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Demonstrations have been going on for months. Pop stars and climate activists have pledged support for the farmers. What sparked the movement is less glamorous: New rules for wholesale markets.

Little Richard saw a depth and possibility for American culture, for black genius, that he could not fully see for himself. It's up to us to continue the work.

A well-funded, and mostly misunderstood, 2018 ballot amendment could roll back public oversight of the police for the foreseeable future. How did we get here?

As teens, the twins always played music together. Since then, their careers have led them in different, parallel directions. We asked each twin to share thoughts and memories about her sister's work.

Tens of thousands of silicosis lawsuits across the nation have been filed by a small group of doctors and lawyers. Defendants say these cases lack medical merit and are being manufactured for money. Recently, a federal judge agreed, in a ruling that could change the litigation landscape.

What does "producer price index" mean? Adam Davidson, NPR's economics reporter explains.

When is a migrant a refugee? The answer comes down to how U.S. judges read one sentence in a 1980 law. Each ruling could mean the difference between life and death for thousands of Central Americans.

Beneficiaries in five states described what happened when they received demands to return overpayments that reached up to tens of thousands of dollars or more.

The success of the polymath's technicolor Whack World EP left something darker brewing beneath the surface. Years later, she talks about pushing through self-doubt to rediscover her confidence.

Kathleen Passidomo, who's making her "Live Healthy" initiative a priority during the session, discussed this and other issues on The Florida Roundup.

Books, movies, television, things to read — we look back at 50 of the great things that entered our field of vision in 2014.

In his new book, election forecaster Nate Silver writes that the people who take big risks are winning in American society.

A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it's looking into it.

Decenas de miembros de la comunidad hablaron en la reunión de la junta del martes, instando a los funcionarios escolares a hacer todo lo posible para prevenir la aplicación de la ley de inmigración en los campus.

Sarasota’s proposed performing arts center has made far less progress than three other major cultural projects that were announced within about 18 months of each other less than a decade ago.

Jimmy Kimmel's return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late-night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.

Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of money to survive.

In Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion.

Across the state’s heartland, communities such as Indiantown are weighing proposals for hyperscale data centers. The massive facilities would reshape Florida’s rural lands.

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Kinsmen blends South Asian music with American jazz. The jazz saxophonist says his inspiration to explore Indian music on the saxophone came from a CD his brother gave him as a joke called Saxophone Indian Style.

The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is coming to an end today. But as we look back at the three-plus years of the pandemic, did we miss the opportunity to best protect our country?

Stalled confirmatory trials and lax enforcement plague the Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval pathway for pharmaceuticals that target urgent medical needs.

In a new four-part television special based on his best-selling book, physicist Brian Greene takes on the nature of time and space, multiverses, and other hard-to-wrap-your-mind-around concepts in cosmology. Greene talks with guest host John Dankosky about the new series.

A photo showing a fatally wounded U.S. Marine lying in the mud was protested by family and the Pentagon. Neither wanted the image of Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard published. The Associated Press decided, after much debate, to release the image. Editors discuss how they make decisions on whether or not to run graphic images of war.

How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder.