For Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, business is personal
The head of the corporate giant says changing the company's culture was essential to meeting customers' needs, spurring innovation, and protecting its immigrant workers
Books
Infidelity: Why the oldest taboo continues to be broken
93% of Americans think that infidelity is morally wrong - so why do so many men and women cheat on their partners?
The healing, and persistent, power of kindness
Acts of compassion and empathy produce more than just good will; they also produce a hormone that has a healthful effect on the heart's arteries
Kurt Andersen on the importance of sticking to the facts
In a political environment where "truthiness," lies and reckless opinions muddy the waters, a founding father's faith in facts may be what saves us
Was Johnny Appleseed for real?
Mo Rocca goes in search of the frontiersman who, folklore tells us, spread orchards across the land, and meets some modern-day Johnny Appleseeds developing new varieties of the fruit
Here's looking at you, "Casablanca"
The classic wartime romance starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid marks its 75th anniversary
The essential Ta-Nehisi Coates
The bestselling author and essayist, who has become a lightning rod for his writing about race in America, says he wants readers to be haunted by his words
Art Garfunkel: Life is a surprise
At 76 the singer, who is touring solo again after publishing a new memoir, talks about his gifted voice, and the high- and low-points of his partnership with Paul Simon
Book excerpt: Art Garfunkel's "What Is It All but Luminous"
In his new memoir the singer writes of his early fascination with radio, rock 'n' roll, and a fellow classmate named Paul Simon
Mortician Caitlin Doughty on a "good death"
The unique undertaking of the bestselling author and star of YouTube's "Ask a Mortician" is to answer questions from "deathlings" about funerals and the mysteries of dying
Maria Sharapova: Back on court
After a 15-month suspension from play owing to use of a banned drug, the tennis great has returned to her winning ways
Tom Hanks: Actor, typist
The Oscar-winning star is also a typewriter enthusiast, a hobby that inspired his book of short stories, "Uncommon Type"
The genius of Leonardo da Vinci
Biographer Walter Isaacson on the Renaissance artist and inventor, whose curiosity about the world raised him from ignominious birthright to the pantheon of greatness
Excerpt: Walter Isaacson's "Leonardo da Vinci"
The bestselling author's latest biography traces the life of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor
The newest story from Mark Twain
Literary scholars and husband-and-wife children's book illustrators turn fragments of a long-lost Samuel Clemens story into a book, "The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine"
More From Sunday Morning
"Hail and farewell": A tribute to those we lost in 2025
"Sunday Morning" looks back at some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – from musicians and storytellers, to activists and statesmen – who touched us with their creativity and humanity.
Luke Burbank on making realistic New Year's resolutions
Forget about hitting the gym, or signing up for a foreign language app. Luke Burbank resolves to do far better with his New Year's resolutions in 2026 by committing to goals he can actually keep … probably.
The history of the New Year's Eve ball drop
Since 1907, New Yorkers have marked the New Year with the ceremonial dropping of a huge ball in Times Square. Now, a brand-new ball, covered with more than 5,000 handcrafted Waterford Crystal discs, will help ring in 2026.
Top news headlines of 2025 month-by-month
From political upheavals and gun violence, to the first American-born pope, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a transformative year in U.S. history.
Good news you may have missed in 2025
The bad news from the past year (and there was a lot of it) drowned out much of the GOOD news that made smaller headlines. David Pogue reports on some of 2025's best underreported stories.
The Book Report: Ron Charles' picks from 2025
The Washington Post book reviewer offers "Sunday Morning" viewers his picks for fiction and non-fiction titles to add to their New Year's reading lists.
Book excerpt: "Guilty by Definition" by Susie Dent
This debut novel is a mystery in which a dictionary editor at Oxford turns to word-sleuthing in order to unravel a family member's long-ago disappearance.
Book excerpt: "Black Moses" by Caleb Gayle
The award-winning journalist's latest book recounts the rise of Edward McCabe, an activist who, during Reconstruction, lobbied for a Black-governed state in the Oklahoma Territory.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (Dec. 28)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
A New Mexico monastery where the silence calls
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is home to 15 Benedictine monks, some livestock, and a guesthouse for people looking for a little quiet in this turbulent world. "Sunday Morning" pays a visit.