James Baldwin was an activist, an orator, a style icon, but on NPR's Book of the Day,

we'll dissect the thing he was most known for his writing.

That last clause kind of reads like a horror story.

Right?

There's something deeply, deeply ominous about the way that that opening paragraph closes.

Celebrate Black History Month with us as we examine some of

his best works on NPR's Book of the Day podcast.

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump canceled an event with Ukrainian

President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign a deal that would have shored up U.S. support for

Ukraine. After a meeting in the Oval Office today turned hostile, and PR's Lexi Shepiddle has details.

Trump and Zelensky were expected to sign a deal on rare earth minerals, one that Trump had

touted as an important step toward ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.

But a meeting between the two leaders quickly became heated.

Your country's in big trouble.

Can I ask?

No, no. You've done a lot of talking.

Your country is in big trouble.

I know.

You're not winning. You're not winning this.

You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. repeatedly, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance told Zelensky he should be thankful for U.S.

support and accused him of being disrespectful after he questioned the prospects of diplomacy with

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lexi Shepiddle, NPR News, Washington. After the Oval

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