NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Hollywood agent Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas about her novel "Climbing in Heels," which follows the path of three women secretaries at a Hollywood agency in the '80s.

Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump Administration cancelled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting the funds for vital infrastructure fixes, meant to withstand future disasters.

Is private philanthropy an option to fill the gaps in funding for universities seeing federal funding threatened or frozen? NPR asks New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer.