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At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Today on Crosscurrents:Hearing from candidate Pamela Price and incumbent Nancy O'Malley's seat in the race to be Alameda County's District AttorneyAn…

Today on Crosscurrents:Hearing from candidate Pamela Price and incumbent Nancy O'Malley's seat in the race to be Alameda County's District AttorneyAn…

The decline of Earth's insect population may have serious consequences for humans, says scientist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. Insects are the world's janitors, as well as pollinators and a food source.

In a new book of essays, writers such as Claire Messud and Edwidge Danticat share stories of surviving dark times and the foods entwined with those memories. Think of it as a cathartic dinner party.

On the Dec. 6, 2017 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, my wife Barbara Nemko and I discuss under-the-radar volunteer opportunities, how to vet them, and…

Today on Crosscurrents: A young man reflects on a lifetime spent in the California foster care system.Youth Radio's new executive director Jabari Gray…

Today on Crosscurrents: A young man reflects on a lifetime spent in the California foster care system.Youth Radio's new executive director Jabari Gray…

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu about what this means.

On the Dec. 6, 2017 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, my wife Barbara Nemko and I discuss under-the-radar volunteer opportunities, how to vet them, and…

In two separate hearings on Wednesday, Democrats want Americans who haven't read Mueller's findings to see and hear them instead. Republicans want to take the former special counsel down a peg.

Turkey's invasion of Syria this month has displaced 80,000 children who are "really in deep distress," UNICEF's Fran Equiza tells NPR. "The price children pay is absolutely disproportionate."