In Maine, a cafe helps subsidize a community newspaper
In the Midcoast Maine town of Camden, the Villager Cafe helps support a weekly newspaper, the Midcoast Villager – dishing up sustainable journalism while sustaining the community.
Salman Rushdie on "The Eleventh Hour" and free speech
The author talks about his first fiction published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him; his own immigrant experience in the U.S.; and what happens when freedom of speech dies.
Inside the Vatican and the real-life drama behind "Conclave"
Since the death of Pope Francis on April 21, interest has surged in the Oscar-winning film "Conclave" and its source novel, which dramatizes the intrigue behind the election of a new pope. "Sunday Morning" talks with author Robert Harris and actor Ralph Fiennes.
David Hyde Pierce, the very model of a modern Major-General, in "Pirates! The Penzance Musical"
The "Frasier" star is back on the Broadway stage in a jazzy re-working of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, transplanted to New Orleans.
"Buena Vista Social Club" serenades Broadway
In 1996, a group of elderly, mostly forgotten Cuban musicians recorded an album that became a critical and commercial phenomenon worldwide. Now, the Grammy Award-winning album has inspired a Broadway musical.
David Macaulay, America's "Explainer-in-chief"
The author has spent more than 50 years finding ways to explain things, via his humorous and intricately illustrated books featuring wooly mammoth guides – his attempt to hook young readers on the wonders right before their eyes.
As bird flu ravages poultry industry, the damage spreads
After the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 million birds have been euthanized. What is the outbreak's potential impacts on humans, the poultry industry, egg prices, and U.S. exports?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on America's role in the world
After traveling more than a million miles on the job, the secretary of state discusses the Biden administration's foreign policy report card, from a reinvigorated NATO alliance and Russian aggression in Ukraine, to the ongoing turmoil in Gaza.
The crisis in Venezuela
In recent years, a quarter of Venezuela's population has fled the country's economic devastation and political repression. Nicolás Maduro's claim of victory in July's election, despite evidence he lost, has only made matters worse.
Ralph Fiennes on choosing acting roles: "I like characters that have contradictions inside them"
The Oscar-nominated actor starring in two new films – "Conclave" and "The Return" – talks about the draw of playing characters with contradictions, and the thrill of finding a new role.
Pete Wells dishes on life as New York Times restaurant critic
One of the world's most powerful restaurant critics, New York Times columnist Pete Wells filed his final review this summer. He reflects on dining out five nights a week for the past 12 years, all in the line of duty.
Philippe Petit looks back on his phenomenal 1974 Twin Towers walk
Fifty years ago, on August 7, 1974, the French highwire artist walked a VERY high wire illicitly strung between the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center. His passion for wire-walking, he says, has never changed.
Will this be Kamala Harris' moment to make history?
In a week's time, the vice president has all but locked in her party's nomination, racked up an impressive list of endorsements, and hauled in a mountain of cash. Constituencies who had tuned out of the 2024 campaign are tuning back in.
The father-and-son team behind "Hunger Pangs"
Food writer Kevin Pang and his dad, Jeffrey, explore their Asian heritage as hosts of a YouTube cooking show for America's Test Kitchen, and as co-authors of "A Very Chinese Cookbook."
Inside Houston's successful strategy to reduce homelessness
Since 2012, the nation's fourth-largest city has reduced homelessness in the greater Houston area by 63%. Now other cities are looking to replicate this model.