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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the international body faces many challenges, but that he anticipates progress in Sudan and North Korea. He shares his thoughts on these conflicts, Iran and Iraq.

Starting Saturday, March 20th, Ohioans will get a chance to vote for one of a group of historical nominees to be cast as a statute for Statuary Hall in…

The Bush administration raises the national terror alert from yellow to orange, the second-highest level on a five-color scale. And Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announces "Operation Liberty Shield," which includes sending more federal security officers to monitor borders, airports and nuclear power plants. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Pam Fessler.

President Bush says he would consider major changes to the nation's intelligence services in response to the report expected this week from a bipartisan commission. The panel has been probing what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, and how it might have been prevented. One idea is to create a cabinet-level chief of all intelligence operations. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The western Sudanese region of Darfur has been the scene of what many are calling an ethnic cleansing campaign by government-backed Arab militias against the local tribes. The Bush administration is now ratcheting up the rhetoric against the same government that the United States has praised for signing peace protocols to end a separate decades-old conflict. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Is America ready to elect a woman president? A majority of voters say yes. But for a woman, a presidential campaign could be filled with minefields. Michele Norris hears about those challenges from former Rep. Pat Schroeder, who considered a run for the White House in 1988.

The Republican field for U.S. Senate race narrowed last week, while the governor's race expanded last week. We catch up on the 2022 election, the latest on the impending trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder for the alleged nuclear bailout bribery scheme and more.

More women than men have attended college in the U.S. every year since 1979 but put the pandemic has pushed the gap to record levels. We explore why men are disappearing from the halls of colleges and why it matters.

More women than men have attended college in the U.S. every year since 1979 but put the pandemic has pushed the gap to record levels. We explore why men are disappearing from the halls of colleges and why it matters.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which made it more difficult to remove Indian children from their families, tribes and culture.