President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group ...

The highly anticipated text from the Senate is out — and it's already causing concern from GOP stakeholders in both chambers.

Jason Reynolds writes young adult books that don't talk down to kids. His newest audio-only book is called Soundtrack. He talks with Rachel Martin about writing and the value of being a crier.

Israel and Iran have been trading attacks for five days. Jordan, Lebanon and other countries are caught in the flight path between the two.

Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.

South Korea's new president's first move toward easing tensions with North Korea: switch off loudspeakers blaring propaganda and K-pop tunes over the border.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with CeCe Winans, the best-selling female gospel artist in history, about her Tiny Desk performance and Black Music Month.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Harvard Kennedy School of Government political scientist Erica Chenoweth about whether protests like those against President Trump change minds or policies.

A U.S. federal court judge in Boston has ordered the restoration of the grants issued by the National Institutes of Health that had been canceled by the Trump administration.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron Stein, president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, about the stakes and the history of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

Back in the 1970s, the prevailing thought was that it wasn't safe for women to run. A leader in the fight for a woman's right to run has died. Nina Kuscsik was 86.

Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.