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Donald Trump has completed an unlikely journey from real estate mogul to the 45th president of the United States.

These sugary spuds are cheap and easy to grow, but the rise of postwar industrialization and processed foods made them less popular. Now, fad diets and trendy restaurants have sparked a renaissance.

Writer Mat Johnson reflects on what the Obama presidency meant to his biracial family. "I didn't always agree with Obama," he says. "But I always respected — and will always respect — that man."

Florida lawmakers passed a new voting map that could give Republicans an edge in flipping four House seats now held by Democrats. It aids President Trump's national redistricting push.

The brass players' debut album is a set of pieces by Seattle-based composer and improviser Wayne Horvitz

More than 70 rural U.S. hospitals have closed since 2010, and rural areas are likely to be short 45,000 doctors by 2020. It's one more example of the nation's division between haves and have-nots.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with election law expert Richard Hasen about Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling in the landmark case Louisiana v. Callais.

The exploding field of "learning analytics" raises ethical questions similar to those arising from the recent Facebook revelations.

On this edition of Your Call, historian Nancy MacLean joins us to discuss her new book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s…

Elizabeth Beltran-Larios struggled with her identity for much of her childhood. Beltran-Larios was born in Oakland, but she was raised in a small town…

For decades, beginning in World War II, Swedish households received pamphlets advising how to handle a crisis. They were discontinued with the Cold War's end — but now, they're getting an update.

Similar to "little free library" boxes that are filled with free books, these "blessing boxes" are stocked with food and toiletries for people in need to take — anonymously and whenever they want.