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In his new book, columnist Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of US history by placing Black people squarely at the center.

New collections The Gone Thing, Silver and Modern Poetry offer, if not a solution to trying times in America, then a kind of truth-telling companion, a mirror with a real person on both sides of it.

Voters turned out at a rate not seen in decades. Polls showed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front gaining a majority of seats in parliament with the far-right National Rally in third place.

A fossil of an armadillo-like mammal appears to bear cut marks from butchering by humans, suggesting people were living in South America at least 20,000 years ago, even earlier than once thought.

In February, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are people. Invitro fertilization, or IVF treatment in the state is paused.

We're taking stock of this year's notable holiday movies, with titles including such gems as Oy to the World!, Christmas at the Catnip Cafe, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, and A Pickleball Christmas.

Will President Biden's new executive order restricting asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border change voters' minds this election year?

NPR Music got 7,000 entries this year for its annual Tiny Desk Contest. Here are some favorite contest entries from up-and-coming rappers.

Democrats and Republicans have something in common: they're worried about the future of the U.S, but for different reasons.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Wall Street Journal men's fashion columnist Jacob Gallagher about the latest from New Balance: a sneaker-loafer hybrid.

America’s 20-year military occupation devastated Afghanistan’s environment in ways that may never be fully investigated or addressed.

Keyser in West Virginia represents a national shift in American energy production. And in a town that was defined by coal for generations, change can be difficult.