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Karen Danielson, who was raised Catholic, converted to Islam 30 years ago....
Making The Switch: An American Woman's Journey To Islam
Karen Danielson was raised Catholic, but she became a Muslim when she was 19. The conversion came with some difficult personal decisions, but she stresses the shift was spiritual, rather than cultural.
Economists Rethink Turkish 'Economic Miracle'
The anti-government protests in Turkey come at a sensitive moment for the nation's economy. Long considered an economic bright spot, Turkey's recent unrest has economists wondering if they were wrong.
Syria Conflict Targets Schools
A new Human Rights Watch report finds that both government and opposition forces have attacked schools and endangered students. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin speaks with the report's author, Priyanka Motaparthy.
NSA Director Denies Data Mining
Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Dina Temple-Raston about National Intelligence Director James Clapper's statement that NSA surveillance is "fully debated and authorized by Congress."
T-Bone Burnett, John Mellencamp and Stephen King are the creative team behin...
A Rock Star, A Novelist And A Super-Producer Write A Musical
No, it's not the setup to a joke. John Mellencamp, Stephen King and T-Bone Burnett are the creative team behind Ghosts of Darkland County, a stage show based on a true story of small-town tragedy.
The Shining Girls cover...
Time-Traveling Serial Killer Hunts For 'The Shining Girls'
Over the last 15 years, the South African writer Lauren Beukes has been a journalist, a screenwriter, a documentarian — and most recently, a novelist. Her new book is called The Shining Girls, a summer thriller about a time-traveling serial killer and the victim who escapes to hunt him down.