John Asante

How has President Obama made the White House culturally significant? With just a few days left in office, The Takeaway considers Obama's cultural legacy.

"Growing Up Coy" tells the story of a young Colorado family fighting for their 6-year-old transgender daughter’s right to use the girls' bathroom at her elementary school.

Reviews of the big new releases hitting the box office this weekend, including the action movie "Monster Trucks," and the horror flick "The Bye Bye Man."

Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay and actor Alec Baldwin discuss closing the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant and opening the door for other renewable energy sources.

Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich brings up to speed on a busy week for Senate confirmation hearings.

San Francisco's homeless population has held steady for a decade. Just 90 miles away in Sacramento, there's an ambitious effort underway to address homelessness.

Culture reporter Melissa Locker shares her picks for mid-season TV series, including "This Is Us," "Homeland," "Beaches," "Jane the Virgin," and "Girls."

Filmmaker Fisher Stevens discusses his new HBO documentary, "Bright Lights," which provides an intimate look at the relationship between Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Carrie Fisher.

In 2014, a young woman named Sitawa Wafula started a blog about living with mental illness. In the years since, she has set up Kenya’s first free mental health support line.

Renewed interest in space exploration in both the private and public sectors is creating a new space race. 

Writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music through oral histories of 45 hit songs from interviews with the artists who created them.

A recap of the year in sports and social justice issues, from Colin Kaepernick protests, to the Olympics in Brazil, to the death of Muhammad Ali.

An estimated 2.2 million people have fled the country in the last three years. U.N. experts say the nation is on the cusp of another ethnic civil war.

Rapper and spoken word poet George Watsky's work is often autobiographical, and blurs the lines between music and theater.

The New York Daily News senior justice writer reflects on how he has covered everything from police shootings to random acts of racism across the country.

The drinking water supply in Corpus Christi, Texas has been contaminated by an asphalt emulsifier.

Update your Netflix queue beyond "Elf" and "Home Alone."

This is the first time the Fed has met since the election of Donald Trump, who has called for tax cuts and increased spending.

An oil pipeline 150 miles from the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota has ruptured, spilling 180,000 gallons into the Little Missouri River Tributary.

A history of slippery financial concept of speculation, and the the fine line between gambling and investment.