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Belfast-born Oliver Jeffers paints, writes and illustrates children's books. He recently premiered a new art installation on the High Line in New York City called "The Moon, The Earth and Us."

The novel is a coming-of-age journey, about a young boy chasing after a runaway dog. Author Jamil Jan Kochai says he hopes the book will counter some American misconceptions about Afghanistan.

Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.

Venezuelans came out by the hundreds of thousands to ask for a change of leadership. But since the opposition leader has named himself interim president, President Maduro remains in power. What now?

NPR's Mara Liasson joins Lulu Garcia-Navarro to discuss the president's move to sign a bill ending the partial shutdown, and to examine the latest indictment related to the Mueller investigation.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Huffington Post writer Emma Gray about Monday's episode of The Bachelor, on which a contestant opened up about her sexual assault in an unusually frank and sensitive way.

Charleville was preparing to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year. Researchers wanted to know which day the town was founded in 1868. The answer? It was not 1868. It was in 1865.

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly has lost support from advertisers after reports about sexual harassment. NPR's Scott Simon talks to professor Anita Hill about women being harassed in the workplace.

On Election Day eve, the NPR Politics Podcast team reviews what we're talking about when we look at exit polls.

There was shock this week at the suggestion of a 70 percent tax rate. But law professor Dorothy Brown explains to NPR's Scott Simon that the U.S.'s marginal tax rate has been as high as 94 percent.