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Governor Bruce Rauner has approved the portion of the state budget earmarked for public schools. His move yesterday ensures schools will be able to open…

Three high schoolers in Zanzibar have won a prize for a film tackling a fierce debate in African classrooms: Should the teacher instruct in English or the mother tongue?

The court's King v. Burwell decision could have drastically affected Obamacare subsidies in your state.

The White House is changing its policy about negotiating with terrorist groups which hold Americans hostage. Renee Montagne talks to David Rohde, a journalist who was held by the Taliban for months.

It's been 7 years since the financial crisis nearly took down the global economy. Our Planet Money team wondered what the next big mess might be, so they asked three economists for their thoughts.

Amid the blaxploitation craze, Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen on the big screen. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project.

Illinois schools will be able to open on time this fall, despite an ongoing budget stalemate at the statehouse.Schools not having the money to operate had…

Once the province of nobles, food sculptures became the art of the people in America. Nowhere is this truer than the butter sculpture, a form that is at once familiar and impressive.

The subsidies are crucial to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature achievement.

The president said that after setbacks and successes, health care in America has been affirmed as "not a privilege for few, but a right for all."