At the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Black artistry is on display. NPR critic Eric Deggans says it's ...

Thousands of people die in custody each year, usually during an arrest or while incarcerated. Exactly how many is impossible ...

A public library in Ohio is celebrating the life of one of its most loyal patrons, a retired social worker named Dan Pelzer.

Idaho Public Television has a new series that goes behind the scenes of Idaho jobs to help kids decide what to be when they ...

Poverty and child welfare activist David Ambroz shares his experience of homelessness, abuse and foster care in his new ...

On a reporting trip, Here & Now's Chris Bentley and Peter O'Dowd traversed the Blues Trail in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

All of Harvard University's recent legal cases have started on the desk of federal Judge Allison Burroughs of Massachusetts.

Arizona's voucher program spends taxpayer funds to send students to schools that are not in the public system.

That’s according to a new federal report, which says consuming a lot of these types of foods can cause serious health problems.

This week marks 60 years since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. While much of the spotlight often falls on the South, the law’s impact reached all corners of the country – including right ...

A long-term study of mountain gorillas finds that when female gorillas move into a new group, they pick one that contains buddies they've lived with before.

As the Trump Administration’s mass deportation effort continues, many picked up by U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement end up in jail to await legal proceedings with no possessions and no ability ...