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Partners Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne join NPR's Juana Summers to chat about their new directorial-debut film, AM I OK? which released on Max on June 6.

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to fortify the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and end longstanding discriminatory practices that prevented them from voting.

Arkin, who died June 29, got his start creating characters with the comedy troupe Second City and later won an Oscar for his role in Little Miss Sunshine. Originally broadcast Sept. 29, 1989.

In the '60s, some advocates wanted everyone to have access to psychedelics. Not everyone agreed. Now, with psychedelics growing in popularity, the tensions between access, money, and research are back.

The lovelorn underdogs that populate the band's debut album combat conformity in every way imaginable.

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993.

After years spent as the go-to guy for a cross-pollinating L.A. music scene, the multi-hyphenate follows his spiritual mission inward for the sprawling series Love Is Louder Than Algorithms.

Trump is appealing decisions to keep him off the ballots in Colorado and Maine — while several other states consider challenges to the former president appearing on their state's primary ballots.

Lake Okeechobee is Florida’s “Liquid Heart,” and people who depend on it for irrigation, drinking water, recreation and their livelihoods are often in...

Adriana DeJesus doesn't remember getting a letter. Her kids - 6-year-old Angel, and son, Christian – have been covered by Medicaid plans since birth....

Groups and organizations around the Tampa Bay region have planned events to commemorate Veterans Day. The events, which include parades, job fairs,…

The building burned for hours on Monday, with smoke billowing into the sky. The cause of the cathedral's blaze was not immediately known, but the initial investigation points to an accident.

Spring begins at 11:50 p.m. ET on March 19 this year. It is the earliest nationwide vernal equinox since 1896. Why, you ask? Get ready for orbital mechanics and a lot of information about calendars.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) about his role as an impeachment manager.

President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration has been largely downsized because of the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Breakthrough infections continue to hit Capitol Hill, with vaccinated members announcing positive coronavirus cases amid a surge caused by the delta variant.

The independent Oversight Board on Wednesday is expected to say whether Facebook should uphold or reverse a ban on the former president put in place after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.

The Corps and Miami-Dade would have shared the $4.6 billion cost for the work that included fortress-like flood walls and gates. How much the Corps pays will now depend on the plan the county proposes.

Flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Milliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the latest on attempts to resettle Afghan refugees.

New Yorker journalist Jane Mayer says a well-funded national movement is "really going all in on this Trump lie" in an effort to change the way ballots are cast and counted.

Growing ever-closer to the public area in the 13,500-acre Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a forest of extremely thirsty, ecosystem-changing, shape-shifting, pollen-producing Carolina willows that have invaded the wet prairies.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for a halt to a deal that hands over operations at six U.S. ports to a company owned by Dubai. President Bush threatened to veto any legislation seeking to delay the $6.8 billion takeover. A look at why the transaction is so controversial.

The parents of a transgender child are fighting the Texas governor and attorney general, after child protective services began investigating the family for getting their child gender-affirming care.