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Hillary Clinton wants people with student loan debt to pay lower interest rates. That kind of assistance may not help the people who need it most.

A COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 12 is not yet available, but research is well underway and the first shot for some kids in this age group is expected in the fall, doctors say.

The U.S. is still the largest producer of oil, but we're a long way from pumping what we were before the pandemic. Blame backwardation.

Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Jeff Denham of California, who is one of 10 Republicans who wrote a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging Congress to maintain the protections of DACA.

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

In a vote of confidence for citizen science, researchers who created an online RNA-folding game launched the project's first challenge aimed at a disease — creating a better tuberculosis test.

Montrell Jackson was one of the three police officers killed in Sunday's shooting in Baton Rouge, La. His brother Kedrick Pitts speaks with NPR's Michel Martin, remembering him as his "best friend."

Parliament showed me that being black has liabilities, but that it's also a powerful gift.

A whistleblower suit against Humana Inc. alleges the insurer turned a blind eye to billing fraud involving Medicare patients. People were diagnosed with more serious ailments than they actually had.

The entrance polls said Sanders won Latinos in Nevada by 8 points, but results showed Clinton won Hispanic-heavy precincts. What gives?