They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing ...

Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after ...

How did a little known assemblyman become the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City? NPR's A Martinez talks to Bob Hardt, political director of the NY1 news channel.

The Trump administration is considering a first-of-its kind mining project at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But deep-sea mining has raised major environmental questions.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with John Bolton, a national security advisor in President Trump's first term, about U.S. strikes on Iran and differing assessments of their success.

President Trump is back after a NATO summit in the Netherlands, what's next for Kilmar Abrego Garcia? The man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, Senate Republicans rush to pass President Trump's ...

After six weeks of witnesses for the prosecution, Sean Combs' defense team rested after only 30 minutes on Tuesday. Thursday, the final stage of Combs' trial begins.

A new documentary profiles journalist Barbara Walters, who fought sexist bullies throughout her career and still landed the biggest interviews. NPR's Michel Martin talks with director Jackie Jesko.

Summer in the Eastern half of the U-S kicked off with a massive heat wave, and the summer season is only just beginning. So how should you prepare your home, and community, for the next big heat wave?

A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man the government mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador — to be released from prison until his trial on federal charges.

With the win of a progressive candidate over a former governor in New York's mayoral primary, Democrats are determining what — if anything — they should do moving forward to attract more voters.