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Recent lawsuits have targeted affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, but they also go after another admissions preference: letting in the children of alumni.

In 2014, two monoliths of heavy music found a new way to be heavy, a Thai psych band made one of the most transcendent records of the year and three dudes in body paint channeled King Crimson.

Andrew Levy's searching book adds to, and comments on, the considerable scholarship surrounding an widely read and widely challenged American classic.

The comic tells Fresh Air that after Season 3, he "aggressively forgot the show existed for a few months." Then he got back to work — for Louie's fourth season. Originally broadcast May 19.

American veterans of the Afghanistan conflict are returning to the front lines as part of a program to help them heal.

The radical left Syriza party is leading in opinion polls, and its leader opposes the deep budget cuts and austerity measures imposed on Greece.

A growing number of low-cost airlines are meeting growing demand for air travel in Southeast Asia. But does the increased traffic create unsafe conditions?

The proposal failed to get the necessary nine votes to pass. The Palestinian plan called for, among other things, an end to the Israeli occupation by late 2017.

The EPA moved ahead with far-reaching polices to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. And the president struck a landmark deal with China to curb its carbon output as well.

Maggie Gyllenhaal says she had reservations about taking on the role of Nessa Stein in the Sundance series. The conflict in the Middle East is "really complicated and it goes back so far," she says.