'Little Women': A Burned Manuscript And A Great Love That Never Arrives
The BBC adaptation now coming to PBS is effective if expected, and features Angela Lansbury as Aunt March.
Arts & Life
'Heroic, But He's No Hero': Revisiting Football Great Jim Brown
Dave Zirin's new biography portrays a black liberation activist with a conservative streak, a man with an alleged history of violence against women and maybe the greatest running back in NFL history.
Rita Moreno To 'My Gente': Be Proud Of Who You Are, And Don't Give Up
Moreno is being honored by the Ellis Honor Society for her work with immigrant communities. She talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her career, her advocacy, and progress in the Latino community.
Parenting Myths And Facts
What can other cultures tell us about raising kids? Non-Western societies have a lot to teach us, from reducing the stress of parenting to raising more independent kids.
Challenging Family Conversations On Mother's Day
We all struggle with how to talk with our family about race and identity. We have advice for parents about these challenging conversations.
You Were Right, Mom
Looking back this Mother's Day, it seems that the advice our mothers gave us was exactly spot on, as listeners tell us.
April Showers Bring These 3 May Romances
Love is in the air, and romance is blossoming like May flowers — so we've gathered a bouquet of the month's best, from a Bollywood-esque confection set in New Jersey to a transatlantic royal romp.
An Artist's Alternative Universe And His Warehouse Full Of Dolls
Trenton Doyle Hancock wasn't allowed to have certain toys as a child. Now he collects them. His new exhibition uses dolls of different skin colors to reflect on race in America.
Sorry, Kermit — In New TV Reboots, The Future Of Friendship Is Female
In The Muppet Show reboot, Miss Piggy has dropped the "Miss" and is BFFs with Summer, a laid back penguin. To freshen up familiar characters, producers are re-imagining relationships between girls.
Bloody-Scepter'd 'Tyrant' Explores Shakespeare's Take On Politics
Scholar Stephen Greenblatt says Shakespeare wrote his histories as a commentary on the era he lived in — and those plays still have important things to say about our current political climate.