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NPR's Audie Cornish talks with civil rights activists about what it was like to fight for the Voting Rights Act in the '60s — and the rights that are in jeopardy now.

Businesses were closed and people skipped prayer services after the shooting deaths of four Muslim men, three of them in the past two weeks. Now, the fear has given way to confusion over a motive.

Three years after passage of CA Proposition 64, we have marijuana legalization. What does all this mean at work?Courtesy of Labor and Employment Law…

Rosamund Pike plays the Nobel Prize-winning scientist in the biopic Radioactive. She took chemistry lessons ahead of time, and says it was refreshing to prepare for a role by getting "mentally fit."

The U.S. agency that's supposed to protect workers' health has all but given up on setting limits on a dangerous chemical released in tire manufacturing. Meanwhile, workers are dying.

Trump supporters who marched and rioted at the U.S. Capitol building last week are facing a powerful backlash — with consequences ranging from arrest to job losses to death threats.

California Release Of Stay-At-Home Order To Counties Takes Many By Surprise, But Governor Contends Health Officials Were In The Loop / Scientists Say…

The digital media company Ozy shut down late Friday after The New York Times and other outlets documented allegations that it deceptively promoted both itself and its charismatic CEO.

It’s a new day. Republicans no longer control all three branches of the federal government, and there’s no doubt that makes the vast majority of…

Stephen Fried's biography argues that Benjamin Rush — a pioneering physician, writer and a signatory to the Declaration of Independence — belongs on the historical tier of Benjamin Franklin.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Kaitlin and Sarah Leung about their new cookbook, "The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family."

Medical debt can ruin people's credit rating — making it hard to get a loan, mortgage or credit card. People of color are most impacted by this issue and programs designed to help are falling short.