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The Amazon Labor Union was born Friday after an improbable victory for Chris Smalls over Amazon. Smalls and his friend Derrick Palmer spoke to NPR on Twitter Spaces.

Journalist James B. Stewart admits in his new book that lying isn't by any means new, but argues that "concerted, deliberate lying by a different class of criminal — sophisticated, educated, affluent ... threatens to swamp the legal system and undermine the prosecution of white-collar crime."

Elizabeth Shuler, the first woman ever elected president of the labor federation, is pledging a massive organizing drive over the next decade, with a goal of adding 1 million new union members.

Sometimes, against all odds, relationships grow between two people who don't even speak the same language.Actress Midge Mamatas knows something about…

As cable TV struggles to compete with streaming services, those streaming services are beginning to resemble cable TV -- at least in terms of ads. Decisions from Comcast and Disney illustrate this.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with historian David Levering Lewis, author of W.E.B. DuBois: The Fight For Equality and the American Century, 1919 to 1963. This new book explains why 1919 was not just a pivotal year in the making of this country but also important in the life of DuBois.

The closures are part of a wider attempt to cut costs across the company while it grapples with slowing sales and a worrying economic outlook.

The number has risen over the last two months due to spread of subvariants of the coronavirus. The state has topped 60,000 new cases every week since the week of May 13-19.

Melanie Peeples reports from Birmingham, Al., that an Internet site has become a way for so-called "military brats" to reconnect to childhood friends and sweethearts. The children of those serving in the military often spend their childhood moving from one base to another. Staying in touch through these countless relocations can be difficult. So far, about 60,000 of the millions of military brats have registered on the site searching for former friends and acquaintances.

Rick Spinrad previously served as the agency's top scientist. His nomination comes at a difficult period for NOAA, which spent the Trump administration mired in scandal and without a permanent leader.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rebecca Jennings about her essay in Vox, "In The Rings of Power, it's not horrifying to be a woman," about the role of women in the Lord of the Rings prequel series.

The pair led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Prices of everyday goods have climbed more than 10% in the greater Tampa Bay region, according to Consumer Price Index data.

In her first interview since Musk took the reins of Twitter, Margrethe Vestager said there will be serious penalties against Twitter if the platform ignores new European speech laws.

The state has identified three communities in critical need of a veterans’ nursing home. Collier, Lee and Polk counties top of that list.Right now, there…

Lorie Smith says Colorado's public accommodations laws violate her right of free speech.

There was a time when many thought the Internet was beyond government regulation, its very chaos a source of creativity and strength. Nate Anderson's The Internet Police looks at how law enforcement went about changing that.

Americans with pet birds have long used long-playing records to help train their birds to sing and talk. But now those dated collections from albums from the 1950s and 1960s can be taken from the Web site www.petsinamerica.org.

The University of South Florida's research reputation continues to rise. The prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science has named 15…

On "Florida Matters: Live and Local," we hear about an ER doctor's heart-wrenching mission to Gaza, a great find at TPA, the latest in a political investigation and modern library makeovers.

All the stuff you order online started its journey to your front door at a warehouse. And in the Tampa Bay region, there’s a good chance that warehouse is…

Residents living in tents at Tampa Hope don’t just get shelter. They get services like health care, job training and education to set them up for success outside the community.

Jason Katims, executive producer for TV shows like Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, has a new show. Amazon's drama As We See It provides an incisive and emotional look at autism.