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Jimmy Carter's other books include Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Sharing Good Times and Our Endangered Values. Prakash Methema/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Author Interviews

Jimmy Carter Issues 'Call To Action' Against Subjugation Of Women

The former president joins NPR to talk about his new book, the state of human trafficking and whether religion can be a conduit for lasting change around gender.

Last week, a YouTube video of a far-right member of Ukraine's parliament roughing up the top executive of the state television network went viral. Eurovision/YouTube hide caption

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A Culture Of Unchecked Abuse Thrives In Ukraine And Crimea

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Before 1925, musicians like the Victor Orchestra, conducted by Rosario Bourdon, performed in front of a flared metal horn. An attached stylus would vibrate with the energy of the sound waves and etch them onto a wax rotating cylinder or disc — recording formats that are now very fragile. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Recorded Sound Section hide caption

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Preserving Audio For The Future Is A Race Against Time

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Jimmy Carter's other books include Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Sharing Good Times and Our Endangered Values. Prakash Methema/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Jimmy Carter Issues 'Call To Action' Against Subjugation Of Women

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Dalton Conley lives in New York City with his wife and two children. Stephen P. Hudner/Courtesy of Simon and Schuster hide caption

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'Parentology': Bribes, Behavior And The Science Of Raising Kids

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A vintage snapshot hangs in the cabin outside Nashville where Johnny Cash and June Carter spent much of their later years. Stephen Jerkins hide caption

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Lost Album Gives Voice To A Johnny Cash In Recovery

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