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Did you know on average a sloth will fall out of a tree once a week for its entire life? It's true — and the inspiration for Brian Cronin and Doreen Cronin's new children's book, Mama in the Moon.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, about democratic backsliding in Latin America.

Following President Biden's speech at the site of a racist massacre in South Carolina, NPR's Michel Martin asks DNC chair Jaime Harrison about Biden's focus on threats from the far-right.

This latest attack came days after President Biden claimed Russia's President Putin had "already lost the war."

We speak with a patient, a doctor, and a legal expert about what happens when the law and medical ethics are at odds.

“The United States was born in paranoia.”

The immigrant population is growing fast in states far from the southern border. Employers in North Dakota say the economy needs more workers, but there's still deep ambivalence about immigration.

Oktoberfest is getting an an alcohol-free treatment this fall. Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is hosting the booze-free variation of the Bavarian tradition and calling it "Oksoberfest."

Joan Steidl, who recently retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college to study journalism.

Greyhound bus stations are being shut down and redeveloped. The closures are leaving passengers without a warm place to get a snack, use the restroom or wait for the bus.

A system developed in the Netherlands for insulating existing homes has proven to be so cost-effective that it has attracted the attention of New York state, which plans to copy it.

Federal regulators have ordered Bank of America to reimburse customers and pay the government a $150 million penalty for so-called "junk fees."