In an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Jon Wertheim, author Margaret Atwood joked about the signature red cloak and bonnet: "Well, if you have a cult, and if you have totalitarianism, you have to have outfits."
Margaret Atwood's books are increasingly being banned, including her dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale." She talks about what inspired the book, and why she believes it became so popular.
Margaret Atwood's fiction tells of future worlds plagued by totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and global pandemic. At 85, she looks not forward but back at her her own life in a new memoir.
Federal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs for years. The White House is pressuring universities to align with the president's political agenda, or risk losing their funding.
