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Books we love: NPR's top picks for 2021 memoirs

From NPR's yearly reading list, Books We Love, we hear suggestions for four memoirs that are well worth your time.

Cuba second baseman Alfredo Despaigne (1) leaps for the high throw from Ismael Ortega to make a force out at second base against Panama during the fifth inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament. (Tom E. Puskar/AP)

Cuba sends team to Little League World Series for the first time

The documentary "Little League Dreams" profiles Cuba’s top little leaguers as they prepare for the series in Pennsylvania.

Shein promotes clothes under $30, $20 or even $5, mostly made in China and shipped directly to shoppers.

America can't resist fast fashion. Shein, with all its issues, is tailored for it

With clothes cheaper than a latte, built for today's microtrends, Shein courts the same young women who launched the renaissance of thrifting and resale. Legal complaints about the company are many.

Ukrainian soldiers, who are also musicians, are on a thank you tour in the U.S.

The Ukrainian soldiers are on a U.S tour to thank Americans for the latest round of military aid to Ukraine -- and to court new support.

Benedictine College nuns denounce Harrison Butker's speech at their school

"Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division," the sisters wrote of the NFL kicker's controversial commencement address.

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., joins a 2018 U.S. Capitol protest against threats by then-President Donald Trump against Central American asylum-seekers to separate children from their parents along the southwest border to deter migrants from crossing into the United States.

As Republicans attack Harris on immigration, here’s what her California record reveals

Political observers say Kamala Harris' experience as the daughter of immigrants has intertwined with her career as a prosecutor to form a pattern: pro-immigration but tough in enforcing the law.

Ryan Kelly, Republication candidate for governor, attends a Freedom Rally in support of First Amendment rights and to protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Mich.

Michigan candidate for governor, Ryan Kelley, charged for Jan. 6 involvement

On Thursday, Ryan Kelley was charged with four misdemeanors related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He's one of five candidates on the Republican primary ballot for governor.

After a roast, comic Nikki Glaser says she needs to cleanse her brain

Glaser made headlines for her roast of Tom Brady. "All I want is people to like me," she says of her comedy. Glaser's latest HBO special is Someday You'll Die. Originally broadcast July 29, 2024.

How the gig economy inspired a cyberpunk video game

The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk "post-capitalist" future

Attorney General Merrick Garland attends a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, June 13, 2022 in Washington.

The attorney general and federal prosecutors are watching all of the Jan. 6 hearings

Pressure has been growing from Democrats and activists to charge more people, including those in high positions of power

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