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Roughly 4 out of 5 Americans say the situation at the southern border is a problem, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows. Bipartisan majorities also support a way for some immigrants to become citizens.

"I think we're all realizing that sexual harassment in America is absolutely pervasive and it's got to go and we need to end it," House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The wildlife corridor would preserve land stretching from the Everglades to Georgia and Alabama, allowing wildlife to freely migrate.

Thousands of supporters gathered near the tomb of Napoleon for what was billed as a protest — but observers said it had all the markings of a campaign rally.

A Suncoast Searchlight-Bradenton Herald investigation exposed more than 20 “adult arcades” operating across the region despite state law banning slot machines. The ordinance would give the county and law enforcement new tools to shut down existing operations.

Amanda Shires new album, Nobody's Girl, explores the very public breakup with her husband, fellow musician Jason Isbell.

Over 8 million children live in families touched by addiction. Helping a child in that situation can be a lifeline. If you're a teacher, a neighbor or a coach and want to help: Here's what to do.

The police killing of George Floyd last May didn't just prompt protests around the world — it opened the eyes of many who had never before embraced racial justice. But will it lead to change?

A new book by the Republican from Arizona details where he thinks the GOP has gone wrong. Flake wrote the book in secret because he didn't want his advisers to try to talk him out of it.

In 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, a student from a Black high school in Montgomery, Ala., refused to move from her bus seat. The forgotten civil rights activist died this week.

The Marine Corps recently banned the confederate flag on military bases. It was the first step toward what the marine corps commandant called a difficult conversation about racism in the corps.

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump's actions amounted to "flipping the bird at the government" provoking a federal indictment on his own.

Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. After her exoneration, she reached out to the man who prosecuted her case. Knox's new memoir is Free.

David Greene talks to Jonah Goldberg, senior editor at National Review, about a poll finding over 60 percent of Americans disapprove of President Trump declaring an emergency at the southern border.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to human rights attorney Sawsan Zaher about how Palestinian and Arab Israelis are reacting to the conservative government's proposed judicial overhaul.

Nearly two-thirds of Major League Baseball teams have had some form of mascot race. It all began with the Milwaukee Brewers' Racing Sausages in the early 1990s.

President Biden is having a summit to discuss violence and hate in the country. Some voters say he's come up short on his pledge to try to heal the "soul of the nation."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Linda Jones, co-founder of Alabama Childhood Food Solutions, about the expiration of the pandemic expansion of SNAP benefits.

Orthodox Rabbi Joseph Telushkin says his belief in some form of life after death flows from the persistence of injustice on earth. If there were no afterlife, he says, "it would mean that Adolf Hitler and Anne Frank had the same fate."

Eli Conley is a singer-songwriter who specializes in helping trans people on testosterone re-learn how to sing as their voices change.

To mark 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, NPR's Scott Simon checks back in with New Orleans resident Randy Adams who he first spoke with right after the hurricane hit.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Melinda French Gates talks about learning to trust again after her divorce.

TikTokkers are buying exotic pets like servals, raccoons, kinkajous and foxes because of the enticing videos they see, without considering the responsibilities of owning them, experts say.

The show's suspension comes amid broader efforts to curb diversity at the institutional level. The next attempt to canonize the movement must learn lessons from its successes — and its missteps.