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Interview with Maria Hinojosa and Dean Nelson as part of the 2023 Writer's Symposium by the Sea, Writing That Celebrates. Maria Hinojosa has written three books: "Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America"; "Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son"; and "Crews: Gang Members Talk" with Maria Hinojosa. Hinojosa’s career includes reporting for PBS, CBS, WNBC, CNN, NPR, and anchoring the Emmy Award winning talk show from WGBH Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One. In 2022 she received a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing her podcast, Suave. As a reporter who was the first Latina in many newsrooms, Maria Hinojosa dreamt of a space where she could create independent, multimedia journalism that explores and gives a critical voice to the diverse American experience. To that end, in 2010, she created Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit organization based in Harlem, NYC with the mission to create multimedia content for and about the new American mainstream in the service of empowering people to navigate the complexities of an increasingly diverse and connected world. Hinojosa is the Anchor and Executive Producer of the Peabody Award-winning show Latino USA, distributed by PRX, as well as Co-Host of the award-winning political podcast, In The Thick. She is also a contributor to the long-running, CBS Sunday Morning and a frequent guest on MSNBC. Included in the ticket is live music from Fred Benedetti to begin at 6:15 p.m., when doors open for general admission seating. The 28th Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea will be February 21-24, 2023, also featuring Pulitzer winning writers N. Scott Momaday, Anthony Doerr and William Finnegan. For more info, visit here!

Many farmworkers in Coachella Valley lack legal status as citizens and don’t qualify for most federal and state disaster aid. Even a new $95 million storm assistance program for immigrants that Gov. Gavin Newsom recently touted is out of reach because it pertains to the winter and spring storms and floods.

NPR checks in on a woman in Ukraine, six months after her town was liberated from Russian occupation.

Hear music and field recordings from bassist, composer, and fashion icon Jamaaladeen Tacuma's residency in North Carolina, where he explores his familial and musical roots.

More than 70 percent of American fathers return to work less than two weeks after having a baby. Here is why I'm not one of them.

Local Ukrainians say they are surprised and encouraged by the U.S. president's visit with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv.

Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Charles Manson and other followers in the 1969 killings of Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary.

Comedian, writer and actor Zainab Johnson turns personal chaos into comedy. In her new special, Hijabs Off, she talks about being a Black Muslim, growing up in Harlem, having 12 siblings, and dating.

Fathers may want to take on more domestic and child care responsibilities, but gender norms and a lack of social support may discourage them from doing so, a new international study finds.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not interfere in his corruption trial, vowing to keep the country's attorney general in place. But he considers reappointing a convicted cabinet member.