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Based on former federal prosecutor Mark Godsey's book of the same title, the new opera Blind Injustice draws on detailed interviews with exonerees to put America's criminal justice system on trial.

A busload of coal miners from Appalachia are lobbying members of Congress to shore up the black lung disability trust fund, which is billions of dollars in debt.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows Americans have fairly good knowledge of the Bible and Christianity but limited understanding of Judaism, Buddhism and other faith traditions.

Presidential candidate Julián Castro made an impression at the first Democratic debate by proposing decriminalizing illegal border crossings. He discussed that and more with the NPR Politics Podcast.

Employees of the ad agency Ogilvy objected after discovering the company's contract with Customs and Border Protection. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo about the dissent.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with House Judiciary committee member Karen Bass, D-Calif., about former special counsel Robert Mueller's hearing this week.

President Trump's allies insist former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday is a waste of time and won't be damaging to the president.

The deal, approved by a federal judge on Tuesday, enshrines the right of transgender individuals to use bathrooms that match their gender identities in many North Carolina public buildings.

The governor signed the measures in Chicago flanked by advocates who say the state must be a welcoming place for all. One of them allows more time for a…

J. Ryan Stradal wasn't seeing the strong, Midwestern women who raised him reflected well in contemporary fiction. So he decided to write those characters himself in The Lager Queen of Minnesota.