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In this week's Black History Month salute, writer Kai Wright tells how freed blacks in northern cities quickly discovered ways to become politically engaged. In 1817, thousands of blacks in Philadelphia made a statement to whites by unifying to boldly renounce unjust practices rooted in slavery.

Millions of people living in rural areas don't have access to broadband Internet. It's expensive to build networks from scratch so local communities are trying new ways to get people online.

The drought is forcing western states to rethink how much water they use — including dozens of coal-fired power plants that provide electricity to millions.

The chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation's biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, about the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes a number of provisions to tackle climate change and health care costs. But whether it really fights inflation is less clear.

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.

There's no better way to build a team than to start a band, say the executives of one telecom firm who met while playing music. Soon, their employees will play against each other in a companywide battle of the bands. The only rule is they have to pick an instrument they don't already know how to play.

Gospel's elder statesmen reach back to their roots, seven decades down the line.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ex-U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein about the U.S.-Saudi relationship after OPEC decided to cut oil production. President Biden was disappointed by the decision.

With the unemployment rate at a two-year high and the housing market in a slump, talk of a recession is on the rise. Stephanie AuWerter, editor of SmartMoney, and Stephen Viscusi, author of On the Job, offer tips on what you can do to protect yourself when the economy is looking grim.

On Friday, the Labor Department reported that fewer jobs had been added to the work force than economists had expected. Plus, the unemployment rate stayed stuck at 8.2 percent. Unsurprisingly, Republicans pounced on those numbers to make their case for defeating President Obama.

Robert Harris, a director of Los Angles Police Protective League, fends off criticism that the union opposes change and slams LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's proposed cuts to the police department budget.

A new sign of economic woes for Americans during the pandemic: Unemployment claims reported Thursday morning by the government jump just as many federal relief programs are set to expire.

As the midterms draw near, candidates are sparring with one another on social media. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with professor Jenny Stromer-Galley.

The deal allows Ukraine to resume shipments from the Black Sea to world markets and Russia to export grain and fertilizers, clearing the way for millions of tons of desperately needed materials.

The agreement Thursday capped a months-long bidding war and arrives one day after Spirit's attempt to merge with Frontier Airlines fell apart. The deal still needs approval from antitrust regulators.

The school superintendent in Uvalde, Texas, wants the district's police chief, Pete Arredondo, to be fired. Arredondo led the botched law enforcement response to the shooting in which 21 people died.

Among the inductees during today's National Baseball Hall of Fame is a little-known player named Bud Fowler. His inclusion represents an effort to highlight Black players predating Jackie Robinson.

Some Los Angeles City Council members are facing increasing pressure to resign after a leaked recording revealed racist and derogatory comments made during a conversation with a local labor leader.

The Biden administration is trying to make it easier for tech companies to connect Iranians to the internet. It is one way they're supporting the protest movement sparked by the death of a woman.

Here & Now host Celeste Headlee talks with NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute professor Chenjerai Kumanyika and Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah about Ye's recent anti-semitic comments.

Millions of dollars have been spent to digitize medical records. But doctors are only slowly adopting the the new systems, and many systems won't talk to each other. Some now wonder when the promised benefits in care and cost savings will arrive.

Faced with a deluge of disinformation about the voting process, election officials around the U.S. are hiring public relations specialists to explain how democracy works to voters.

Drug overdose deaths among teens and young adults have nearly doubled since 2019. There's concern that counterfeit pills, laced with fentanyl, sold via social media sites, are partly to blame.