Search results for

They're often paid low wages and lack job protections. A petition to the country's supreme court to support their demands did not see success — and they are protesting.

A shortfall looms while the county's tax collector seeks a 52% budget increase.

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are already at a dismal low.

NPR's Short Wave team talks about the surprising benefits of small talk, more humane ways to kill lobsters, and an ancient flood that may have helped create the Grand Canyon.

Gasoline prices have jumped about a dollar a gallon since the war with Iran began. And diesel prices are up even more. That's tough on truckers, fishermen, and just about everyone else.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," Kevin Batdorf explained why he's running to be St. Petersburg's mayor and his focus on infrastructure and housing, among other topics.

Author Jeff Goodell says that American cities are under threat from extreme weather, rising sea levels and lax enforcement of environmental regulations. His new book is The Water Will Come.

Uggams performed in Beulah, Hallelujah Baby, Roots, Empire, American Fiction and the Deadpool films. She was the first Black woman to host a TV variety show. At 82, she's appearing in The Gilded Age.

Religion scholar Elaine Pagels lost her young son to terminal illness and her husband a year later in an accident. Her new book combines memoir and biblical scholarship to reflect on loss and faith.

U.S. farmers are feeling the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown. In some communities, immigration raids have slowed farm operations. NPR reports from Central Florida's strawberry region.

Jim O’Neill, a deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director, is slated to replace Susan Monarez, who is fighting her removal just a month after starting the job.

Adolf Hitler commissioned filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to make propaganda about Nazi Germany. She lived to be 101 years old and denied knowing about the Holocaust.

Earlier this year, Fonda made headlines for delivering a fiery critique of the Trump administration during a SAG-AFTRA award acceptance speech. "This is not the time to go inward," Fonda says.

President Obama stopped at the Port of Tampa to talk up his goal of doubling U.S. exports. He said the country's 46 percent increase in exports to Latin…

Ever since astronaut John Glenn's first bite of applesauce in 1962, eating in space has been a challenge. NPR talks to former NASA food scientists to see how cosmic cuisine has evolved over the years.

One of the most memorable speeches by Richard Corcoran, who will officially become speaker of the Florida House next week, had nothing to do with his…

When the history of the University of South Florida women's basketball team is written, it will likely be marked as "before Jose Fernandez" and "after…

Florida voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 2 last November, expanding the state's medical marijuana program. But how is the government going to…

Senators' written submissions read by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts yielded an extensive back-and-forth but no certainty as to how much longer the trial might run.

The Justice Department wants to get tough on illegal immigration and boost religious freedom. But a case involving aid to migrants has put the two on a collision course.

As voters across Florida gear up for early voting for the November elections, and as some ballots have already been shipped out to overseas voters, one...

The national security adviser caught the president's attention for his aggressive stance as a Fox News commentator but strayed from favor after pushing too hard against Trump's wishes.

The U.S. government has stepped up seizures of drugs ordered by Americans from international sources through the mail—including cheaper, legal...

Scientists have been analyzing bones first uncovered by a utility crew digging at the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. The remains provide insights into surgery during the Civil War.