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A federal appeals court sided with workers from Birmingham, Ala., who argued that state lawmakers racially discriminated against the majority-black city by blocking a 2016 municipal minimum wage hike.

President Trump wants to abolish the Education Department as a standalone agency. He's the latest Republican to try. NPR's Michel Martin looks back on the history with Alyson Klein of Education Week.

Mmhmm is a small word that's often used unconsciously. But it can actually tell us a lot about language, bias and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

When wildfire starts, a lot of people decide what areas should burn, and where a fire should be fought. One of those people is an archaeologist from the U.S. Forest Service.

David Greene talks to Dr. Rafael Rivera, associate dean of New York University's medical school, about the school's decision to become tuition free, regardless of need or merit.

Two friends, one black, one white, produced a short play about Carolyn Bryant, the white woman who accused Emmett Till of whistling at her. Since his murder, racial tensions exist six decades later.

An 18-month-old child died this spring after she was released from an immigrant detention facility in Texas. Lawyers representing her mother intend to sue the contractor for $40 million in damages.

Katherine Marsh's book Nowhere Boy is the story of a 14-year-old Syrian refugee in Brussels, and his friendship with an American boy. She talks with NPR's Rachel Martin.

Young immigrants often struggle to adapt to life in the U.S. and stay connected to their birthplace. A group of Missouri teens recently returned to Kenya for a service trip and reunion.

After French Open officials banned Serena William's compression catsuit, the tennis champion hit the U.S. Open court in a tutu. Rachel Martin talks to USA Today sportswriter Christine Brennan.