Linton Weeks
Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News. He immediately hit the campaign trail, covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; fact-checking the debates; and exploring the candidates, the issues and the electorate.
Weeks is originally from Tennessee, and graduated from Rhodes College in 1976. He was the founding editor of Southern Magazine in 1986. The magazine was bought — and crushed — in 1989 by Time-Warner. In 1990, he was named managing editor of The Washington Post's Sunday magazine. Four years later, he became the first director of the newspaper's website, Washingtonpost.com. From 1995 until 2008, he was a staff writer in the Style section of The Washington Post.
He currently lives in a suburb of Washington with the artist Jan Taylor Weeks. In 2009, they created The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation to honor their beloved sons.
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Mostly forgotten or out of print, these picture books triggered conversations about integration. -
Between 1886 and 1919, Andrew Carnegie planted nearly 1,700 libraries across America. Over the years they grew. Now they are trying to survive. -
For at least a century or so, April flowers led to showers of May baskets on the front-door knobs of American homes. -
In the 1930s, the Nazi movement was on the rise in Europe — and at summer camps for kids in the United States.
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Remembering cool words that are no longer cool — or even used much. -
How certain words related to addictive behavior have shifted over the centuries — in 14 colorful charts.
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On April 12, 2015, the world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jonas Salk's vaccine that helped defeat a contagious, crippling virus.
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In certain places in American history, showing a little leg has been illegal — for men and women.
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Tucked away in the archives of the University of South Carolina is a video clip of a rousing King speech. -
When news organizations make fun of the news, it can be funny — or not.
