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The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, is back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Iraq's progress has been a main topic of conversation. Renee Montagne talks to Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about measuring success in Iraq. He leads the Iraq Index project, which tracks economic, public opinion and security data, at the Brookings Institution.

There's a landmark legal battle being waged between financial regulators and Binance, one of the largest crypto companies in the world. And it may determine the crypto industry's future.

Reporter Robert Worth returned to Aleppo after years of urban warfare destroyed the once beautiful Syrian city. He tells Steve Inskeep about the people who managed to stay alive during years of war.

Buzzfeed's Heidi Blake fails to support a dubious argument, but the book is worth reading for its recap of more than a dozen murder and suspicious death stories during a two-decade period.

Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. So she created a new multilingual project centered on Latin American women.

Chynna Clugston Flores' cult comic about a music-crazy high schooler and her mad mod friends is back after more than a decade. It's a largely autobiographical look at teen life in the early '90s.

An exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art highlights the remarkable skills and creativity of iron workers from over 100 ethnic groups across the continent.

The hours are long. The work is hard, and dirty. But this pig farmer in northeast Iowa loves what he does.

A new book about motherhood among Manhattan's elite has garnered a lot of attention. Commentator Tania Lombrozo suggests our obsession with parenting among the privileged stems from our own anxiety.

In a visit to Washington, the Ukrainian leader faces a small but growing chorus of skepticism at new funding for the war, as $24 billion of aid hangs in limbo ahead of a possible government shutdown.