts & Life
Life, Love and Hockey (Oooh, And Pie) In 'Check, Please!'
Ngozi Ukazu's charming, cheerful webcomic about a gay college hockey player has been collected in book form. Check, Please! stays squarely on the bright side of life, a brave choice in its own way.
Not My Job: Actor Jon Hamm Gets Quizzed On Spam
The Mad Men star will answer three questions about the canned meat product with a verrrry long shelf life.
Sexual Assault And Forgiveness
NPR's Scott Simon asks Atlantic contributor Caitlin Flanagan about this week's Supreme Court testimony and about the possibility of atonement and forgiveness for sexual assault perpetrators.
A Top Impressionist, Melissa Villaseñor Is Finding Her Own Voice On 'SNL'
She's known for celebrity imitations: Hillary Clinton and Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez and Bjork, and so on. Now, as she joins Saturday Night Live's full cast, she's learning what else she can do.
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Authorized Biography Serves As A 'Map Of Hope'
The award-winning native Canadian singer-songwriter and social activist looks back on a life of music, milestones and empowerment.
Punks, Up Against The Wall
The new book Burning Down the Haus fastidiously traces the self-discovery of punks in the socialist dictatorship of East Germany, and the violence and repression they endured on the way to freedom.
Drew Philp: How Can 'Radical Neighborliness' Help Struggling Communities?
In 2009, Drew Philp bought an abandoned house in Detroit and worked with neighbors to fix it up. He discovered the power of 'radical neighborliness' to rebuild his struggling neighborhood.
Robert Redford: The 'Fresh Air' Interview
Redford has announced that he's retiring from acting, and that his role in the new film The Old Man and the Gun, will be his last. In 2013, he said it was "sort of weird" being known for his looks.
Liz Ogbu: Can We Gentrify Neighborhoods While Allowing Longtime Residents To Stay?
Architect Liz Ogbu has seen the pain gentrification creates for displaced communities. She wonders how we can create ways for longtime residents to stay and reap the benefits of gentrification.