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Every year, more and more U.S.-based bands are playing African music. Discover new music from the likes of Akoya Afrobeat, Burkina Electric, Extra Golden, Markus James, and the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International.

America is still dependent on foreign oil, but the sources are changing. Think Canada, Latin America and Africa. The Middle East is well down the list. What does this mean for America's foreign policy?

Today is World Tapir Day!

On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about how the debate about Keystone XL Pipeline project has brought out divisions between the labor and…

The ICRC president talks about her recent trip to Iran, and warns about the impact of the Iran war on civilians.

Meet Bay Area-bred singer, songwriter and keyboard player Mark Etheredge and collaborator Michael Cronin, who play in San Francisco Saturday, and hear…

An exhibit at the National Archives shows that, since America's early days, the government has had a lasting effect on how and what Americans eat.

With a catalogue of more than 400 songs, including "Over the Rainbow," "Stormy Weather," and "Get Happy," the timeless music of Harold Arlen has kept America swinging, and singing, for decades. NPR marks the centennial of the songwriter's birth with an hour-long special.

As Spirit Airlines hangs on the brink of liquidation, we look back at how it grew so fast, and how the bigger airlines fought back to beat them at their own game.

Brian Moynihan received a package worth more than $7.5 million for 2011, when the company's stock lost 58 percent of its value.

Maple syrup making is an ancient tradition that started with Indigenous communities in the Northeastern part of what is now North America. Many of those communities also made maple sugar from those harvests for thousands of years.

Egypt had a revolution last year as the country united behind a call to oust Hosni Mubarak and sweep away his regime. Yet just days before the country's presidential election, the front-runner is Amr Moussa — one of the country's most prominent political figures during Mubarak's rule.