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While making the documentary King Corn, filmmaker Aaron Woolf became so appalled by the food industry that he opened his own grocery store in Brooklyn. He provides shoppers with detailed information on food's impact on the planet, but does anyone care?

Thousands of writers have joined picket lines to demand higher compensation, increase the number of writers hired per show, and regulation on how networks and streaming companies can use artificial intelligence.

As Memorial Day nears, businesses that rely on tourism worry about travel advisories issued by the NAACP and Human Rights Campaign following Gov. DeSantis policies on diversity, race and identity.

The movie follows partners in music and life as they battle through breast cancer — while holding onto their sense of the comically absurd

We talk about California's gambling initiatives, Twitch's new gambling policy, and the future of betting online.

Sunday's finale marks the end of Succession and its iconic opening theme. Composer Nicholas Britell reflects on shaping the show's signature sound over four seasons — and what he might do next.

Military widows and widowers can lose military benefits if they remarry before age 55. NPR's A Martinez talks to Military Times reporter Leo Shane III about attempts to end the remarriage penalty.

In New York, gravestones of people who died in prison only identified them by number. Now that's changing after a pastor and another formerly incarcerated man argued the dead deserved to be named.

Scientists have shown that deep brain stimulation during sleep can help people retain new information. The approach could help people with memory problems related to disorders like Alzheimer's.

The Google-owned video platform's reversal comes as former President Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim the 2020 election was stolen

A bipartisan bill to avert a historic default has passed the Senate and now heads to the president. One of the key provisions in the bill is being questioned for what it actually achieves.

Teens in jail in Virginia collaborate with musicians to compose songs, write poetry and find their voices after run-ins with the law.

Dexter Barry pleaded with police, jail staff and a court judge that he needed his medication to maintain his heart transplant. The ACLU is urging a state investigation into the 54-year-old's death.

The House approved the debt ceiling bill, and it will now head to the Senate. This is brushing up against the deadline for when the U.S. is projected to run out of money to pay its bills: June 5.

At every stage of life, Black Americans grapple with health care challenges directly tied to racism. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Associated Press reporter Kat Stafford, about the year-long probe.

The family of Aderrien Murry is seeking at least $5 million in damages. The Mississippi boy is recovering from his wounds, which include a collapsed lung, a fractured rib and a lacerated liver.

It’s wildfire season in Florida and one of the biggest threats of climate change is the increased risk of fires across the Southeastern United States. Yet fire, when controlled, can actually help fight the very threat it poses.

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Daniel Bjarnason’s orchestral work “From Space I Saw Earth” is music that dissolves the boundaries between the Earth and the moon, imagining a musical environment that is both terrestrial and paranormal. It’s also a piece originally composed to be conducted by three different conductors at once.Then, Cassie Wieland says her solo piano work “HYMN” is all about connection in a big way: for example, reading through handwritten sketches with the pianist at her apartment, or working on piano preparations together. It’s music that merges modern classical sounds with electronic processing within an evocative and colorful soundworld.

The recording made at NYC's Village Gate during the summer of 1961, when the John Coltrane quartet was joined by Eric Dolphy, was thought lost until it was discovered in the New York Public Library.

A deal to raise the country's debt limit also includes changes to a bedrock environmental law and approves a controversial natural gas pipeline.

The Florida Department of Education is gearing up to begin developing rules to carry out various new laws, including controversial measures passed during the 2023 legislative session.

The House is on the verge of the first major vote to approve legislation to lift the debt limit. a catastrophic financial default could become a reality if Congress doesn't pass the bill by Monday.

The onetime Silicon Valley has surrendered herself to federal authorities at the Bryan, Texas, prison camp, an all-female facility about 100 miles outside of Houston.

In a remarkable turnaround for the airline industry, less than 1% of all flights scheduled were canceled — even though it was the highest number of people flying since the pandemic began.

The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu, The House on Via Gemito, and Cousins together form a tour of human darkness where liberation comes in many forms.