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Scott Simon speaks with author Azar Nafisi about her new book, "Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times."

Scott Simon speaks with Harvard's Joan Donovan about the manipulation of videos and images from the Russia-Ukraine conflict on social media and how to identify propaganda.

Legendary Duke University Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski is retiring at the end of this season. His final home game is tonight in Durham, N.C.

Russia and Belarus have been kicked out of the Winter Paralympic Games, and MLB players are pushing for better pay in contract negotiations with owners.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is visiting Poland as Russia continues its assault on neighboring Ukraine.

The White House is hesitant to halt imports of Russian oil, but the administration is not ruling it out.

The Federal Reserve Board plans to raise interest rates in an effort to curb inflation. It wants to do that without stalling job growth, and is likely encouraged by the latest employment report.

In order to control what the Russian public knows about invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that imposes stiff sentences on journalists who air "false information."

Experts have roundly dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion that Nazism is prevalent in Ukraine. Still, they worry the war may strengthen neo-fascist groups in both countries.

Europe's king of electropop returns to the stage with a glass raised to essential workers.