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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-881225.mp3Boston, MA – The new U.S. Senator-elect from Massachusetts, Scott Brown,…

Music critic Michelle Mercer reflects on the music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. For Mercer, the jazz tunes are sound of the holidays, and they reflect some of the season's less-cheerful sentiments.

John Brown's violent campaign against slavery — punctuated by the dramatic 1859 raid at Harper's Ferry, Va. — made him a divisive figure, then and now. A new biography by David Reynolds examines the abolitionist's life and his cultural impact.

Celebrity editor Tina Brown announced Wednesday that she's leaving the news and opinion website to launch her own media company. She has been a regular guest on Morning Edition. Brown plans to produce live forums on news topics.

Piano-playing siblings from Utah, The 5 Browns' members were once the media darlings of classical music. They received the kind of mainstream press coverage most young classical musicians could only dream of. Now, a few years following the frenzy, the group is still building its career.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to French writer-director Laura Piani about her new movie, a romantic comedy titled "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life."

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-874854.mp3Boston, MA – USsenateMA Massachusetts Attorney General Martha…

Former Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown has closed the door on a run for governor in 2014. Brown made his decision known Wednesday night on…

Wesley Brown graduated from the Naval Academy in 1949 — the first African American to do so. Others had tried, but were forced out by racism and even violence. Brown and author Robert J. Schneller, Jr., tell John Ydstie about efforts to integrate the Academy.

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Jacqueline Woodson always felt halfway home in each place.In Brown Girl Dreaming she uses vivid poems to share what…