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Geena Davis' new memoir, Dying of Politeness, looks back on her life and career. In a conversation with NPR's Morning Edition, she reflects on some of those iconic roles and how they shaped her.

Productivity is probably the most important economic indicator for the health of an economy, and in the U.S. it's falling. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 5, 2022.)

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Paul Hannon of The Wall Street Journal about the World Trade Organization predicting a sharp slowdown in trade as nations grapple with inflation and rising energy costs.

The World Cup begins next month in Qatar. France is the defending champion, but French cities have decided not to show the games at public gatherings to protest Qatar's record on human rights.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to conservative strategist Ralph Reed about Herschel Walker, Georgia's anti-abortion Senate candidate, who has GOP support despite reports he paid for a girlfriend's abortion.

Officials at the White House are figuring out how to spend more than $52 billion on semiconductor projects. The Biden administration's point person lays out the goals and the pitfalls.

The WTO predicts a sharp slowdown in global trade. Ukrainian forces are taking back territory that had been captured by Russia. A new NPR poll shows President Biden's approval rating is up.

Ernaux often addresses issues of gender, language, class and shame in her work. Her writing blurs the line between memoir and fiction such as A Woman's Story, I Remain in Darkness and Cleaned Out.

The president's approval rating is up to 44%, but 7-in-10 people say the country is going in the wrong direction, and young and Black voters are among the least likely to vote this fall.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.