Breaking through autism with Disney movies
Ron Suskind's son Owen "vanished" within himself, but learned to re-engage the world - and see himself differently - through his love of animated characters
Books
Mitch Albom on life, charity and God
The author of "Tuesdays With Morrie" talks to Jane Pauley of his new novel, "The First Phone Call From Heaven," and about the role of death - and living - in his books
Passage: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Remembering the Nobel laureate whose works included the novels "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Love in the Time of Cholera"
Elizabeth Warren, the fighter
The Mass. Senator's aggressive style and message of economic populism has made her revered by progressives and reviled by big business
For kids' book author Mo Willems, childhood is an awful time
The prize-winning creator of such favorites as "Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" found success by posing the hard questions a five-year-old asks
How much change can Pope Francis bring to the Catholic Church?
Observers say pontiff may disappoint those who seek real reform in the Church, due to pushback from the Vatican's entrenched bureaucracy
The works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A list of published fiction and non-fiction by the Nobel laureate writer who died this week at age 87
Unraveling the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller
In 1961 a member of one of the nation's most prominent families vanished off the coast of New Guinea; two new books examine his life and tragic death
Are elite athletes born or made?
10,000 hours of practice is said to help anyone gain true expertise, but athletic talent may be more reliant on "sports genes"
The surprising result of a son's search for his father
Tony Dokoupil's dad disappeared when he was six; his quest to find his father led him into the thick of the 1980s drug wars
The serious work of comedy
Writers for David Letterman and brain scientists agree: humor is hard to create, and even harder to understand when it works
Book excerpt: "The Last Pirate"
Journalist Tony Dokoupil's memoir recounts his quest to find his missing father, a successful marijuana smuggler
A dying breed: The American shopping mall
With the explosion of the Internet and changing shopping habits, hundreds of U.S. malls are expected to close their doors, but some entrepreneurs see ways to buck that trend
Time for a little word history, OK?
Mo Rocca checks out how two letters came to comprise one of our most-used expressions
The freed American hikers speak on their captivity in Iran
Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd on why they were hiking along the Iraq-Iran border in 2009, when they were detained in Tehran on accusations of spying
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.