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Studies show poor children living in "high opportunity" areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law intended to prevent discrimination against living organ donors. It will apply to employers and insurance…

World stock markets saw sharp sell-offs after China let its currency slide, the latest move in its trade war with the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 767 points, or 2.9%.

For more than a decade, he led the beloved Canadian band Hey Rosetta! Then they decided to take an indefinite hiatus.

Bessie Smith's songs are tales of liberated women who are not afraid to speak openly about what they want, what they need and what they are tired of.

President Trump is delivering remarks this morning from the White House in response to the deadly shootings over the weekend in El Paso and Dayton that killed 29 people.

Filmmaker Rodney Evans is still making movies, despite having lost much of his vision. His new documentary is about how he and three other blind or visually impaired artists continue to do their work.

We should continue to carefully consider how we use the word in order not to diminish its meaning.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with professor Adam Winkler of UCLA Law, about the status of background check measures passed by the U.S. House earlier this year and what impact such legislation might have.

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish remember Derrick R. Fudge, a 57-year-old man who was one of nine people killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday.