
In the 1920s, Edith Thompson was executed along with her lover, who was found guilty of murdering her husband. Laura Thompson looks at how social conventions may have lead to an unjust outcome.
(Image credit: NPR)
In the 1920s, Edith Thompson was executed along with her lover, who was found guilty of murdering her husband. Laura Thompson looks at how social conventions may have lead to an unjust outcome.
(Image credit: NPR)
The Miss Navajo Nation pageant has been held every year since 1952. Contestants in this year’s pageant met for a weeklong celebration of the traditions of female Navajo Nation life.
(Image credit: Caitlin O’Hara for NPR)
Filmmakers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck discuss how their documentary tells the sobering story of the trauma and challenges faced by those who sift through social content.
(Image credit: Courtesy of gebrueder beetz filmproduktion)
Stan Lee — born Stanley Martin Lieber — co-created many beloved Marvel Comics characters, but he became the company’s tireless, beloved figurehead. NPR’s Glen Weldon offers a remembrance.
(Image credit: Frazer Harrison/NPR)
Lee gave us over six decades’ worth of superheroes we could identify with, characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, who reacted to superpowered crises in believably flawed, human ways.
(Image credit: Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images)
Ecologist Rob Dunn’s new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.
(Image credit: Basic Books )