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Despite a lot of rhetoric, decades have passed — and administrations have come and gone — with little progress in educating language-minority students.

The contentious presidential election colored the listening habits of NPR's classical producer.

The jazz pianist defied classification while steadfastly affirming her roots in the hard-bop tradition of her native Detroit. She died Tuesday in Philadelphia.

The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 destroyed two-thirds of the Texas city and heavily damaged surviving structures. It remains the most deadly natural disaster and worst hurricane in U.S. history.

Almost 50 years after its release, the album remains a vision of universal healing, spiritual self-preservation in times of trouble and the god that appears when you seek her out.

Neither the House nor Senate proposals do much for the lowest-income Americans, and some higher-income people could gain a lot.

Following Speaker John Boehner's decision to resign, the House majority leader quickly became a front-runner to replace him. McCarthy has already gone far in Congress relatively quickly.

Conservatives criticize the president's language on terrorism, including his approach to Muslim nations and communities. But Obama has, on several occasions, pointed to Muslim leaders to do more.

Trauma-informed education and wraparound services are growing in response to the storm as Houston-area schools look to the future. The changes could serve as a model for schools nationwide.

In a surprise move Friday that set off a chain reaction of other personnel changes, President Trump tapped Anthony Scaramucci to be the new White House communications director.