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Join us on Wed., Apr 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the KPBS Conrad Prebys Media Complex at Copley Center for an exciting evening with NPR National Political Correspondent Sarah McCammon. Sarah will be joining us to discuss her new book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. The 2024 book is part memoir and part journalism in which Sarah places her own disillusionment and discovery in dialogue with the stories of other former evangelicals to examine this burgeoning movement and its social and political impact on the world. Sarah will give us a preview of her book followed by an insightful conversation with KPBS Midday Edition Host Jade Hindmon. You will also have a chance to ask Sarah a question during the audience Q&A. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to meet one of NPR's award-winning journalists as well as network with fellow Producers Club members.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE will host a screening and discussion of the upcoming film "The Cancer Detectives". The event will feature an extended clip from the film and a panel discussion with filmmakers and participants. Register Now Featured guests include: Gene Tempest: writer and director of "The Cancer Detectives" Deirdre Cooper Owens: award-winning historian and associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut The discussion will be moderated by Cameo George, executive producer of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. "The Cancer Detectives" tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists. The film premieres on Tuesday, March 26 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App

Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they call a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech.

The Padres will seek to assure themselves of a postseason berth Tuesday night when they open a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Harris said that as president she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate to bring back federal protections for a woman's right to an abortion.

Dozens of advocates are blanketing Capitol Hill this week to push for Congress to revive a program that provided compensation to people with long-standing impacts from U.S. nuclear testing programs.

A new review and testimony from investigators with the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the clearest picture yet of the aid form's troubled rollout.

Luis Armando Albino was lured away from a California park at the age of 6. He reunited with his biological family this summer after his niece found him through DNA testing and newspaper clippings.

Rooney's fourth novel is a story about learning to accept loss. And though it has its share of grief and strife, it's happier and less disturbing than Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.

Donald Trump has spent the last several months speaking with popular male influencers and podcasters like Logan Paul and Theo Von. The appearances are part of a strategy to turn out young men.