Awkwafina: 'No Turning Back' Awkwafina, the breakout star of Ocean's 8 and Crazy Rich Asians, reflects on her can't-turn-back moment that led to viral success. Then, she recommends New York City's finest public restrooms.
Sasha Velour: 'Anyone Can, And Must, Do Drag' Sasha Velour, a winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, evangelizes for the art form, and competes against rapper and actor Awkwafina in "This, That or The Other": Drag name, rap name or off-brand soda?
Steven Pinker: Can Numbers Show Us That Progress Is Inevitable? It might seem like the world is getting worse and worse. But psychologist Steven Pinker says that across the board, data suggests we've made a lot of progress. The question is — will it continue? NPR Staff
Hanna Rosin: Data Shows Women Have Progressed. But What's Next? Post-recession, journalist Hanna Rosin noticed an economic shift: jobs dominated by men were on the decline, jobs dominated by women were on the rise. But does that data signify meaningful progress? NPR Staff
When The Wild Rumpus Stops: 'We The Animals' Documentarian Jeremiah Zagar's first feature film adapts Justin Torres' impressionistic autobiographical novel of boyhood; the dreamlike result is "intense, scary and ecstatically lyrical." Bob Mondello
'We're not supposed to feel unsafe:' back to school in the age of school shootings The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida sparked a youth movement for change across the nation. In part two of our... Lila Shroff
Song Premiere: Pure Bathing Culture - 'Downtown Lights' The Portland pop band covers a romantic '80s classic song by The Blue Nile. They perform Aug. 25 at Doug Fir Lounge.
'The Line That Held Us': Noir In Appalachia Novelist David Joy, whose books chronicle the rural, working-class South of his own milieu, has penned a new book where a hunting accident triggers a thriller of violent vengeance. Lulu Garcia-Navarro
V.S. Naipaul, Controversial Author And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85 Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and his relationship to his birthplace was nothing if not complicated. He was often criticized for the way he depicted developing countries in his novels. Lynn Neary
Art Installation On Portland's Waterfront Is A Dreamy Summer Respite The installation, "habitus," on the waterfront is like an island of respite in the dog days of Portland summer.
