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Right now, children are central to campaigns on gun control, immigration and same-sex marriage — demonstrating their effectiveness as political messengers. Politicians know that on almost any issue, kids can make an argument more compelling.

Matel has given Barbie a total makeover, and it's led to skyrocketing sales. The Indicator from Planet Money explores how having a more inclusive lineup of dolls was key to the company's success.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years for alleged espionage in a trial that his newspaper and the U.S. government calls a sham.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, D.C., this week to address a joint meeting of Congress. He may also meet with President Biden.

The Trump campaign has seen a drop in support for the president among older adults. Nowhere is the battle for the 2020 election more evident than in The Villages, the nation's largest retirement community.

Rising inflation has meant fewer restaurant meals, getaways and even doctor visits for many Americans, as nearly 4 in 10 say their family finances have gotten worse in the last year.

An annual review of state-based preschool programs found big drops in enrollment and state funding in the 2020-2021 school year.

After Tom Saputo underwent a double-lung transplant in 2018, he was stunned by the more than $11,000 bill for his share of a 27-mile air ambulance ride from one hospital to another.

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, the 17 dead included students and school workers, young and old. Here...

The website I Waited 96 Years documents women born before the ratification of the 19th Amendment casting their ballots for Hillary Clinton.

Star Trek actor William Shatner got to visit the edge of space on a trip aboard a Blue Origin rocket. Shatner was humbled and wowed by the experience to see Earth in a new way.

All Things Considered is celebrating National Poetry Month by inviting listeners to submit their poems on Twitter with the hashtag #NPRpoetry. This time around, we get some pointed political humor.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Latif Nasser of WNYC's Radiolab about the recent news of the release of Guantanamo detainee Abdul Latif Nasser, whom he spent years investigating.

Blue bubbles versus green bubbles. In texting it's the difference between iPhone owners and Android phone users. Green bubble people can be made to feel like unwelcome party crashers.

Host Michel Martin says America deserves a Bentley for peoples' dedication to do the right thing. She shares her thoughts on wealth and the American dream in her regular 'Can I Just Tell You' essay.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with David Gaines, author of In Dylan Town: A Fan's Life, about the news that Bob Dylan will not attend the ceremony to collect his Nobel Prize in Literature.

Angell's writing earned him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame, when he received a career excellence award in 2014. He died May 20 at the age of 101. Originally broadcast in 2001.

A series of polls from the St. Leo University Polling Institute shows Floridians deeply divided on some of the major issues that the state will face in…

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Katie Dankowski about Michael Jordan's record-breaking $10 million donation. Dankowski met Jordan herself, as her wish as a child battling a brain tumor.

Thanksgiving favorites such as mac and cheese, turkey and casseroles can be brought through TSA checkpoints. But cranberry sauce, maple syrup and gravy must go in checked baggage, the agency says.

The firing comes amid heightened U.S.–China tensions and growing scrutiny of Chinese nationals in American academic institutions.

Research shows two-thirds of the state's dementia caregivers report at least one chronic health condition of their own, and 29% are dealing with depression. A promising resource is in the works.

A fan at a Green Day concert was invited onstage to play along with the band — only to start playing someone else's music.

Samantha Harvey talks about her new Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital. It follows a day in the life of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.