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The face of public housing is changing in the U.S. In one of the biggest experiments, Chicago's Housing Authority has torn down most of its high-rise public housing units. For decades, they were home to thousands of residents who persevered even when the developments became overrun with crime and poverty. Now the American Theater Company is presenting The Projects, a documentary play about the hope, danger and changes that have occurred in public housing as told by current and former residents, gang members and scholars.

Charles Addams' goal was never to create fear, but to defuse it — infusing the horror with a playfulness that appealed even to those who prefer daylight to the witching hour.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kim Masters, host at KCRW and editor at large at The Hollywood Reporter, about the allegations against Weinstein that The New York Times reported.

This time, Israel's prime minister is being investigated for an alleged "bribery relationship" with Shaul Elovitch, the controlling shareholder of telecommunications company Bezeq.

For the third time since President Trump's inauguration, women have gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Women's March, bringing attention to social justice issues.

President Trump proposed a deal to congressional Democrats that would protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in exchange for $5.7 billion to fund the border wall.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has returned from meetings in Strasbourg, France, ahead of Tuesday's crucial vote on Brexit in Parliament. May has secured new promises from the European Union.

The key issues that remain unresolved are health insurance benefits, and the carmaker's reliance on temporary workers. The very far apart language leads some to believe the strike could be a long one.

President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington, D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and indicated that he's naming himself chairman. Here's why it matters.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Erika Aguilar, a reporter for Southern California Public Radio, about the search for three escaped inmates who police say are violent and potentially dangerous.