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A law passed in Arkansas last year calls for the creation of a donation-funded memorial on state capitol grounds, to memorialize aborted fetuses. Finding a tasteful design is proving difficult.

Pennsylvania is one of a dozen states where providing drug users with clean syringes to help prevent infection is not authorized. Now there's a push to change the state law.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with The Lever's Helen Santoro about her reporting on outdated health insurer directories and lower reimbursement rates for providers and patients.

Not paying someone for a job they did is illegal. It's called wage theft. But in California, the worst offender has paid only a tiny fraction of the millions of dollars in wages he owes workers.

Washington's ferry system is the biggest in the U.S., but after decades of chronic underfunding, it's breaking down and short-staffed: a serious problem for the people who depend on it.

One of the most popular Ethiopian vocalists of the late 20th century, he rose to fame at a time of great political unrest in Ethiopia.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, who wrote, directed, produced, and edited the new movie "Drive-Away Dolls." Coen and Cooke are married.

In the wake of a reported 30 murders of women in January alone, advocates and demonstrators are calling for legislation that would set severe consequences for femicide.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with David Frum about his latest piece in The Atlantic, titled "Miranda's Last Gift: When our daughter died suddenly, she left us with grief, memories — and Ringo."

There are few rules about heat in the nation's prison cells. As temperatures rise, advocates say the situation is becoming more and more dangerous.

Young people in the U.S. are increasingly dealing with mental health issues. A Yale professor shares some advice for young people from her free online class.

Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America's energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think the rush to quit fossil fuels is impractical.