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Thousands of Massachusetts residents have been committed to treatment for addiction against their will. Some families say locking up addicts in prison isn't treatment. Others say it saves lives.

Prentis Rollins' new graphic novel is set in a near future where the government uses drone-powered mobile invisibility fields to control its prisoners, keeping them out of sight and incommunicado.

Sure, it's great to celebrate love, but why not escape all the relationship pressures, buy yourself some chocolate and make a date with a good romance novel? Here are five our our all-time favorites.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade about the latest details released by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

A mass shooting in the West Texas city of Odessa has spread fear and sadness. But residents are also ready to begin healing.

The changes aim to prevent businesses from using new legislation to discriminate against LGBT customers.

The COVID-19 crisis is prompting an increasing number of people to establish wills and take care of estate planning. Miami-based attorney Mildred Gomez offers guidance.

Eldridge Leigh Yazzie is Navajo, and has been incarcerated for 27 years. Native Americans like Yazzie have the right to practice their spirituality in prison. But sometimes the rules of prison conflict with their spiritual practices.

Every Lunar New Year, Chinese American women from across the country travel to San Francisco to participate in the Miss Chinatown USA pageant — an ethnic…

Every Lunar New Year, Chinese American women from across the country travel to San Francisco to participate in the Miss Chinatown USA pageant — an ethnic…

Ford, 3M and GE Healthcare join forces to ramp up production of personal protection equipment and ventilators,

Fred Clay, whose conviction was overturned, could be paid up to a million dollars from Massachusetts. But state law makes it difficult to collect.