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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes joins a long cultural tradition of operators in and out of Silicon Valley who have bamboozled investors — and the world.

The University of California system is the latest to announce free tuition for native students — but many say colleges shouldn't stop there.

Did President Bush get all his facts straight during his State of the Union speech? As with most political addresses, the president's assertions left plenty of room to quibble.

That's a community-wide game Edgard Gouveia remembers from his boyhood in Brazil — and uses as a model in his efforts to heal the world through gameplay.

Cannon resisted government regulation of business, supported protective tariffs and frowned upon change in general. It was said that had he been present at the Creation he would have voted against it.

Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini warns that facial recognition technology is riddled with the biases of its creators. She is the author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League.

David Bazan's multi-part memoirs have blurred memories of his adolescence, but with the goal of being honest and accountable. NPR Music critic Ann Powers sees connections between Pedro the Lion's Santa Cruz and Jane Schoenbrun’s new film, I Saw the TV Glow.

It's been 25 years since Jon Stewart first took the host chair at The Daily Show. His run on the show would reshape late night comedy and the way Americans consume politics.

The GOP prides itself on being the anti-tax party. But it wasn't always that way. In Michael Graetz’s book "The Power to Destroy," he describes how the anti-tax movement became one of the most powerful forces reshaping American politics and society in the past 50 years.

Simon talks with Simons about his career in Los Angeles, including his work on shows like "America's Got Talent," and having such similar names.