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The advent of streaming has changed our relationship to music, but where is it taking us? What's the logical conclusion? The only way to know for sure is to ask the future — so we did.

For NPR Music's hip-hop and R&B editor, no list could capture an accurate picture of the year, yet there's still value in calling out the albums that felt unignorable.

Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been trying to figure out how it happened.

As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

They own car dealerships, law firms, dental practices, and restaurant chains. Collectively, these overlooked business owners hold far more wealth than the Forbes 400 — and wield considerable political power.

Noted pianist Sarah Cahill speaks with Classical 101's Jennifer Hambrick about women composers and what matters most in diversifying the classical music canon.

Childish Gambino's "This Is America" and Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hourtook top prizes at a ceremony that spread the honors widely.

Niki Capaci, 40, died in May 2023 after three days in the custody of a New York jail. Her family is suing the jail, claiming its medical provider, Wellpath, failed to treat her for opioid withdrawal.

A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.