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Is there something different about the current U.S. Supreme Court? Is this collection of nine life-time appointees with an extreme conservative majority willing to reshape America into a land with fewer rights and opportunities? Abortion is gone. Affirmative action is gone. What could they target next?

A review of the novel 'Home Reading Service' by Fabio Morábito

Black holes, colliding galaxies, dark matter, quantum entanglements: there’s a lot of weird stuff going on in the universe. But it's all too far away, too massive or too miniscule to be explored. But cosmologists are grasping these exotic phenomena by building breakthrough computer simulations. How does building a universe in a box provide a peek into the code of the cosmos?

From jazz to present-day pop, drum kits make up one of the most transformative musical inventions. In his book "Kick It," musician, professor and author Matt Brennan dives into the history of drums and drummers, and their impact on both creative culture and society as a whole.

María Martin hosted and produced SOS Central America, an in-depth podcast that follows the ongoing deterioration of democracy and rule of law in many Central American countries. The pilot episode explores renowned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, who was imprisoned and sentenced on charges of money laundering and corruption.

An American revolution started in Boston. A radio station that played rock and roll that other stations banned from the air produced the soundtrack that was against the war in Vietnam, flamed consumer culture and demanded equal rights. How WBCN turned strangers who listened to the radio into a community that wanted change.