"Newsweek" columnist Ellis Cose documents how Rwandan survivors have dedicated their lives to helping themselves and their nation.
The author of "The House on Mango Street" talks about her seminal work, one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed books of the 20th century.
The Family Medical Leave Act protects the rights of workers, but many opt not to take it because they cannot afford to.
In her best-seller "Reading Lolita in Tehran," Azar Nafisi wrote about the lives of women in Iran; now she tells her own life story.
Writer and book critic Jay Parini scanned American bookshelves and identified the seminal works in the birth and growth of the nation.
Ron Howard's latest film chronicles the interviews between British tv host David Frost and President Richard Nixon.
Kate DiCamillo, who has written four young adult novels which have received some of the genre's most prestigious honors, talks about "The Tale of Despereaux."
The Nobel prize-winning author talks about her new book, "A Mercy," a prequel to "Beloved," which many say is the single best work of fiction in the last 25 years.
Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright talk about their new film, "Cadillac Records," about Chess Records and its recording artists in the 1940s.
Voter registrations challenged, illegally purged voter lists and other tactics to alter the outcome of this year's election.