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Former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, at a gun show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in October. Giffords was shot in the head in a 2011 mass shooting in Tucson. She and Kelly have since founded a political action committee to push for tougher gun laws.

Newtown Anniversary Marked By Gun Control Stalemate

On the surface, it may look like the gun lobby ultimately won the political battles that mattered in the past year. After all, Congress failed to pass tougher gun laws. But the reality is more mixed; the result was more of a standoff.

Karen (Emma Thompson) tries to console Daniel (Liam Neeson), whose wife has recently died.

The Case For — And Against — Loving 'Love Actually'

These past few weeks, a battle over why you should love or hate the film has bubbled up on the Internet. We wade in.

Rosanne Cash, seen here in 1956 with her dad Johnny, is one of many musicians featured in <em>Oxford American</em> magazine's winter issue on the music of Tennessee.

What Makes Tennessee's Music So Very Special?

Oxford American magazine has a few answers, not to mention one killer Tennessee mixtape. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with editor Roger Hodge and music editor Rick Clark about assembling the magazine's new issue on the music of Tennessee and its companion two-CD sampler.

The Colobus Monkeys diorama at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, completed in 1941.

In The Background: Art You May Never Notice

Why that unassuming museum art — which you'll find behind taxidermic bison and birds — deserves a closer look.

NPR NSFW? Checking Out The Sexy Books On Mobile

We've gotten some of the metrics back on NPR's Book Concierge and the results are a little surprising: the most popular combination of tags people searched for was Let's Talk About Sex plus Really Great Writing.

<em>Three Marines Walking Through a Battlezone</em> is one of many sketches that Harry Jackson produced while serving as a Marine Combat Artist during WWII.

Sun May Set On The Collected Works Of A Western Icon

The prodigious output of the great Western artist Harry Jackson is kept and exhibited by his son Matt in Cody, Wyo. But funds are running low, and unless donations come soon, the collection of Jackson's work will have to be separated and sold piecemeal.

Ka'nard Allen, twice a victim of gun violence, started at a new this fall in New Orleans. Administrators say he's just like any other fifth-grader, despite all the adversity he's faced in his life.

A Common Story: Bullet's Trajectory Interrupts Child's Path

Ka'nard Allen, 11, has been caught in New Orleans crossfire — twice. He survived, but his extraordinary story made him a symbol of the toll violence takes on children in American cities. What happens after the bullets stop flying? How does a child get up after being gunned down?

A woman hugs a student at Shepherd of the Hills Church near Arapahoe High School after a school shooting on Friday in Centennial, Colorado.

As Centennial, Colo., Picks Up The Pieces, Sandy Hook Marks Anniversary

After a gunman burst onto a Centennial, Colo., high school, the community is asking a familiar question: Why? In

In New Delhi, India, a gay rights activist cries amid a protest against the Indian Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a ban on gay sex.

For The Ruling In India, Two Books To Measure Its Impact

In a recent ruling, the Indian Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex. Two authors react to the news with two very different recommendations. Manil Suri suggests that readers check out a book of interviews, while Ruth Franklin turns to Victorian England for a look at a similar law's effects.

IN PICTURES: Mandela's Journey Home

On the final leg of 10 days of mourning, Nelson Mandela's body was flown from the seat of government in Pretoria to his ancestral hometown of Quno.

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