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NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Belinda Deneen Wallace, a professor at the University of New Mexico, about a new Pew report finding 1 in 10 Black people in the U.S. were born outside the country.

Esposito discusses her new album, Same Sex Symbol, and tells NPR's Arun Rath she feels concern for the people who heckle her about her sexuality: "I just wonder, what's up with your life? Are you OK?"

The Trump administration is pushing for a national school voucher plan, which is part of the budget bill now before the Senate. But research on the success of voucher programs is mixed.

Less than 24 hours after the Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to admit international students, the university filed a lawsuit.

While tornadoes can obliterate communities, hailstorms cause damage across much larger areas.

The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.

Juan Carlos Cruz, who spent birthdays and Christmas with Pope Francis and advised him on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, said "there's still a lot to do, but I'm proud of what he started."

Bonds are selling off, and investors are "selling America," thanks to mounting worries over the national deficit.

A bail hearing in South Africa for Paralympic star and accused murderer Oscar Pistorius had members of the gallery gasping. Host Melissa Block talks with journalist Andrew Harding about a wild day of testimony and challenges.

The oil giant is paying billions of dollars to businesses hurt by the 2010 spill, but won't pay business owners hurt by a government drilling moratorium that was put in place after the spill.

The Obama administration is exploring ways to prevent U.S. businesses from relocating abroad to save money on taxes. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew indicated that Congress would need to act, but now the administration says it is looking for ways to act on its own.

An county judge has denied the travel request for former deputy Eddie Duran, who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson.

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker rejected a request by a consortium of technology companies for a preliminary injunction that would have at least further temporarily blocked the state’s ban from taking effect.

In the U.S., possessing and selling marijuana is a federal crime, so banks have ignored this emerging market. In Canada, financial institutions are beginning to back corporate cannabis producers.

Cheerleaders for the Washington, D.C., NFL team are describing a uncomfortable topless photo shoot followed by a possibly mandatory night out with sponsors that took place in Costa Rica in 2013. The situation underscores the lack of power NFL cheerleaders have across the league.

Ryan Petty, father of slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Alaina, speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his campaign for school board and what he thinks can be done to improve school safety.

Thousands of coal miners who are suffering from an advanced stage of black lung disease fear that, if Congress doesn't act, a government fund set up to help them won't have enough money.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Frum, a senior editor for The Atlantic, about the anonymous op-ed that The New York Times says was written by a Trump administration official.

The day after a deadly attack, India announced it was closing a border with Pakistan, downgrading its diplomatic ties and suspending the Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan denies involvement in the attack.

Local law enforcement and the U.S. Army Reserves might have thwarted a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. A commission says the killer showed signs that could have put him in protective custody.

"Why is this bill stalled? It’s part of a pattern we’re seeing"

The refugees escaping the civil war in Sudan recount the violence which took the lives of many men and boys. That violence, they say, was directed towards those of particular tribes and skin colors.

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS."

Soon after Bashar al-Assad's regime fell in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Israel paved the way for the uprising by its attacks on Iran and its proxies.

Both parties are making a last-minute push to get voters to the polls in this key Sun Belt swing state.