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On Ernest Hemingway's great love: His boat
"She had been intimately his, and he hers, for 27 years, which were his final 27 years," Paul Hendrickson writes of Pilar, the fishing vessel Hemingway docked in Cuba.
What's breaking the Republican Party?
Two political writers talk about where the Republican Party lost touch with its base voters and what it will take to unify the conservative movement.
What single women want from the presidential election
What role will single women play in the upcoming election? What issues are most critical for this demographic? Rebecca Traister, author of "All the Single Ladies," shares her perspective.
New data show this February was the hottest ever measured, meaning 2016 is well on its way to break records for the third year in a row.
From 'The Taliban Shuffle' to Tina Fey
Kim Barker's memoir about reporting in Pakistan and Afghanistan has been turned into the Tina Fey film, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." Barker explains what it's like when Hollywood put its own spin on your life.
An update on Afghanistan, America's 'forgotten war'
The war in Afghanistan is now in its 15th year, and this week, the U.S.-led military coalition there got its 17th commander: Gen. John "Mick" Nicholson.
MPR News Host Kerri Miller spoke with two guests about President Obama's immigration legacy and the politics of deportation.