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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Scott Greer, political scientist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, about how states are reinventing federalism amid an absence of federal leadership.

The Indiana Women’s Prison has taken hard measures to contain the coronavirus. Many inmates in the prison have spent long periods locked in their cells ...

Drake unites the old gang of Degrassi High School for his latest video. NPR Music breaks down the cameos, Easter eggs and (relatively low-stakes) inconsistencies of "I'm Upset."

Between his classics My Favorite Things and A Love Supreme,Coltrane recorded these sessions on a single day in 1963. 55 years later, Both Directions at Once arrives like a rare celestial event.

Dodgers starter Walker Buehler threw seven powerful innings, but Boston outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr.'s solo home run matched Los Angeles' meager production. It took 10 more innings to break the tie.

The photos avoid war, destruction and poverty — and instead focus on the beauty and resilience of people who leave home in search of a better life.

Japan and the United States have a long history of not only economic competition, but also cultural exchange. In the U.S., for instance, sushi and anime are popular. And the Japanese long ago adopted baseball and jazz. If that’s old news to you, here’s one America-to-Japan export that might surprise you: U.S. convenience stores. This story is about one of those stores: an iconic Ohio chain that went extinct here decades ago, only to become one of the most ubiquitous convenience store brands in Japan.

China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem.

Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.

Producers of fantasy shows should use diversity to deepen storylines.