It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while ...

This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question ...

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' ...

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were ...

Chicken wings are abundant and relatively affordable for this weekend's Super Bowl. That's in contrast to the egg market, which has thrown for a loss by avian flu.

Shortly after Kendrick Lamar took home five Grammy awards, he's getting his biggest single audience ever, as the featured artist of this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.