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In his debut novel "The Lowering Days," Gregory Brown delivers an emotionally powerful saga, set in 1980s Maine, that explores family love, the power of…

NPR's Claudio Sanchez examines the little-known school desegregation case of Mendez v. Westminster. This California case won access for Mexican Americans to white schools in 1947 and helped set the stage seven years later for Brown v. Board of Education.

Donald Sobol, author of the popular Encyclopedia Brown series died last week in Miami. Sobol's first big success in writing came in 1958, with his syndicated column, Two-Minute Mysteries.

This week's Book Picks come from Heather Boyne of Battenkill Books in Cambridge, New York.

Back in February, Rihanna and her boyfriend, fellow pop star Chris Brown, got into an altercation as they were heading to perform at the Grammy Awards. In late August, he was sentenced to five years' probation for felony assault. Today, it might be possible to pick up on how Brown and Rihanna are doing via their music.

Rich, frothy and laden with booze, eggnog — whether you love it or hate it — is an inevitable part of the yuletide tradition. Culinary wizard Alton Brown whips up a homemade batch of the holiday cocktail.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tabitha Brown, who is popular for her videos on TikTok and other platforms that combine vegan cooking tips with warm affirmations.

Prior to the 1970s, children with disabilities seeking education could not attend public schools and were either sent to private schools or state institutions and lived there under horrible conditions. Lawyers went to court using the Supreme Court's Brown v. the Board of Education decision, and argued that disabled children deserved the same equal education that black children won years earlier. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

In the latest in a series on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports from San Francisco. The city's complex racial and ethnic mix makes integrating its schools increasingly difficult. Now many members of one minority group, Chinese Americans, are actively opposing integration efforts, saying they're just another form of discrimination. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Brown was a music industry survivor, but he wasn't as indestructible as he seemed to believe. RJ Smith's new biography The One presents the soul godfather as an unparalleled performer undone by drugs and violence.