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Searching for information on your state's schools can be a real challenge, according to a new report from the Data Quality Campaign.

From the people on our money to the effects of calling someone black, this week, we bring you four reads that illuminate a bit of history or pieces of regulation you may not have known about.

The jazz singer and songwriter died Wednesday in Manhattan at the age of 96.

Retro turntables anticipated the resurgence of vinyl records. Now, jukeboxes that play vinyl are returning to the market for the first time in more than two decades.

"Mad" Mike Hughes plans to take the rocket built from salvaged metal on a flight across the Mojave Desert on Saturday. His stated mission: to overturn two millennia of scientific understanding.

North and South Carolina have very different outlooks since the Trump administration cut funding for the helpers who assist people signing up for health insurance.

Parthiv Patel passed the bar in 2016 but he couldn't become a lawyer because of his immigration status. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with the first DACA receipient admitted to the New Jersey bar.

ESPN's Howard Bryant and NPR's Scott Simon discuss the upcoming face-off between Floyd Mayweather and Connor McGregor and whether the fight should have been sanctioned.

The problem is, it's hard to prove. Journals deny it. But some academics say they've experienced it firsthand.

Pop culture and music critic Stephen Thompson ponders the connection between Migos' signature flow and hallowed children's' literature.