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The Barbershop guys share their take on Nelson Mandela: what his life meant to them and how he will be remembered by the world. Writer Jimi Izrael, professor Sean Jacobs, and journalists Corey Dade and Michael Skolnik weigh in.

Climate researchers have long grappled with how to get Americans to eat less beef, a food with a huge global warming impact. Now some are thinking about it through the lens of gender.

NCAAIn the men’s MAAC Tournament No. 4 Iona has won the championship, defeating sixth-seeded Fairfield 83-71. Iona has earned an automatic bid to the NCAA…

Barris' ABC comedy series was inspired by his own family experiences. He says the show is about "raising your kids in a different environment than you were accustomed to being raised in."

China's leaders try to muzzle free expression beyond their borders, inside liberal democracies, when speech contradicts the Communist Party line on issues like the status of Tibet and Taiwan.

For the occasion of its half-centennial, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib takes the measure of Stevie Wonder's unmatchable artistic achivements in the early-to-mid '70s.

The rapper tells stories of loss, love and violence on his new debut album. He speaks with Kelly McEvers about his childhood in Chicago and how he views his responsibility to the city today.

Michael Eric Dyson is known to many as a television commentator. But long before he became one, he had amassed a vast array of achievements. Ordained as a Baptist Minister at the age of 19, he went on to receive a Ph D in religion from Princeton University. He has a list of publications as long as your arm and he is currently Centennial Chair and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt University as well as University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt’s Divinity School.

Listen to the best student podcasts about what "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" means for young people today.

It's too early to know what kind of a difference Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will make to the GOP ticket. Still, there have been choices who have proved crucial. Here, the top five from the last half-century or so.