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And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School, by Judith Warner

Judith Warner's New Book On Middle School Suggests It Doesn't Have To Be All Bad

The author of And Then They Stopped Talking To Me tells NPR, "I expected middle schoolers to be these sorts of monsters. And they weren't. They were just kids."

On May 6, 1954, Britain's Roger Bannister hits the tape to become the first person to break the 4-minute mile in Oxford, England. His family said Sir Roger Bannister died peacefully in Oxford on March 3 at age 88.

Roger Bannister, First Runner To Break 4-Minute Mile Mark, Dies At 88

Roger Bannister's 3:59:4 mile in 1954 unlocked the door to what was possible in track — both physically and psychologically.

The seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs is seen on the building in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2013.

VA San Diego Homeless Program Puts Vets Back To Work

The VA San Diego's Career Assisted Therapy is designed to bring veterans back into the workforce after they have a grappled with a disability or mental illness.

Hank Pronk's two-man submarine, the Nekton Gamma, leaves the dock.

Submarine Hobbyists Help Researchers On Montana's Flathead Lake

Submarine hobbyists are helping scientists in Montana do environmental research on the state's lakes. Researchers couldn't otherwise afford to rent subs, and it gives the hobbyists a sense of purpose.

Health care workers feel unprotected from the disease they're supposed to treat.

'It's Like Walking Into Chernobyl,' One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room

Some health care workers say they're exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an increasingly overstretched health care system.

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in his first public appearance in Mosul, Iraq, in July 2014 (left) and in a video released Monday that purported to show him speaking to supporters.

ISIS Leader Apparently Releases Video For First Time In 5 Years

The man who is purportedly Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi acknowledges the recent major defeat of ISIS in Baghouz, Syria.

Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built in preparation of the Ferragosto holiday. Centered around a family who goes into debt, three women holding onto the feeling of youth and a politician seeking votes, "Happy Winter" portrays a vanity fair of beachgoers hiding behind the memory of a social status that the economic crisis of recent years has compromised.

POV: Happy Winter

Airs Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Aug. 15 at Noon on KPBS 2

Bill Conway (left) and Matt Saincome (right) collected their favorite articles from their satirical website The Hard Times for a new book.

The Satire Continues With 'The Hard Times: The First 40 Years'

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Matt Saincome and Bill Conway, co-founders of the satirical punk rock news website The Hard Times, about their new book.

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.

Live Blog: Trump Declassifies Crossfire Hurricane Material

The Latest on the Capitol riot and the aftermath

President Trump shakes hands with White House physician Ronny Jackson, following his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Jan. 12.

White House Doctor Says Trump Is In 'Excellent' Physical, Cognitive Health

Dr. Ronny Jackson said the president could benefit from losing between 10 and 15 pounds over the coming year as well as beginning an exercise regimen.

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