Bob Edwards Weekend

“Newsweek” columnist Ellis Cose documents how Rwandan survivors have dedicated their lives to helping themselves and their nation.

Elaine Showalter’s latest book covers famous and obscure authors from 1650 to 2000 — in this interview, she talks about the history of American women writers.

Inadequate sanitation kills more people in developing nations than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria.

The Family Medical Leave Act protects the rights of workers, but many opt not to take it because they cannot afford to.

Writer and book critic Jay Parini scanned American bookshelves and identified the seminal works in the birth and growth of the nation.