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Adam Benforado's new book, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice, describes a system in which race, accents and even attractiveness couldn't play a role in a jury's decision.

Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new documentary Pioneers of Primetime, a film that looks back at the early days of television and the icons who invented a new genre of entertainment.

Movie Love In The Fifties offers a view of America as it was 50 years ago, a postwar nation whose struggle to understand race and sex and fashion was reflected in films that weren't all pitched to the appetites of teenage boys.

Saeed Jones' visceral, affecting new poetry collection, Prelude to Bruise, centers on the experience of Boy, an African-American child negotiating gender, sexuality and family in the South.

Ann Patchett has a knack for taking her readers to completely new places and her latest novel is no exception. Patchett takes on everlasting fertility in the deadly, mysterious depths of the Amazon in State of Wonder.

The Mexican American musician Cuco released his new album last week, filled with nostalgic, psychedelic R&B tracks. Writer Nayeli Portillo shares their favorite songs from Fantasy Getaway.

In the digital age it's easy to forget how important it is, for health and well being, to slow down enjoy each meal.

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have been talking, and President Trump says if they can come to an agreement, he will support it.

Rising sea levels are a danger in West Oakland, Calif., where some residents and activists believe climate justice is a form of reparations.

NPR's David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the state of U.S. retailers now that J.Crew has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The Pretrial Fairness Act is part of a sweeping criminal justice reform package. Amid fierce Republican opposition and a pending lawsuit, Illinois prepares to implement the change on Jan. 1.

The corruption trial for a former fundraiser with ties to Barack Obama has begun in Chicago. Businessman Tony Rezko is accused of trying to extort millions of dollars in payoffs and campaign cash from companies seeking to do business with the state of Illinois.

After experiencing an act of kindness herself, Brittany Starks found a unique way to help parents prepare their children for the return to school: by braiding kids' hair for free.

This summer, Morning Edition will bring you love stories — from what the future of marriage looks like to what love songs say about us.

Now that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics are over, photographer Eman Mohammed shares her project that celebrates the accomplishments of Muslim-American women athletes and future Olympic hopefuls.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doesn't trade stocks, but thinks lawmakers should be able to pick individual stocks. The top House Republican backs a new ban amid a bipartisan push for reform.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Bobby Allyn describes how he landed a scoop and what he learned from years of reporting on the CEO of Tesla, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

According to a post on his verified Twitter feed, he died following a long illness. He was 67.

Florida lawmakers are watching a projected $1 billion surplus disappear before their eyes. The cause: the impending loss of $1 billion in federal funds...

Engineers are designing for an increasingly soggy future in a rough industrial bay west of Riviera Beach, building Erector set-style defenses to keep out…

Severe drought is forcing some ranchers to send cattle to slaughter early. That's sparked a temporary glut in beef that's leading to lower prices, but it won't last.

Ten years after the financial crisis, the recovery hasn't reached everywhere. After the plant at which they worked was shuttered, three members of a family saw their lives change in unexpected ways.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Semler about her new album. On Preacher's Kid, Semler reckons with her faith and queerness.

Russia's communications regulator says it will fine Wikipedia up to $47,000 for not complying with requests to take down information. It has made similar warnings to Google about YouTube videos.

With the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma, thousands of Floridians left the state because of potential high storm surge, which is the rise of sea...