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An adaptation of Ralph Ellison's landmark novel The Invisible Man is electrifying audiences in the nation's capital. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to the writer, director and star about bringing a complicated story to the stage.

On his latest album, Avila, guitarist Ernest Ranglin enlists three younger musicians to make African- and Caribbean-inflected music that's built to last.

A new Japanese restaurant Uptown bring to mind the days when sushi was exotic and maybe even a little mysterious.When I was first learning about food, the…

In Virginia, the consensus of a small group of undecided voters was that Republican Mitt Romney won the debate, putting together a more "focused and sincere" performance," while President Obama "seemed to be struggling to make his point."

President Obama did some truth-stretching as well, say the nonpartisan watchdogs who parse candidates' words.

For over a decade, peanut butter paste supplements like Plumpy'Nut have saved children around the world from malnutrition. Now health officials want to use the packets not just to save starving kids, but to keep them healthy in the first place. But will it work?

The American owner of Hamptons Cupcakes has some beefs with the bureaucracy, but lots of optimism about the country in which she chose to develop her business. She recently opened her third bakery.

Cell phones are banned in New York City schools, but students cannot bear to leave them at home. So entrepreneurs have been parking trucks near schools, where students can leave their phone for a dollar a day.

The number means that there has been no significant change in the labor market.

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law landmark legislation that bans gay-to-straight conversion therapy for minors. Host Michel Martin talks with California State Senator Ted Lieu, who wrote the legislation, and Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver. That's a group hoping to overturn the law.