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There are few rules about heat in the nation's prison cells. As temperatures rise, advocates say the situation is becoming more and more dangerous.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with The Sentencing Project's Senior Director of Advocacy Nicole D. Porter about her new study on states repurposing closed correctional facilities.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has crossed the Middle East trying to keep the war between Israel and Hamas from spreading.

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. Many Russians are mourning — and speculating about the crash.

The exhibition is the latest offering from Body Worlds which has been mounting the traveling displays for some years now to educate people about human anatomy.

Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition

It was banned because a scene shows a map with the "nine dash line." The line of dashes depicts China's claim to own the South China Sea. Vietnam and others reject it and the U.S. says it's unlawful.

People across the country struggle to make ends meet as the government ends pandemic era expansions to food stamps, the child tax credit, Medicaid, and more.

Due to a Jim Crow era exemption in federal law, most farmworkers in the U.S. do not have the right to overtime pay. Some states are trying to remedy that, but challenges stand in the way.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Adjoa Andoh, the inaugural Director's Resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about Shakespeare's relevance in modern times, and specifically to people of color.

A shooting early Sunday morning in Sacramento killed at least six people. Gunshots rang out in the busy downtown area. At least 12 people were hospitalized with injuries.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: How To with John Wilson, Full Circle, a sci-fi duology by Arkady Martine, and kayaking lessons.