Kristen Meinzer

Most of us know that environmental change is an issue and that our choices affect it... so why aren't we doing all we should to fix things? David Biello, associate online editor for S...

Kristen Lombardi, investigative reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, just completed an in-depth investigation on how college campuses have created judiciary systems to handle...

Can you have faith but not believe in God? There are a growing number of atheists who declare themselves "faithful," but not all religious leaders think their belief system makes sens...

Wes Anderson's first animated film, "Fantastic Mr. Fox," was released nationwide yesterday. He chats with us about the process of auditioning puppets for the film, the magic of direct...

Today, on what's marketed as “the biggest shopping day of the year,” we check in with two small business owners facing their first Black Friday: Michael Sclafani, who operates the Par...

As part of our week of coverage on Faith in America, we talk to Obama's 27-year-old head of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua Dubois. What is the line between church a...

A year ago, terrorists attacked hotels in Mumbai, India. We talk to Linda Blake, contributor for the Wall Street Journal in Mumbai, about what's happening there today, and to Felix Am...

Disney’s first movie to feature a black princess, “The Princess and The Frog,” opens this week in select cities, and nationwide on December 11. Jeff Yang, trend foreca...

We're entering the season for charitable giving around the country. But are the rising needs outweighing the charity? We check in with Susan Bond, who works in the trenches at the Sam...

As the annual hajj pilgrimage begins, we check in with BBC reporter in Mecca, Shahzeb Jilani. We also talk with the State Department’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Fa...

We continue our week-long series on faith in America with Laurel Snyder, editor of "Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes," who talks about growing up in a Jewish/Catholic ho...

We begin a week-long series on faith in America with a conversation about pushing boundaries within religious traditions. Jay Bakker, son of 'televangelists' Jim and Tammy Faye, discu...

Today, on the day that the National Book Award winners will be announced, Patrik Henry Bass, Takeaway contributor and books editor for Essence, tells us who's nominated, who he thinks...

[Rakim's "Guess Who's Back"] Rakim’s influence is all over contemporary hip hop (and beyond it), from Tupac and Jay-Z to Eminem and Rage Against the Machine. He relea...

As Sarah Palin chats with Oprah and releases her new book, "Going Rogue," we take a look at the role of women in the GOP and Palin's political future. Why are there relatively few Rep...

Fifty years ago today, Truman Capote came across an article in The New York Times about an entire family murdered in their Kansas home. He immediately began to investigate the crime a...

[Lou Dobbs' leaving CNN was kept secret until he made this announcement on-air] This week, Lou Dobbs surprised the world by announcing that he would be leaving CNN. K...

Last year, Judge Robert T. Russell, Jr. of Buffalo, N.Y., started the nation's first veterans' court to deal with the specific needs of former military personnel accused of minor crim...

Twenty years after the Berlin Wall came down, we talk to Ros Atkins, host of the BBC's World Have Your Say, live from Berlin.  We're also joined by two Germans – one from the West and...

[Watch the trailer for the just-released film "Precious"] Before it was a film, "Precious" was a screenplay. And before it was a screenplay, it was a novel called "Pu...