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The U.S. is the only industrialized nation where the rate of pregnancy-related deaths is rising. Experts say one way to save lives is making sure new mothers don't lose their health insurance.

For most people, more education leads to healthier and longer lives. Not so for Black men. Racism's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood, researchers say.

The release of 4 found Beyoncé in a pivotal career moment — and set the stage for her as an auteur. For writer LaTesha Harris, the album also served as a much-needed guide to freedom and womanhood.

Dr. Juan Dumois is a pediatric infectious disease specialist who says the unpredictability of complications like multisystem inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C, in children is a concern.

Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer shares why some of the most physically active people in the world don't burn more calories than office workers. And what that means for your fitness goals.

Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's office says 13 Russians and three Russian entities took part in a broad information war against the United States.

The CDC's COVID-19 data set is supposed to help track the pandemic, but a new NPR analysis has found the majority of fields are blank and millions of cases across the country are missing altogether.

At least 67 undocumented immigrants, mainly from Mexico and South America, who worked at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, are still considered missing.

We kept track of all the shows that won at the 73rd Primetime Emmys, so you didn't have to.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former presidential candidate Andrew Yang about his new book, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy.

When Stars Are Scattered is the story of Omar Mohamed's years at a refugee camp in Kenya. He cared for his brother and found the courage to dream big. The book was a National Book Awards finalist.

The U.S.'s first Black national security advisor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and secretary of state died on Oct. 18. Powell spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about how the army had shaped his life.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rachel Johnson, sister of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, about her memoir, Rake's Progress: The Madcap True Tale of My Political Midlife Crisis.

Ahead of Sunday's Euro 2020 final, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with British writer and comedian David Baddiel, who helped write the English soccer anthem "Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)."

In sports, the focus typically falls on an athlete's actions. The series "Almost A Dub" looks at what was in athletes' minds during and after clutch moments in their sport.

"Operation Lone Star," as it's called, relies on a force of state troopers, National Guard and reinforcements from other red states. The mission is to curtail the migrants surging into the Rio Grande.

With most places reopening and people are out and about again, it’s easy to think that the food industry — and specifically food trucks — will go back to their usual ways with no harm. This may not be the case.

The league didn't have to make hard decisions like other major sports leagues but it's been watching and has mimicked them with a hefty set of health and safety protocols for play during the pandemic.

It's one of the world's most unequal countries, says a new report. And the gap between rich and poor is getting worse. Two workers who each make less than $5 a day describe what their lives are like.

Thirty years ago, the uprising of a group of schoolchildren forever changed South Africa's history. What began as a protest against a government education policy became a watershed moment in the fight against apartheid.

Diagnoses of autism are on the rise, and one result has been the start of high-profile campaigns to raise money for research. Another trend has been far less noticed: an increase in self-advocacy groups that aren't pushing for a cure, but acceptance.

Los Angeles Mayor-Elect Antonio Villaraigosa built his landslide victory on a platform of affability and optimism that contrasted with opponent James Hahn's subdued style. According to a Los Angeles Times exit poll, it was L.A.'s struggling school system that hurt Hahn the most. And in a city as diverse as Los Angeles, voters said they had more faith that Villaraigosa could ommunicate across the city's many cultural divides. Villaraigosa joins host Farai Chideya.

Some people have had trouble getting Paxlovid pills quickly, despite the administration's effort to ease access after a COVID test confirms infection.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Saladin K. Patterson about the coming-of-age comedy that gives its own compelling storyline.

Gospel star Yolanda Adams returns to the scene after a recording hiatus with her new CD, Day by Day She talks about the project and her upcoming tour.