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Only a sliver of the funding allocated through the American Rescue Plan has been steered to mental health nationwide, but advocates and clinicians hope the money will help address gaps in care for children.

One of the country's most celebrated photographers, Gordon Parks used his camera as a weapon against racial injustice. Howard University has recently acquired more than 250 of Parks' images.

The House of Representatives remains paralyzed as House Republicans again struggle to agree on any member to serve as speaker.

Braceros -- Mexicans who labored in the United States as part of a 22-year guest worker program put in place during World War II -- have been fighting for more than 40 years to receive pension payments for their labor. Many have died or lack documentation that proves they were part of the program. Jordana Gustafson reports on the challenges braceros face getting compensated for their work.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. J.D. DeFreese of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about why some pro athletes struggle to stay retired.

Access to abortion and gun control are issues that young people say are important to them but do these issues also drive young voters to the polls?

The Senate may vote on an auto bailout as early as Tuesday after Congress sent White House details of a $15 billion rescue plan. General Motors is doing its best to ease the way. It has run full-page ads admitting past mistakes and promising to overhaul the company.

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School traveled to Florida's capital to push for gun control legislation. They're holding a rally and meeting with dozens of legislators.

Florida continues to lead every other state using the federal marketplace health insurance marketplace, with just over 1.3 million who were enrolled or...

President Bush plans to visit with Senate Republicans Tuesday to discuss reviving a bipartisan immigration bill that stalled in the Senate last week. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), a chief architect of the compromise bill, says he is still confident a deal can be reached once proposed amendments to the bill can be heard.

Hospitals are warning doctors not to practice medicine in a state where they don’t have a license. That affects cancer patients and others who have grown to depend on video visits and other remote care.

Georgetown University Law professor Stephen Vladeck explains where things stand with the 9/11 Guantanamo cases now that the plea deals have been canceled.

Journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria six years ago after being abducted by militants. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with his parents, Debra and Marc Tice, about their fight to bring him home.

Weeks after the Food and Drug Administration approved the Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, doctors are struggling to figure out who should get the drug and how to use it safely.

World-record chaser Hilde Dosogne is used to running extreme distances. Still, she says she underestimated the challenge. She's now hoping to make it official with a Guinness World Record.

The Washington Redskins have announced the team will be dropping its moniker, which is widely considered a slur against Native Americans. The head coach and team owner are developing a new name.

In her first interview since Musk took the reins of Twitter, Margrethe Vestager said there will be serious penalties against Twitter if the platform ignores new European speech laws.

The power of photos can be seen in our most popular picture essays of the year, with compelling images from South Sudan, the Philippines, Mexico (check out those artistic face coverings) and more.

Marine Corps veteran Neal McCallum, 93, could not attend the official ceremony commemorating the nation's victory in the Pacific because of COVID-19 concerns, but he and others were recognized virtually.

Laura Stieghorst, who graduated from the University of Miami in December, used the money to found a carbon capture research startup called Básico.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says 250 years of slavery and 100 years of legalized segregation robbed Black Americans of the ability to accumulate wealth; cash payments would help repair the damage.

Djokovic won his third consecutive title at Wimbledon, defeating Matteo Berrettini in four sets and putting the Serbian tennis star in an elite class of players in the sport's history.

Is she the best long jumper of all time? "I am," she says. "Point-blank." Reese doesn't hold the world record, but she's established herself as an extraordinary athlete over a huge number of years.

Where are you really from? It's a question that immigrant communities of color across generations are often asked. In this series, we answer that question on our own terms, one conversation at a time.

As a young attorney, Gray helped defend some of the biggest names of the civil rights movement. If his life had a motto, it would be, as he often says, "To destroy everything segregated I could find."