Chicago has been plagued by an epidemic of nearly constant bloodletting. What strategies have been most promising?

Historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar discusses her book "Never Caught," which chronicles the life of Ona Judge. Judge was a slave owned by George and Martha Washington. At age 22 she escaped from Washington's mansion in Philadelphia.

For centuries the human race has been grappling with how to live a moral life. In this conversation we hear from scholars who think deeply about moral philosophy and helping others.

Throughout history, young people have been at the center of activism: the Civil Rights movement, Black Lives Matter, the labor movement, and now gun violence.

Why do people do evil things? We hear from Yale psychologist Paul Bloom and journalist Graeme Wood about the nature of evil.

The debate around gun laws is resurfacing in the wake of the deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Can America’s shared sorrow inspire a consensus that gun violence should be tackled as a public health issue?

Historian Jon Meacham speaks with journalist John Dickerson about what today's politicians can learn from historical figures like Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Franklin Roosevelt.

US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith says her true self comes out in her work. Poetry, she says, helps her wrestle with dark, sometimes unresolvable questions.

If you’re white and middle class, you were probably raised thinking that discussing race was impolite. Color blindness was seen as a virtue.

Born 28 years and 7,000 miles apart in Connecticut and Pakistan, TV producer Norman Lear and Pakistani American lawyer Khizr Khan are united as American citizens, friends, and agents of change.