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An initiative from the Mellon Foundation dedicated to creating monuments that tell diverse stories recently pledged to double its funding for the project.

The performance artist Taylor Mac is the feature of a new documentary. When we spoke to him in 2016, he had just completed a 24-hour show covering 24 decades of American popular music.

Baby boomers are entering older age amid a historic affordable-housing shortage and widening inequality. A new study warns many won't be able to access the kind of housing or caregiving they need.

More than 120 Republican state lawmakers have been mailed envelopes containing white powder and threatening notes in Kansas, Tennessee and Montana. The FBI is investigating.

The U.S. has destroyed the last of its stockpile of sarin nerve agent, fulfilling a decades-old obligation.

Middle school is often a challenging time for students. One Massachusetts school trying to put its credo into every day action: Let go and move on. Students and teachers alike say it's helping.

NPR's Juana Summers discusses the Asian American perspective on affirmative action with University of Maryland professor and political scientist Janelle Wong.

A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration's new rules for asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. But the judge also put his ruling on hold, giving the administration a chance to appeal.

As part of NPR's Living Better series, we look at what happened when a doctor decided to swap his healthy diet for one filled with ultra-processed foods for a month.

Whenever you register for a website or install an app, you're often entering into a legally enforceable contract. NPR's Planet Money explores how a court case changed contracts forever.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but limited access to those ages four and five.

Jose Martinez has picked America's food for decades. With all that experience on different farms, he saw workers lacking labor protections. Now he works to give farmworkers more rights.

The Biden administration defends its decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis competes, clumsily, for the anti-LGBTQ vote.

With about a month left until the 2024 election cycle kicks-off with early nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump overshadows the Republican field of candidates.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Belizean climate ambassador Janine Felson about how deals reached at COP28 can help developing countries confront climate change.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Atlantic's Amanda Mull about the convenience of online shopping and how it can lead to buying things you don't really need or want.

Seven tech companies, including Google, Meta and OpenAI, have voluntarily made commitments on developing and managing artificial intelligence. But there isn't much accountability in the process.

Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly, no one in the military or Veterans Administration knows how many vets are still without the benefits they're owed.

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on affirmative action renewed calls for elite institutions to eliminate "legacy" admissions — or granting advantages to the children of people who attended.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bader Al-Saif, a history professor at Kuwait University, about the role that Qatar is playing as a broker in the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The Supreme Court's conservative justices seemed highly skeptical of how the Securities and Exchange Commission conducts in-house enforcement proceedings to ensure the integrity of securities markets.

The temporary cease-fire in Gaza has been extended, as Israel and Hamas swap additional hostages and prisoners.

Two different brain circuits help regulate salt intake, according to a study in the journal Cell. One adjusts salt cravings, the other determines whether we find salty food delicious or disgusting.

The Great Money Reset author Jill Schlesinger says if you're considering a reset, it helps to crunch the numbers, see what your finances look like, what might be possible for you and when.

Secretary Antony Blinken is in the Middle East as the pause in fighting in Gaza and hostage releases continue. But there's concern about what's next.