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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to a Texas Republican criticizing Gov Greg Abbott's new truck inspection policy at the border, saying it's causing long delays and could lead to high prices for consumers.

She's a spider's spider — sophisticated, pretty (by her own account), authoritarian — and she says something profound about love and commitment. Melissa Block looks at the heroine of Charlotte's Web.

NPR's Leila Fadel follows up with a couple of students from Michigan's Wayne State University to see how their views of the candidates have evolved since she last interviewed them in February.

Arnaldo Silva and his daughter Vanessa supported each other through chemotherapy treatments several years ago. Now, they are facing another fight.

Haunted houses are a staple of the Halloween season, but they are looking a little different this year due to the pandemic.

As Americans think about recession, a pandemic, racial justice, climate change and policing, many Trump voters (or potential Trump voters) bring up abortion in explaining their voting rationale.

The former Republican party chair in Columbus, Ga., chats with the former head of the local NAACP chapter for “One Small Step” -- a StoryCorps effort to bring together people with different political beliefs.

Stigma, poverty, immigration issues and access to care are among the main causes to blame for Florida’s high rates of HIV and AIDS .

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar about her reaction to Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Catholic church.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor and writer at the New Yorker Jill Lepore about her new book, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."

Religion scholar Elaine Pagels lost her young son to terminal illness and her husband a year later in an accident. Her new book combines memoir and biblical scholarship to reflect on loss and faith.

It’s a low-hire job market right now, which makes being a new college graduate bittersweet.

The storm caused significant damage in the southern part of Sarasota County, but Supervisor of Elections Ron Turner says the turnout so far has been on par with what his office saw in 2018.

Any day now, the United Nations will declare India's population the largest in the world. The country's next generation is poised to be healthier, more literate — and more female — than ever before.

NPR's Jonaki Mehta and Matt Ozug talk about what producers actually do on the radio and how they shape the news listeners hear every day.

From Florida’s failing tobacco policies to giant rodents munching lettuce, we cover the state’s public health challenges, community cleanups, street safety, and a cafe that's more about animal education than lattes.

He spoke to The NPR Politics Podcast about his political identity as a nationalist and expanding Donald Trump's "America First" message to a new audience.

After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.

Brazil has been hit by a number of wildfires as the country experiences a historic drought.

The Biden administration has approved more than $2.3 billion for those affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. Studies show the system for distributing the funds deepens historical divides.

South Africans credit President Cyril Ramaphosa for keeping his cool as President Trump made a choreographed presentation accusing the country of murdering white farmers.

The new series "Alternate Realities" from NPR's Embedded looks at the way one family was divided by conspiracies and how a bet helped bring one of them back from the rabbit hole.

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he has become its saint. But he didn't do it alone.

Congress is heading home for recess — swapping the halls of the Capitol for the campaign trail. They won't be back until after the election.