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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his new book, Reading the Constitution, Why I chose Pragmatism not Textualism.

Legal challenges will decide the fate of the state's new ban on social media for kids under 14. Plus, more on how Broward County's cellphone ban during the school day is going.

A two-year investigation concludes the social network's leaders made decisions that were "significant setbacks for civil rights."

A family of 10 American citizens who were held for years in a Syrian refugee camp and detention center for relatives of ISIS militants have been repatriated to the United States.

Many states have school voucher programs allowing tax money to be used for private schools. Supporters of "school choice" put proposals on the ballot in three states this month. Voters defeated them.

One executive order President Trump signed this week aims to expand legal protections for police accused of misconduct, seeking to establish pro bono legal assistance from private sector attorneys.

Sports gambling's near immediate availability online after a 2018 Supreme Court decision was "reckless," argues author Jonathan Cohen. He has researched sports betting's impact on the U.S. since then.

At a time when communities feel fractured, here's a look at online communities taking a pragmatic approach to changing the world for the better.

Rachel Martin talks to Scott Coffina, who served as a White House counsel to President George W. Bush, about the news coming out of the White House this week regarding the president's new lawyers.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about the Trump administration's pause of the agency's enforcement actions.

Plus: a new novel from Gary Shteyngart, a true story of a shipwreck, and a memoir from a wrongly incarcerated inmate who was exonerated after 28 years behind bars.

It's a tense time in Charleston, S.C. The trial of accused church shooter Dylann Roof is underway, and another racially-charged trial involving a fatal police shooting recently ended in a hung jury.

Under a plea deal, Balmer was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, far less than he could have faced if the case went to trial. He declined to address the judge about the crime.

Japan is the only nation where married couples must use the same surname. Critics say it violates women's rights and, unless the rule is scrapped, all Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years.

The recent collapse of a high-profile Chinese oil deal in Afghanistan sheds light on the often opaque relationship between Beijing and the Taliban.

Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.

In her new book Independent, former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre writes that party infighting, bias and disloyalty drove her to leave the Democratic Party.

Three Austrian nuns have left a retirement home to break into their old convent — with local support and an Instagram following.

New research suggests mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious mice recover faster.

Videos suggesting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was drunk and slurring her words went viral. They were proven to be fake but the damage was done. Should Facebook have taken them down?

In a contentious hearing, Senators from both parties called on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to defend his actions as health secretary. He has made changes to vaccine access and to the CDC leadership.

The Supreme Court struck down a controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, affecting compensation to thousands of opioid victims and sending legal shockwaves through the U.S. bankruptcy system.

The House is expected to vote this week on several proposals this week to avert rising costs as the deadline for the Affordable Care Act subsidies fast approaches.

This weekend's playoff games will decide who goes on to the Super Bowl, and who just watches it. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN Magazine about the lineup.

The Senate failed to advance two separate partisan bills to address health care costs for people who buy plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.