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Food banks face limited supplies. A food bank in Roanoke, Va., is working with local community members, health care providers and other nonprofits to explore new ways to address hunger.

Jim Lehrer was slammed for losing control of last week's presidential debate, and Martha Raddatz is confronting criticism in the lead-up to Thursday's VP battle. But how much control can a moderator exert over ambitious and strong-willed candidates, especially when the stakes are so high?

In neighborhoods across the country, groups of people are banding together to help the elderly stay in their homes. These non-profit groups are called "villages," and they help provide seniors with security, practical help and companionship they need to stay happily in the home they love.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Jeffery Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, why he dedicated an issue of the magazine to the potential dangers of a second term for former President Donald Trump.

A newly issued Chinese passport featuring a map that lays claim to disputed territory with several neighboring countries is only the latest case of cartographic aggression. From Latin America to East Asia, maps have long played a central role in territorial tussles.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dr. Andrea Palmer, a Fort Worth OB-GYN, about the "medical emergency" exception in Texas' abortion ban.

A bill that would allow people who have dropped out of high school to get tuition waivers to pursue diplomas and workforce credentials at Florida colleges got unanimous backing Wednesday from a key House committee.

Mel Brooks' satirical Western got mixed reviews when it opened in February 1974, but it became the year's biggest box office hit.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John McWhorter, Columbia University linguist and New York Times columnist about the recent Merriam-Webster declaration that English sentences may end with prepositions.

El Paso is the new illegal crossing hot spot on the southern border. Officials say they have run out of room to process migrants, and they're encountering more and more infectious diseases.

The area has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane in over 100 years. But its topography and dense population make it especially susceptible to severe damage from storm surges.

David Greene talks to Rep. Daniel Donovan, one of 13 Republicans who voted against the House version of the tax bill, about his concerns with the proposed legislation.

President Trump is scheduled to fly to Puerto Rico on Tuesday to survey post-Hurricane Maria damage. Food, clean water and electricity are still in short supply, though aid is finally moving.

The new two-part documentary, which premieres Friday on HBO, is a good example of the tension between access and objectivity that filmmakers face in making documentaries on celebrities.

Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eric Hoover, reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, about how last year's chaotic rollout of the FAFSA is affecting colleges and universities.

This dramatic home — which you might recognize from The Big Lebowski — clings to the side of a canyon above Los Angeles. It's being given to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The Obama administration acknowledged last week that there's evidence the Syrian government had used chemical weapons. President Obama warned Syria not to cross that "red line," and now some Washington lawmakers are urging the president to take forceful action — including military intervention. Renee Montagne talks with Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa program director at the International Crisis Group, about Obama's options in Syria.

Israel's military offensive against Hamas is now focused on Gaza's second largest city, Khan Younis. The hospital there is overwhelmed with newly wounded people, but many doctors have fled.

Palestinians across Gaza say they're starving and cold without enough food or shelter. Aid groups say Israel is not letting enough supplies into Gaza. Armed gangs are also stealing aid.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about how this latest round of U.S. aid will affect the situation in Ukraine — on and off the battlefield with Russia.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik looks at the role that conservative media may have played in the upset defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his Republican primary.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Flint resident Melissa Mays, a clean water activist, about the EPA's proposed rule that most U.S. cities will have to replace lead water pipes within the next 10 years.

It was billed as a Red State-Blue State debate between men with different governing ideologies: Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis, running for the GOP presidential nod, and Calif. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.