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The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong's novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.

The Adelaide United midfielder announced that he was gay in a video posted to the team's Twitter account Tuesday.

As students head back to classrooms, school leaders are making real-time decisions about how to keep everyone safe from the coronavirus.

Women and children are requesting asylum at higher rates than men. Knowing that men prey on girls like her, 15-year-old Honduran Amaya cut her hair to avoid standing out after joining a group of boys.

In a deal with the Taliban last year, the Trump administration agreed to withdraw U.S. troops by May, but the Biden administration says the Taliban isn't keeping its end of the bargain.

We look at the long history of opioid abuse in the U.S. and the first crisis in the 19th century with morphine.

The comedian says he sees himself as a "forever student" and his show, United Shades of America, is sort of like "Sesame Street for grown-ups." The sixth season premieres Sunday on CNN.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Guatemalan ambassador to the United States Alfonso Quiñónez about the announcement this week of U.S. aid to help control migration and meet humanitarian needs.

Oakland Tech is one of the most diverse schools in the country, and Chosang Tenzin, a Tibetan American and high school senior, had looked forward to going…

Federal aid ends after 90 days, when refugees are expected to be self-sufficient. With the coronavirus on top of Trump administration cuts to the refugee program, the challenges are overwhelming.

The U.S. economy is lacking more than a million immigrant workers who would be here if not for the pandemic and Trump-era cuts. That may be hurting industries that depend on immigrants, like trucking.

We don't know the full impact of nonfatal firearms-related injuries. Unreliable data and political pressure have obscured the picture for researchers, the media and the public. That may soon change.