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To bring the past to life and make it matter, historical fiction must do more than conjure up an exotic backdrop for a conventional story. These six books challenge our preconceptions and help show how the past shaped the world we live in today.

I Am Charlotte Simmons, the latest novel from Tom Wolfe, depicts college as a hedonistic playground of non-stop drinking and rampant casual sex. The author traveled to universities across the country to research contemporary campus life. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Wolfe.

In a new book, The Black Banners, former FBI interrogator Ali H. Soufan reveals secrets about both the operations of terrorists as well as the American operations to locate and bring them to justice.

The president said he will move to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of an active U.S. military presence in the country.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jen Statsky, co-creator of HBO Max's Hacks, about its new season. The intergenerational comedy is about a comedian hired to help an another freshen up her jokes.

California cities, like East Palo Alto, work on long-term infrastructure changes to help adapt to future extreme weather brought on by climate change.

One year ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, directing hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the transition away from fossil fuels.

Israel's military confirmed a deadly strike near Gaza's largest hospital. The country's leader said Israel's offensive would not relent until Hamas is defeated and the hostages are returned.

Baron became executive editor of The Washington Post in 2013, just a few months before Jeff Bezos bought the paper. He predicts a second Trump presidency would be a "government of vengeance."

Scientists in Japan are at the forefront of one the most controversial areas of biomedical research: creating sperm and eggs in the laboratory from practically any cell in the body.