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Marianne Power decided to read one self-help book a month, for a year — and follow the advice in each, to the letter. She says it became a much more intense undertaking than she'd anticipated.

Nonwhite Americans looking for care for a loved one are much more likely than whites to encounter discrimination, language barriers, and providers who lack cultural competence, a new report finds.

The California farmworker community of Planada is recovering from the parade of storms that hit the state. Many undocumented residents there are ineligible for FEMA assistance.

Health data can be shockingly available. A group of nonprofits and corporations is proposing to patch up the holes in health apps, but many of the biggest companies didn’t participate in the proposal’s creation.

President Trump's tariffs are facing challenges in courts. At the heart of those cases is a question about where presidential tariff power comes from. Here's the story of the limits of tariff power.

On Wild Card, we ask the kinds of questions people often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Ronny Chieng reflects on a disappointing experience that turned out to be a blessing.

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn. For the next two months, the man who shot him, James Earl Ray, was able to evade the FBI during a massive worldwide manhunt. Writer Hampton Sides traces the movements of both King and Ray in his new book, Hellhound on His Trail.

Steve Inskeep talks with researcher David Lazer of Northeastern University about new data around vaccine hesitancy among parents as the FDA prepares to approve the Pfizer vaccine for some children.

It would have generated an additional $45 million to pay for long-needed public safety, housing and infrastructure projects.

The Byrd Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute received the estate gift with no restrictions, meaning it can be used for research, education or anything else the institute prioritizes.

Fifty years ago Norton Juster sat down and tried to remember the confusion and dislocation of childhood. His memories became a book, and The Phantom Tollbooth was born. In this essay, Juster looks back at his beloved novel, and the bored, disconnected child who grew up to write it.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post about police reform, DACA, and the upcoming White House memoir from John Bolton.

Florida has had a reported 1,037 cases of the liver disease hepatitis A this year, nearly double the amount reported for all of 2018, according to...

With an additional 89 cases reported last week, Florida has had 1,220 hepatitis A cases this year --- more than in the five previous years combined,...

The expected influx of fans later this week has led the school district to make a controversial decision: canceling in-person school.

Gadget geeks crave the latest in digital technology -- but what happens to the old, outdated gadgets after the upgrade? Many electronic devices contain heavy metals and other toxic chemicals that could lead to contamination. Technology guru Mario Armstrong has tips on responsible recycling.

Over a decade after their classic run upended digital culture, the rapper and mixtape mogul reunite to show listeners why it mattered — and what a younger generation of trap artists has learned.

It’s been one year since Roe v. Wade was overturned as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, returning the decision-making power over abortion laws to state legislatures.

A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're particularly excited for.

Scientists investigated the phenomenon of fireflies flashing in sync and found that the insects may coordinate their strobing by watching others in the group.

Tom Ricks, a reporter for the Washington Post and author of the book Fiasco, says he's seen a persistent disconnect between U.S. strategy and U.S. tactics in Iraq. Ricks tells Steve Inskeep that the current U.S. strategy is being undermined by questionable tactics.

SNAP food benefits have been halted for tens of millions of people as of today. Two federal judges have ordered SNAP funding to resume, but it's not clear how or when that may happen.

Alaska's capital is usually crammed with tourists who come to see glaciers. After flooding from a melting glacier, attributed to climate change, many wonder if the tourist attraction is threatened.

"When I'm acting, I always imagine myself as looking totally different than the person that appears onscreen," Black says. The comedian writes about family, masculinity and vanity in his new memoir.

Daniel Kahneman won a Nobel Prize in 2002 for his work on the psychology of decision-making. Now, in Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman revisits and recasts his world-famous research on what he calls "the machinery of the mind."