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Providing gender-affirming care to transgender kids in Alabama is a felony as of May 8. Families with transgender children are figuring out how to support their kids and stay in Alabama if possible.

Two artists in Kentucky designed a summer workshop for teens called The School of Needlework for Disobedient Women, using embroidery as an avenue to explore feminism, activism and self-expression.

"If it's not me, who's it going to be?" asks Colorado school cafeteria manager Kathy Del Tonto. After serving processed foods in her cafeterias for years, she realized that reducing childhood obesity can begin with her. She now has the lunch ladies making 95 percent of meals from scratch.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with activist Rev. William Barber II about what stood out to him about this year's midterm elections.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) have signed a pact that makes the United Kingdom and the state of California partners in the battle against global warming. After meeting with business leaders at the Port of Long Beach on Monday, they agreed to share technology and research.

Polling stations in Haiti stayed open into the night for the country's first presidential election since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted two years ago. There were some violent incidents and a few deaths were reported, but the balloting was largely free from the widespread violence so many had feared.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Yun Sun, who directs the China Program at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Stimson Center, about China's president traveling to Moscow for talks with Russia's leader.

Playwright Harold Pinter came into prominence at a time when Tennessee Williams' and Arthur Miller's plays were being performed in the U.S. and Bernard Shaw and the Boulevard Comedies dominated London's West End. In contrast to the work at the time, Pinter's plays dealt with the theater of menace.

One lucky Star Wars fan won the lightsaber on Sept. 4. Prior to the auction, NPR's Andrew Mambo interviewed Brandon Alinger, the COO of the auction house Propstore, which hosted the sale.

U.S. employers added 272,000 jobs in May -- more than forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate inched up to 4% from 3.9% in April.

One week after the shooting that left 49 people dead at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, an impassioned Pam Keith was fired up as she spoke to a Democratic…

African-Americans fought for years to enter professions that were dominated by white people, like medicine, business and law. Now, experts say some of those gains have leveled off since the recession. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with The New York Times' Nelson Schwartz, and lawyer Lisa Tatum, about why minorities struggle to gain ground in elite professions.

Decades ago, Dorothy Toy was a Broadway performer and half of a Vaudeville dance act. At StoryCorps, her daughter, Dorlie Fong, shared memories of the mom she remembers as talented and glamorous.

In Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words On Race And Hope,Kwame Alexander writes of the killing of George Floyd, Colin Kaepernick's kneeling protests, and the election of Barack Obama.

On her way up, Adm. Michelle Howard found herself becoming a spokesperson for women in the military. Complaining to her mom, she got this reply: "As long as you stay in the Navy, this will not stop."

The approved changes will allow more Floridians to collect invasive, live green iguanas and to facilitate sale of those live green iguanas out of Florida.

For four months last year, Dr. Angela Chen only saw her child through a window. A year into the global pandemic, the view is a different, but it's impossible to forget the memories of last spring.

Gas prices continue to trend downward as millions of Floridians prepare to travel for the Memorial Day weekend.

"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice," said the MLB commissioner.

As soon as Italy clinched its win over England in the Euro 2020 soccer championship, racist comments started pouring in blaming three Black players for the loss.

Pope Francis will be buried in St. Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's Basilica, in a break with tradition.

As fighting in Sudan's capital continues to rage, experts say it's spilling over into the Darfur region and risks fully reigniting a conflict from the early 2000s that left hundreds of thousands dead.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Rep. Karen Bass about bipartisan efforts on police reform that essentially ended. Bass authored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the House in March.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Rep. Karen Bass about bipartisan efforts on police reform that essentially ended. Bass authored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the House in March.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about the Super Tuesday primary results.