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Novelist Salman Rushdie suffered damage to his liver, nerves and an eye when he was attacked at a speaking event in western New York state Friday, according to his agent. He is on a ventilator.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jacob Granger, emergency coordinator in Gaza for Doctors Without Borders, about the current humanitarian situation in Gaza amid news of a ceasefire agreement.

With governments ordering some public places to close during the pandemic, "speak-easy gyms" are popping up across America — and some have even managed to increase their memberships.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Jake Quinn, of Asheville, N.C., who is one of the plaintiffs who claimed that the state's districts are unconstitutionally partisan. A panel of federal judges have now ruled in Quinn's favor.

Immigrant advocates across the country are accusing federal immigration authorities of using deportation as a tool to silence activists. Federal lawsuits have identified 16 undocumented immigrant leaders who have been arrested nationwide.

In the wake of allegations against Harvey Weinstein, several celebrities have shared their own experiences of abuse, including men. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist and author Helen Benedict about male victims of sexual abuse.

Actress Robin Wright made a splash when she revealed that it was only by threatening to go public that she was able to negotiate her House of Cards salary to be the same as that of her male co-star. Pay equity in Hollywood isn't a new issue, but getting around it by sharing salary information might be a new way to combat it.

The Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate has a new collection out, called Monument, that takes on American history, personal history, and the lives that history and poetry often overlook.

In an emergency, the last thing you want to hear is, "I can't understand you." The reality is emergency dispatchers in the Northwest generally speak one...

Kate Cox was in the middle of a pregnancy emergency when the Texas Supreme Court denied her an abortion. Now, she's a Democratic activist who will speak at the DNC.