Mythili Rao

The news out of Greece has been terrible, and so have the headlines. It seems no media outlet can quite resist the opportunity to (wrongly) make some reference to Greek tragedy.

One English teacher reflects on her literary journey with "To Kill A Mockingbird," naming her son “Atticus,” and now confronting the dark side of the character in “Go Set a Watchman.”

“Oreo,” Fran Ross’s 1974 novel about a biracial teen’s search for her father, was a misfit for its times.  More than 40 years later, are audiences finally ready for this satirical tale?

Studies have shown that students who attend schools with libraries score better on reading and writing tests than students whose schools don't have libraries.  

The day before Serena Williams competed for—and won—her sixth Wimbledon title, a New York Times story on the body images of Williams and her rivals set off an avalanche of criticism.

With the knowledge that Atticus Finch is racist in Harper Lee's new book, "Go Set a Watchman," we asked listeners their thoughts on the new book. 

A big question mark hangs over the fates of four Americans being held in Iran.

The Obama administration has announced new housing policies designed to promote racial integration across the country.

Greece's new finance minister arrived for an emergency meeting in Brussels with no specific proposal in hand as businesses back home languish.

Could Tetris be used to help people cope with PTSD? New evidence suggests that playing video games after traumatic events could be a useful form of therapy.

The US stepped up airstrikes in Syria and Iraq this past weekend as part of a renewed effort to combat the so-called Islamic State.  But is the strategy working?

A physicist argues it's not just labor and products, but information and energy that ultimately drive economic growth. 

The renewed debate over the Confederate flag's place in modern America has made one Confederate soldier's great-grandson think hard about what he might say to his ancestors.

What does it mean to be Muslim-American? Three Muslim-Americans New Yorkers recently explored this question at an event at WNYC's Greene Space.

Peter Charitopoulos moved to the U.S. from Greece with his family in 2011 after austerity measures made it impossible to find work in Greece.

Publicly engaging with a "terrorist" can be a politically risky move. But the consequences for failing to engage are often even greater. 

According to new research, a "mass extinction"—the sixth of its kind in Earth's 4.5 billion year history—is currently underway. 

Think "Mad Men" in space, or "Real Housewives" meets NASA—a new ABC show called "The Astronaut Wives Club" follows the spouses of astronauts in the 1960s.

The mass murder of nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina is a crime that combines some of our nation's worst collective nightmares. 

There are no real guidelines for how, where, and when facial recognition technology should be used.