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Mortgage rates above seven percent and a low supply of homes for sale has made home ownership feel out of reach for many Americans. Yet it remains an important way to build wealth in the U.S.

When the Simpsons first aired in 1989, the show depicted a typical American middle-class family. NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money investigates whether that remains true in 2022.

Florida Democrat Sheila Chefilus-McCormick announced on Tuesday she will step down from Congress, becoming the third House member to resign this month.

Inflation eased in February, but consumer prices are still up 6% from a year ago. The Fed is wrestling with how hard to crack down — a difficult calculation after the collapse of two regional banks.

The FDA is taking emergency steps to increase the supply of baby formula after a plant closure led to shortages. Federal policy may have contributed to over-reliance on a handful of formula suppliers.

More than half of people who get abortions use the two-drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol to terminate their pregnancy.

A survey by Georgetown University reveals how President Trump has controlled information and upended the norms of White House reporting.

It was meeting among the leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada. But all eyes were on President Biden and his Mexican counterpart, whose initial meetings were awkward to say the least.

NPR's history podcast Throughline explains how in the 1970s Dwayne Andreas, CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, used the sugar market to popularize high fructose corn syrup.

The organization Sapelo Square is celebrating the experiences of black Muslims in the United States through the launch of an online exhibition.

The ozone layer is a thin shield in the stratosphere that protects humans and the environment from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

"So I just think that, you know, with somebody who had a 40 or 50-year career and having the public never really hearing him speak in this way. How you're not going to remember that?"