There are situations where making judgments about people based on limited information is not only accepted but required. One of those situations is open adoption, where birth mothers actually choose the adoptive parents for their child.

Two people see one of President Trump’s first executive orders and get excited, and then get to work. (30 minutes)

When Yousef Hammash left Gaza a year ago, his sisters decided to stay behind.

Editor Nancy Updike tries to make sense of this current moment by talking to a master of dark comedy, Armando Ianucci. (19 minutes)