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As he runs for president, the former New York City mayor faces tough questions about aggressive police tactics that disproportionately targeted young men of color.

As 2020 rang in, there were inevitable promises to diet, exercise and save money. Poet Kwame Alexander shares a community poem of audience-submitted couplets inspired by broken New Year's promises.

A law that allows the executive branch to direct industrial production is being used to spur firms to step up their output of scarce items, such as face masks and ventilators.

It is the fourth measure approved by Congress in less than two months to combat the pandemic. This one, totaling $484 billion, will supply fresh funding to a new small business lending program.

A record-setting number of women are running for the House this year, fueled by a surge in Republican candidates.

Ari Shapiro talks to jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin about her new album Pursuance: The Coltranes and an artist she is grateful for: James Blake.

While statehood for the District of Columbia has long been an uphill battle, there's a renewed effort in the House to make the District the 51st state. The Senate likely won't go along anytime soon.

Even as most Ohioans are encouraged to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, people convicted of sexual offenses are still required to register in…

The emergency funding deal is the result of bipartisan negotiations in both the House and the Senate. The measure is expected to be sent to the president's desk soon.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to retired Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard about President Trump's threats to mobilize the armed forces against protesters and his personal experience with racism in the military.