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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is perhaps best known for his research tracing the family and genetic history of famous African Americans. A selection of his writings on race, politics and culture appear in The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader. Originally broadcast May 8, 2012.

For more than 30 years, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been an influential public intellectual. He may be best known for his research tracing the family and genetic history of famous African-Americans. A selection of his writings on race, politics and culture appear in The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader.

Donald Trump Jr., former President Trump's second son, is set to testify in a civil fraud trial in New York.

When actress Julia Roberts was born, Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill. It turns out their families were close friends.

Tharp talks about choreographing through lockdown. Kevin Whitehead reviews Hasaan Ibn Ali's newly unearthed 1965 album. Gates Jr. talks about his new book and PBS series, The Black Church.

to institute changes in the state's welfare system while not draining more money from the state's coffers to achieve that. One plan involves going to the private sector for help in getting some welfare recipients out of the dependency cycle.

Kennedy fired the entire 17-member panel earlier this month because he said their ties to the pharmaceutical industry had eroded public trust in vaccines.

Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.

In a new book, Feet on Street: Rambles around New Orleans, humorist Roy Blount, Jr. celebrates the corners and characters of the city. Blount takes Debbie Elliott for a stroll through the French Quarter.

The Austin native's latest album This Land incorporates punk, soul and even hip-hop.