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Two Airstream trailers are beginning the first leg of cross-country journeys to record the stories of everyday Americans. The mobile recording studios are part of StoryCorps, an oral history project.

A new collaboration with Oxford American magazine spotlights the South, starting with a dispatch from the most obese county in the U.S.

A new collaboration with Oxford American magazine spotlights the South, starting with a dispatch from the most obese county in the U.S.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Slate staff writer Molly Olmstead about conspiracy theories from the political left following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's come-from-behind victory in New Hampshire revives a campaign badly shaken after a third-place finish in Iowa. And Republican John McCain, whose campaign was left for dead a few months ago, wins with a push from independent voters.

Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought alongside.

A live conversation with Bay Area media leaders exploring how AI is already transforming journalism and what comes next.

A nondescript booth in New York City's Grand Central Terminal will be the first collection point for a new national oral history project modeled after recordings made of ordinary Americans during the 1930s. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to David Isay about the StoryCorps project.

Anne Bradstreet is considered America's earliest poet, and a new biography details her life. Scott Simon speaks with Charlotte Gordon, author of Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet.

The third part of our series, "America Seen Through European Eyes," turns to Italy. The government of Silvio Berlusconi -- along with Tony Blair's Britain -- was one of a handful that wholeheartedly supported the Bush Adminstration in the war in Iraq. But the Italian people were overwhelmingly opposed. NPR's Syvlia Poggioli explains how these contrasting positions reflect Italy's longstanding duality toward the United States.

Terrorism on U.S. soil and its aftermath have many Americans asking themselves: "What does the rest of the world think about us?" Numerous opinion polls show that the image of America as a victim of terrorism is being overtaken by a more skeptical view. In the start of a week-long series, "America Seen Through European Eyes," NPR's Sylvia Poggioli gauges the U.S. image in Germany.

Kid Rock and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth both flew in Army Apache helicopters at a base in Virginia on Monday, weeks after military pilots drew scrutiny for hovering near the entertainer's home.