Inside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening ...

The biggest "free" book site in the world has officially been shut down, delivering a new message to the public after going ...

Many literary classics have a way of appealing to our lizard brains while making us question why we're so compelled by them.

Lam Wing-kee, a former Hong Kong bookseller and symbol of resistance to Beijing's crackdown on free speech, has died in ...

Independence Day is known for fireworks, cookouts, and patriotic celebrations across the country. But it also offers an opportunity to reflect on what freedom has meant throughout American history and ...

President Trump visited the nation's newest presidential library in North Dakota on Wednesday. It honors the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. NPR received a tour of the new facility last week.

The Obama Presidential Center and Library in Chicago is opening to the public on June 19, 2026. Here's everything you need to know to plan your visit.

Inside a charred book, pages dotted in soot stains tell the story of how San Francisco rose to the epicenter of a gold rush. Barely escaping the 1906 earthquake, this book should’ve burned completely.

In 1951, not long after her breakthrough appearances in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” Marilyn Monroe went to college: She enrolled in a pair of 10-week classes at UCLA’s adult-extension ...

Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital formats. Overall, 75% of U.S. adults say they have read all or part of at ...

A detached observer who wants to assess where countries stand on fundamental issues of human rights, international law, peace, development and multilateralism need only look at the voting record of ...

The storefront of Better Days Book at 515 Main St. in Cairo. The bar and bookstore is in the early stages of construction and the owners plan to open the business during the summer. CAIRO — When a ...