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The legislation now awaits a vote from the House floor.

Report from the Pew Research Center says Hispanic women in general continue to face pressure to play traditional roles, despite advances in educational attainment and entrepreneurship

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and Carolina Rodriguez of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program examine Biden's announcement and help answer some questions about how this might actually work.

Susan Choi's new novel, My Education, is a study of relationships and how they end. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says the book is a triumph for academic novels, portraying youth, love and naivete with exceptional style.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, about issues voters will consider Election Day.

A sixth person dies in Nepal's two-week long protest campaign against the country's King. The enigmatic Nepalese monarch holds the future of the kingdom in his hands.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is scheduled to make a second appearance in court in London Tuesday. He's been in a British prison cell for a week. Assange is fighting his extradition to Sweden in a sex-crimes investigation. His supporters say the charges are politically motivated.

The veteran journalist's new novel takes place in an old-school print newsroom, not unlike the one where he worked. Hamill, a longtime columnist, reflects on changes in the news industry, and explains how columnists of his day differed from today's media bloggers.

Patrisse Khan-Cullors' new memoir recalls the female origins of the movement and the "deep contradiction" of being labeled the enemy.

Laurie Halse Anderson's latest young adult novel, The Impossible Knife of Memory, follows 15-year-old Hayley and her dad, who suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq. Anderson says the book draws on her own experience of growing up with a World War II veteran father who still struggles with his war memories.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Nicole Auerbach from The Athletic on the latest NCAA Elite 8 action.

The latest obsessions in America's wellness craze are rooted in South Asian practices. Industry leaders who grew up with those rituals are caught between joy and a battle against cultural erasure.

By comparison, Hurricane Ian, which hit Southwest Florida as a deadly Category 4 storm in September 2022, left about $1.07 billion in damages to the agricultural industry.

Florida’s Senate President-elect Bill Galvano hosted members of the Capitol Press Corps Friday, fielding questions about the election, upcoming session...

Ten rivers across the country make one conservation group's list of most endangered rivers, including the Ohio River.

After years of struggling from both natural and manmade disasters, the bay is beginning to show signs of recovery. Both the water and the oysters are "in recovery mode."

A prosthetics clinic that once served mostly American military veterans is now helping Ukrainian amputees get state of the art prostheses.

Advances in medicine mean more people are living longer with HIV. But aging with HIV comes with increased health risks, and this growing population needs specialized care that's hard to find.

Doctors are seeing more children injured - some badly - from e-bikes and e-scooters. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Dr. Cornelia Griggs and Caitlin Coit of Mass General Brigham for Children Hospital.

Casey Schwartz writes of her reliance on Adderall and her realization that the focus it brought was not genuine. But she leaves readers wanting to hear more on the relationship of attention and love.

"Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die," poet Marie Howe tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. One of Howe's most famous poems, "What the Living Do," was recently included in The Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry.

"Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die," poet Marie Howe tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. One of Howe's most famous poems, "What the Living Do," was recently included in The Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry.

Sinclair grew up in a devout Rasta family in Jamaica where women were subservient. When she cut her dreadlocks at age 19, she became "a ghost" to her father. Her new memoir is How to Say Babylon.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about new rules that would compensate airline passengers for flight delays and cancellations.

NPR's Noel King talks to ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about relations between the countries. President Trump's call with Ukraine's president is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.