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As President Trump pushes to get National Guard troops patrolling American cities, his administration has, in effect, blurred the lines between the military, traditional law enforcement and immigration enforcement.

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, Mother Jones’ award winning investigative reporter Shane Bauer joins us to discuss his new book American…

The driver made DIY plates out of cardboard and permanent marker — reading: "DMV CLOSED." Luckily, motorists in Oregon are free to keep using expired plates until the DMV reopens.

Andrew Brunson was one of thousands arrested in Turkey after a failed coup attempt in 2016. His detention raised tensions with the U.S. But now, a court in western Turkey has ordered his release.

The postings on Facebook, email and WhatsApp are mainly "just words of encouragement and a friendly ear." But they also share food reviews and news.

Women at Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, outside Phoenix, say they were without toilet paper for days. The Department of Corrections blamed some inmates and a budgeting problem.

Prisoners at the Donggala District Prison rioted as the earthquake and tsunami hit last month. The warden opened the doors — but now, after checking on their families, many inmates have come back.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed without dissent that a controversial gun law permitting citizens to keep a gun for self-defense also applies to a stun gun.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with fourth generation farmer and advocate Joe Maxwell about how the government shutdown is stressing already overwhelmed American farmers.

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.

When HIV-positive people leave prison, they often lose access to medical care and the drugs that suppress the virus. It's a missed opportunity in the fight against HIV, public health advocates say.

Four thousand incarcerated people are housed at San Quentin, a men’s prison in Marin County. Only a small handful of them identify as transgender.…