Need To Know

Afghanistan; Texas schoolbook war; cancer prevention

We visit a tiny, embattled outpost on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, explore a conversative group’s efforts to rewrite history in Texas, and offer five things you need to know about preventing cancer. Plus: Interviews with author Susan Jacoby, former National Security Council member Brett McGurk, an animation from Steve Brodner and Next Week’s News with Andy Borowitz.

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