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It's the end of an era, as Johnson Publishing Co. announced plans to cease printing Jet. The magazine, which started some 63 years ago, was long a staple for many African-Americans.

In the post-World War II economy, most Americans lived in middle-income homes. But that has been shifting for decades. Today, middle-income families make up less than 50 percent of all households.

As President Joe Biden seeks a second term in office, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that a majority of Americans are concerned about his mental fitness.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to drop their report on Dec. 21. It's a public document, but book publishers are poised to get the report into your hands.

After Nancy Glynn got pregnant, she learned her employer didn't offer paid family leave. Then, like many Americans, she discovered it was hard to get by without it.

FOLKSBIENE: The Folksbiene (FOKES-bee-nah) Playhouse is the ountry's oldest and only Yiddish theater company. As part of the American alkers series, we hear from the company's president, 102-year old Morris Adler, nd leading actress Zypora Spaisman (zah-POOR-ah SPIZE-mahn). (The Folksbiene heater is located in Manhattan at 123 E 55 St.; 212-755-2231.)

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the beloved Southern literary magazine that's lifting up its small town roots and finding a new home and new financial footing in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Oxford American almost disappeared for lack of money, until a Little Rock publishing company decided to bankroll the publication, on the condition it move to town.

For quite a while, the annual number of fatalities from auto accidents has been a kind of shorthand for health issues that are big and important. Suicides now exceed deaths from crashes. And the middle-aged have seen the biggest increase in suicide rates.

Los Angeles Times columnist Frank Shyong speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the racism that Asian Americans and Asian-owned businesses are facing during the coronavirus epidemic.

NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello presents his annual list of top ten films of the year. He says he really could only justify putting nine on the list this year.