Watch live: Biden discusses the Silicon Valley Bank’s meltdown and the U.S. economy “I will deliver remarks on how we will maintain a resilient banking system to protect our historic economic recovery,” President Biden said. Read more on NPR

Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, a Nobel-winning author of poetic fiction, dies at 88 Oe’s works, including The Catch and A Personal Matter, were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son. Read more on NPR

‘Love at Six Thousand Degrees’ is a refreshing inversion of the trauma narrative Maki Kashimada’s work is a fascinating exploration of the sources of our own cruelty and our level of individual agency when healing from trauma. Read more on NPR

After 10 years as pope, Francis continues to reshape the Catholic Church The leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics has steered his church leftward after more than two decades of conservative leadership. Opposition within the Vatican is fierce. Read more on NPR

Climate is changing too quickly for the Sierra Nevada’s ‘zombie forests’ One in five Sierra Nevada conifers are no longer compatible with the environmental conditions around them, raising questions about how to manage the land. Researchers say it may get worse. Read more on NPR

Racial bias often creeps into home appraisals. Here’s what’s happening to change that Black and Latinx homes are more likely to be undervalued by real estate appraisers, who are mostly older white men. New recruiting and technology aims to change how appraisals are done and by whom. Read more on NPR

Got muscle pain from statins? A cholesterol-lowering alternative might be for you New evidence shows bempedoic acid works to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks, without the muscle pain that some people suffer when taking statins. Read more on NPR