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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that existing federal workplace discrimination laws extend to gay and transgender employees.Neil Gorsuch, widely…

A Republican lawmaker pitches a $15 dollar minimum wage. His goal is to fend off a likely vote on the issue in November.

A controversial bathroom bill is headed to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk.

In February, videographer Mike Newman and political blogger D.J. Byrnes, with the Rooster, tried to interview former Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. Gee took some questions before declining to answer more. That's when Assistant Professor Luke Perez stepped in front of Newman and threw him to the ground to prevent him from talking to Gee.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, about Donald Trump's attacks on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado and the upcoming vice presidential debate.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Kristen Soltis Anderson of The Washington Times. They discuss the Trump administration's sanctions on Iran, Trump's Supreme Court nominee and new executive actions signed this week.

Sgt. Michael J. Smith is found guilty on six of 13 counts of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Smith was the dog-handler in a photo of a black dog lunging for an orange-clad prisoner. Palm Beach Post reporter Susan Spencer Wendel talks with Melissa Block about the guilty verdict.

Where you live in the United States -- as well as your race and income -- play a big role in the nation's health disparities. A new report tracks mortality disparities and found that Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J., lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their 91st birthday.

The Birth of a Nation, a Ku Klux Klan-glorifying epic, was America's first blockbuster film. It was also the spark for Emmett J. Scott, a black filmmaker who hoped to answer with a vision of his own.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with T.J. Bray, a steelworker at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis where President Trump said he saved over 1,000 jobs. Last month, Carrier told the state that 600 people will be laid off, and those jobs will be transferred to Mexico.