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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ian Bassin, executive director of Protect Democracy, about different ways President Trump and his administration could be held accountable.

Earlier this year, Iran ordered Afghans living illegally in the country to leave. Since then, the government has labeled them Israeli spies, targeted their housing, employment and banking.

Beef has a bigger climate impact than just about anything on our plates. So are there more sustainable ways to raise cattle? Or is the answer when it comes to beef simply "less is more?"

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant break down the latest in Major League Baseball playoffs, the WNBA finals and a new hockey season.

Laura Shapiro has likened her method of biographical research to "standing in line at the supermarket and peering into the other carts." Critic Maureen Corrigan says her resulting book is fascinating.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Henri Barkey, a professor and Middle East specialist, about the risks and potential rewards of President Biden's visit to Israel.

Maggie Shipstead mocks the pretensions of New England WASPs, while Jessica Lott executes unexpected riffs on the student-professor relationship plot. Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two stellar fiction newcomers.

To Pakistan, the Afghan elections and the withdrawal of most U.S. troops seems reminiscent of the Soviet departure decades ago — leaving Afghanistan in Pakistan's lap, for better or worse.

Unlike postcard mountain resort towns, or Denver's booming, high-tech corridor, Pueblo is Colorado's faded industrial relic. But it's finding ways to grow into its next chapter.

We explore how the 2016 presidential election was affected by social media, fake news and fact checking, and discuss the new face of journalism and its…

The three candidates running for Pinellas County's District 13, Congressman Bill Young's former seat, debated for 90 minutes Tuesday morning to a sparse…

Singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis sprinkles her new CD with references to God, but she says she didn't plan it that way. "I think being broken-hearted is not the only thing you want to sing about," she says.

She's only 23, but the British rapper has already lived a lifetime in the music business. After entering the scene as a teenager, enjoying a No. 1 single and ultimately parting ways with Def Jam Records, she's now issued her sophomore release.

Late night TV has seen a recent exodus of non-white stars — from Desus and Mero and Ziwe to Trevor Noah himself.

Neil Cavuto is a relatively calm Fox News personality. He's a Wall Street conservative less prone to shouting than musing, a host given to letting his guests have their say. He hosts more hours of cable news than anyone else at the big three news cable channels: 17 hours of live shows a week. And he does that despite having multiple sclerosis, which prevents him from doing so much as reading from a teleprompter.

Kids remain an afterthought in police reforms, but there are few guidelines and no laws regarding police use of force against minors. There were thousands of such incidents in recent years.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida lawmaker who was disciplined after using a gay slur against a political rival and who lost re-election earlier this...

The CDC's tracker shows Florida has at least 72 cases of the variant as of June 15. The variant is considered more likely to cause severe illness in unvaccinated people.

Rallies took place across the country in opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court's likely overturn of Roe v Wade

Officials are not releasing as much water from Lake Okeechobee as they did during last year’s rainy season.

The owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home received the maximum possible sentence for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 aid.

Rubio’s debate strategy appeared to focus on taking digs at Demings where he thought he could, but mostly defending himself and the 11 years he has spent in the Senate. As challenger, Demings needed to raise doubts about Rubio in the minds of moderate voters.

How do you teach your kids about history when the story is also your own? Should parents set aside their own cultural baggage when telling the story of slavery or the holocaust? Regular parenting contributor Jolene Ivey talks about these questions with Iris Krasnow, who wrote about her Jewish heritage in 'I am My Mother's Daughter' and Loriene Roy, professor in the School of Information at the University of Texas.

The show's plot and very existence provoke larger questions around race, representation and casting.

Delta brought more damage to areas already hit hard by Hurricane Laura in August. By Saturday morning, the storm had weakened to a tropical depression, but more rain was expected in nearby states.