Bob Edwards

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.

Kate DiCamillo, who has written four young adult novels which have received some of the genre’s most prestigious honors, talks about “The Tale of Despereaux.”

The Nobel prize-winning author talks about her new book, “A Mercy,” a prequel to “Beloved,” which many say is the single best work of fiction in the last 25 years.

Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright talk about their new film, “Cadillac Records,” about Chess Records and its recording artists in the 1940s.