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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Latin music star Prince Royce about his performance at the 2020 Democratic National Convention and why he's speaking out on the importance of this election.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with high school students from Washington, D.C., Detroit and New York City about how they're feeling about the upcoming school year.

The Disney+ documentary Howard features the life and work of Howard Ashman, a lyricist known for Little Shop of Horrors and one half of the duo that brought the music for three classic films to life.

More than 60 monuments that celebrate the Confederacy and its military men have come down in cities all across America. But more than 1,700 remain, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The circus was founded to lift kids out of poverty and change racial attitudes. It's become a world-famous institution — performing for Barack Obama, for example — while holding true to its dream.

The Queen of Soul rarely gave interviews, so we were delighted when she sat down with Terry Gross in 1999. Franklin died Thursday at age 76.

When her daughter Maile Pearl was born in April, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., became the first senator to have a baby during a term in office. She shares her observations with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times, and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution about this week's primaries, the continued fallout over President Trump's revoking of former CIA Director John Brennan and former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman.

Syria's President Bashar Assad is on the verge of winning the war. But refugee activists are waging new battles against the regime from Europe.

Born as a children's song, transformed by the civil rights movement into an anthem, "This Little Light of Mine" works by letting the singer control their own story.