Books

Health

Q&A: Author Muhammad Zaman on why health care is an impossible dream for 'unpersons'

Tanya Basu

Gisele Grayson

In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman writes about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless.
Mop-mop-swoosh-plop it's rug-washing day in 'Bábo'

Samantha Balaban

Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.
Health

'Sex With a Brain Injury' reveals how concussions can test relationships

Terry Gross

Annie Liontas experienced three brain injuries in the span of one year, which led to dizziness, memory fog and anger — and impacted Liontas' marriage and sex life.
Public libraries reveal their most borrowed books of 2023

Neda Ulaby

Not all libraries track checkouts, and there isn't one definitive national list. But this year lots of people checked out Lessons in Chemistry, Prince Harry's memoir Spare, and Colleen Hoover's books.
Arts & Culture

Art to look forward to in 2024

Julia Dixon Evans

Our roundup of art and performances at ICA San Diego, The Athenaeum, Birch Aquarium and more to look forward to in San Diego in 2024.
The year in review: 50 wonderful things from 2023

Linda Holmes

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.
Nothing to fear with kitchen gear: 'America's Test Kitchen' guide to tools, gadgets

Barry Gordemer

One way to keep the chef in your home happy is to make sure their kitchen is stocked with the right kitchen gear. A guide to kitchen tools and gadgets for the favorite chef in your life.
Environment

A naturalist finds hope despite climate change in an era he calls 'The End of Eden'

Brian Mann

South African naturalist Adam Welz has traveled the world, documenting the profound impact of climate change on wild species. He says his research has convinced him despair isn't the answer.
Racial Justice and Social Equity

'Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed' – 'The Color Purple' reimagined

Phil Harrell

Michel Martin

Ana Perez

Blitz Bazawule's musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.
Here are 10 kids' books we loved this year

Beth Novey

If you've found yourself reading the same picture book over and over (and over and over) to a small but determined audience we see you and salute you! Is it time to add a few new titles to the mix?