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Congressional leaders and top security officials say the U.S. Capitol will be well-prepared for a far-right rally expected for the area this Saturday.

Trace the life and music of “Society’s Child” folk icon and LGBTQ+ advocate Janis Ian.

A new genomic analysis hints at why African Americans face a higher risk of Alzheimer's and stroke, but a lower risk of Parkinson's.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell about the upcoming Jan. 6 hearings.

Cleaver, one of the leaders of Wussy, sings about joy, pain, sorrow and regret on Send Aid. The resulting album stands with the best of anything Cleaver has ever done.

Worry over a backlash from expressing support or sympathy for either side in the Israel-Hamas crisis is leaving some Muslim and Jewish friends feeling abandoned.

This week on Theater Talk, Anthony and Peter talk about two shows with strong LGBTQ content: THE PROM at MusicaFare which opened on 9/4, and MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA, a two-hander from BUA at the Compass Performing Art Space (545 Elmwood) which opens tonight. Niagara on the Lake Ontario's Shaw Festival continues well into the fall, with many of their popular plays at the Festival including SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HUMAN HEART and a completely wonderful play at the Jackie Maxwell Studio theater called THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND about a well-to-do black family in New Orleans facing the threat that once Louisiana is part of the U.S., then slavery will be legal.For 31 years (as of November 2023), Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. NOTE: Theater listings are included with the podcast. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, and Chautauqua are covered as are other relevant art forms, including ballet and opera.

When is a migrant a refugee? The answer comes down to how U.S. judges read one sentence in a 1980 law. Each ruling could mean the difference between life and death for thousands of Central Americans.

The Senate Agriculture Committee met Wednesday afternoon to hear testimony about the acquisition of Smithfield Foods by a Chinese company. Smithfield CEO Larry Pope tried to defend the proposed deal, but most committee members made their opposition clear.

Phil Pressel designed film cameras for a U.S. spy satellite program that was declassified last month after 46 years. His cameras captured Soviet missile sites and enabled President Nixon to sign an arms reduction treaty with the Soviet Union.