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Ari Shapiro became a host on NPR's All Things Considered in 2015. In addition to working as a journalist, he sings with the band Pink Martini and performs in a cabaret act with actor Alan Cumming. Victor Jeffreys hide caption
It's impossible to fit 'All Things' Ari Shapiro does into this headline
Carole Lindstrom's new book My Powerful Hair features illustrations by Steph Littlebird. Abrams Books hide caption
'Like a living scrapbook': 'My Powerful Hair' is a celebration of Native culture
An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor
Homa Dashtaki is the founder of The White Moustache yogurt company. (Her father's moustache inspired the name.) Her new book is called Yogurt & Whey: Recipes of an Iranian Immigrant Life. Mobolaji Adeolu/The White Moustache hide caption
If you want to up your yogurt game, this Iranian cookbook will show you the whey
A portrait of former First Lady Edith Wilson hangs at the Wilson House in Washington, D.C. Keren Carrion/NPR hide caption
Hilton says she has been misunderstood and underestimated. Cole Bennetts/Getty Images for Paris Hilton hide caption
Paris Hilton was the center of it all. Now she's shedding the 'character' she created
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2 novels to cure your winter blahs: Ephron's 'Heartburn' and 'Pineapple Street'
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2 novels to cure your winter blahs: Ephron's 'Heartburn' and 'Pineapple Street'
Paramedics at Ben Taub General Hospital speed a patient with a gunshot wound to the trauma team for further care. Ben Taub is the largest safety-net hospital in Houston. Gregory Smith/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
This safety-net hospital doctor treats mostly uninsured and undocumented patients
We are approaching the brave new world of neurotech. Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images hide caption
Eugenia Cheng is a mathematician and author of the book How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics. Throughout the book, she uses baking as a vehicle for better understanding mathematics concepts. Basic Books hide caption
A veterinarian says pets have a lot to teach us about love and grief
Japanese Nobel Prize winning author Kenzaburo Oe poses in March 2012 during the inauguration of the 32nd Paris Book Fair, which focused on Japanese writers. Jacques Brinon/AP hide caption