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The Bollywood film "Pad Man" is the real-life story of a tinkerer obsessed with manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins.

This month, India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence. But the scars of a violent partition linger. An oral history project is racing to collect stories from those who lived through it.

Part 2 of a two-part Tales from the Trail: Sometimes, I don't believe it either. I've had a career covering politics where I have gone to 16...

Utah passes a law that lets kids roam without parental supervision. We’ll look at the free-range parenting movement.

Women seeking the right to vote published the cookbooks both to raise funds for their cause — and as a strategic rebuttal to those who painted them as neglectful mothers and kitchen-hating harridans.

Deaths from heroin nearly tripled between 2010 and 2013, and demand for the drug isn't dropping. Towns across the U.S. are grappling with the deadly epidemic — including a once-idyllic town in Ohio.

In a nearly hourlong speech, Pope Francis called for action on climate change, encouraged empathy for immigrants and advocated for the poor. He also said he supports abolishing the death penalty.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to comedians John Cleese and Eric Idle of Monty Python about their new show, Together Again At Last...For The Very First Time, which begins its U.S. tour in October.

These blogs take the cake on exploring food, culture and identity.

A new father embarks on another big journey: teaching at a startup charter high school in Brooklyn.