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Regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times, discuss the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the GOP Senate primary in Mississippi.

President Trump has ended so-called humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, jeopardizing the legal status of nearly 1.5 million immigrants in the U.S.

Retired tennis player James Blake has written a book about athletes who take on social causes after he was tackled by a police officer. He talks with Rachel Martin about his book Ways of Grace.

Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers union. NPR's Leila Fadel talks with the union's president Shawn Fain.

In her new memoir, author and journalist Beth Macy returns to her hometown of Urbana, Ohio to learn how it changed from a stable working- and middle-class community to a town struggling with poverty.

Navigating elementary school is already hard enough — try adding in a bulky metal hearing aid. Cece Bell's new young adult graphic memoir captures the experience in a poignant and humorous way.

After a bad bout of COVID that had her fearing she'd lose her voice completely, the country-pop superstar is back with an album she says is determined to look on the bright side.

More than a week after the election, in which he was 5,000 votes behind, Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded the race to Democrat Andy Beshear, the state attorney general.

“So this is what my childhood tastes like.”Reporter and Morning Edition host Jessica Meszaros tells Florida Matters host Robin Sussingham there’s…

Researchers are helping Missoula county officials learn who’s calling 911 during heat waves. Rural callers are disproportionately affected, prompting emergency planners to rethink their approach.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with developmental economist Lant Pritchett about how migration could offset the economic consequences of global demographic changes.

She is neither a misunderstood genius nor a child celebrity. She has not witnessed the extraordinary. Yet Amy Krouse Rosenthal wants you to know about her life. Her new memoir is an encyclopedia of herself, in alphabetical order. Mallory Kasdan profiles the writer.

House Republicans put forth a proposal to fund the government that includes $30 million for lawmaker security, as Congress grapples with increasing political violence.

In 1934, 13-year-old Thomas Varnadoe and his brother, Hubert, were sent to the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys for allegedly stealing a typewriter. In...

To pilots, especially ones in mortal danger, air traffic controllers are voices at the end of a lifeline, saviors of the skies. On the ground, they are average people, exposed to the threat of emotional trauma and juggling high-risk problems in one of the most stressful jobs in America.

In the age of digital media, many newspapers have been forced to gut their staffs, leading some media analysts to sound the death knell for enterprise reporting and long-form storytelling. Not so fast, say the craft's most passionate advocates.

The Butner federal prison complex in North Carolina is where a quarter of federal inmate deaths occur. It includes a medical facility but inmates aren't getting needed care, there or at other prisons.

What do a strong latte, a drop in barometric pressure, and soybeans have in common? Neurologist Dr. David Buchholz believes they're all triggers for migraines. And he doesn't believe heavy-duty pain medications are the answer.

Florida has the most choices of any state for students with special needs: public, private, charter and home schooling. Still, some families can't find a good fit.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with musician Jason Isbell about his new album Weathervanes, much of which he wrote during the downtime he had on set in Oklahoma filming Killers of the Flower Moon.

Nadia Bolz-Weber was a standup comic who opened up a church for people who didn't belong. "My job is to ... remind people that they're absolutely loved," she says. Her new memoir is Accidental Saints.

Writer Philip Caputo returns to Kent State University, 35 years after he covered the shootings there as a young Chicago Tribune reporter. His new book, Thirteen Seconds, searches for meaning in the violence.

Authorities say a Florida man is facing murder and other charges for allegedly setting fire to a home in which four people and three dogs died.

Gov. DeSantis is set to conclude a session that establishes him as perhaps the most accomplished conservative governor in the nation’s bitter culture wars.

For KEM's first holiday album, the Motown artist celebrates Christmas as a "romantic holiday" with warm and cozy jams.