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As the economy continues to recover, prices have been rising. Polls show many Americans are worried about inflation, and that could have ramifications for the Biden administration.

When President Biden has downtime, he heads out of D.C. So far, he's spent more weekends away from the White House than inside it. Next week, he'll start vacation in — where else? — Delaware.

Independent redistricting commissions in Colorado and other states were meant to take some of the politics out of the process. Recent events, though, show that parties are still pushing for influence.

This year, typically sleepy school board elections have become fraught with fights over masks, vaccines and diversity curricula. Could this affect races higher up the ballot in 2022 and 2024?

The recent NWSL scandal involving coaches' alleged abusive behavior toward female players has refocused attention on an all-too-familiar problem -– female athletes experiencing abuse and harassment.

West Side Story was an instant sensation, a bold new kind of musical theater that dealt with controversial themes of race and gang violence.

A battle over Palestinian activist groups that Israel accuses of terrorism has taken a turn into the world of Israeli spyware. Israel hopes to convince European countries to stop funding the groups.

When current and former U.S. intelligence officials gathered at a conference in Sea Island, Ga., there was a clear message — a pivot to China is already underway.

Cooking your bird to a safe 165 F often just results in a dry, boring plate of meat. Luckily, food scientists have studied this problem. Learn their techniques to roast your tastiest bird yet.

Researchers in South Africa have found that people infected with omicron, on average, are less likely to end up in the hospital. But the variant may act differently here in the U.S.

The former tenants of the Merkle Hotel in Tacoma, Wash., struggled to find housing after they were forced from their building in 2018. Many didn't have a place to go.

School leaders say the pressures of the pandemic had already made this school year the most challenging of their lives. Then came the omicron variant.

Many public health experts are pushing for stronger measures than the Biden administration and governors are willing to take to reduce impacts from the growing omicron wave. Why the disconnect?

Scientists have identified the new coronavirus variant in wastewater in a few U.S. cities. This type of surveillance can help communities stay a step ahead of omicron's spread.

The Western megadrought is revealing a famed desert landscape long drowned by a controversial dam. It's raising questions about the future of this oasis, and water in the American West.

During the height of pandemic closures, three artistic directors spoke about their hopes for what theater would look like when it reopened. More than a year later, we check in to see what's changed.

Morteza "Mori" Hosseini has been under scrutiny over questions about his role and relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis in politically tinged decisions affecting the school.

State health officials said samples from the Red Hill shaft contained petroleum levels 350 times the level considered safe. Some 3,000 military members and families were moved to temporary housing.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with tech reporter Casey Newton about Twitter's new anti-harassment policies and what Newton sees as European ideals driving policies of American tech giants.

GE announced it's breaking into three. Meanwhile, tech companies continue to take over a wider swath of industries.

Roman pushes himself closer to the center of his father's circle, and Kendall's birthday party brings to a head the ugliness that's been roiling among the Roy siblings.

Many experts warn there will be more infections on the downslope of the omicron surge, but we're on the path to the virus becoming endemic — and that should mean fewer interruptions to daily life.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gideon Rachman of 'The Financial Times' about how China and Russia could leverage the Ukraine crisis to reduce U.S. influence around the world and reset the world order.

Alice Wong, a writer and organizer in San Francisco, says the isolation and loss of the pandemic have shown society what it’s like to be disabled.

Six months after Detroit emerged from bankruptcy, Michel Martin heads there to hear from the artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs who are shaping the city's future.