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LeVar Burton, shown here speaking in Los Angeles in 2016, has said he feels like hosting Jeopardy! "is what I'm supposed to do." This week, he gets his turn at the host lectern left vacant by Alex Trebek, who died last year at age 80.

LeVar Burton Is A Top Pick To Host 'Jeopardy!' You Don't Have To Take Our Word For It

Credited by a generation of book nerds for shaping their identities on Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton guest-hosts Jeopardy! this week after a campaign hyped by his large and enthusiastic fandom.

A children's room in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip, is damaged in a building destroyed by an airstrike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel.

Parents In Gaza And Israel Are Doing Their Best To Shield Kids From The Trauma Of War

Parents on both sides had to find ways to protect their children. "Yes, the cease-fire has been enforced. But how are we going to deal with children traumatized by this?" asks a mother in Gaza.

Library of Congress' National Book Festival theme "Open A Book, Open The World."

Library Of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity

Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., seen here during a May hearing on Capitol Hill, said in a statement that the withdrawal of U.S. troops "should have been carefully planned to prevent violence and instability."

Congressional Reaction To Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Has Been Scathing

Republicans excoriated the White House's strategy, while Democrats criticized the haphazard manner of the U.S. withdrawal.

Zahra Nealy (left) and Victoria Chamberlin both stand to benefit from recent changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Student loan forgiveness is a lot closer for some borrowers, and they are pumped

Thousands of teachers, nurses and other public servants are learning they could have some of their federal student loan debts erased months — and even years — earlier than expected.

Biden administration is offering to negotiate with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine

The Biden administration has delivered a plan to Russia offering a diplomatic way to resolve the crisis over Ukraine. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with State Dept. spokesman Ned Price about the situation.

Rapper Noname and activist and organizer Mariame Kaba joined <em>Louder Than A Riot</em> to discuss hip-hop's role in a prison-free future.

'I Want Us To Dream A Little Bigger': Noname And Mariame Kaba On Art And Abolition

What role can hip-hop play in reforming — or entirely dismantling — mass incarceration? Rapper Noname and activist Mariame Kaba joined Louder Than A Riot to discuss making revolution irresistible.

Police and paramedics at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas following a shooting, Oct. 6, 2021.

Student taken into custody hours after Texas school shooting

Police in Texas have arrested a student suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school, leaving four people injured.

PJ Harvey's <em data-stringify-type="italic">Uh Huh Her </em>was a powerful force for critic Laura Snapes. "Seeing this woman I so admired derail a linear path to greater success and greater approval – the de facto path as far as teachers were concerned – was revelatory," she writes.

How PJ Harvey's 'Uh Huh Her' Taught Me To Carve My Own Path

As a kid discovering music, you assemble a hodgepodge of other people's opinions. But there's a lot of joy to be found when the urge to agree with the critics melts away, writes critic Laura Snapes.

Eric Carle with a cutout of his famously hungry caterpillar at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass.

Eric Carle, Creator Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Has Died

The beloved author and illustrator drew more than 70 books for kids — often about friendly bugs like that famous caterpillar. He said he got his inspiration from nature walks with his father.

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