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The Poetry Project celebrates its 50th year of supporting contemporary poets. For the 43rd time, it held a marathon poetry reading on New Year's Day at St. Mark's Church-In-The Bowery.

The denomination held a summit in Nashville, Tenn., this week to consider how the Gospel speaks to race relations. It wasn't easy, and moving from words to actions may be a challenge.

Three scientists who studied how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — the first recipients of prestigious awards for 2019.

More than 750,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. On Thanksgiving Day, family members remember the roles and memories that their loved ones left behind.

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye.

Two recent judicial rulings create more obstacles for President Trump's slated $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Judge John Jones III, who is among 35 former judges who support an inquiry into President Trump's settlement with the IRS.

Meta is building the world's largest data center in rural Louisiana, but its construction has led to dangerous road conditions in the area, with dozens of crashes reported on a small, two-lane road.

To help wean Europe off Russian gas, the White House wants to increase natural gas exports. Critics say that's at odds with climate goals. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on May 4, 2022.)

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the latest on US gymnast Jordan Chiles' bronze medal controversy, a betting scandal in Notre Dame, and a preview of Little League World Series.

The importance of the father in a child's life has always been known but UNC Charlotte Professor Dr. Jeffrey Shears set out to understand the exact impact…

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, victim's families were then forced to contend with hateful conspiracy theories. We sit down with an author that writes “Sandy Hook was the first mass tragedy to spawn an online circle of people impermeable and hostile to reality.”

Taxes are due. Conventional wisdom says we hate paying them, but is that really the case? And how will public attitudes on taxes shape the debate in Washington on President Biden's proposed hike on the rich and corporations?

Another heartbreakingly familiar tragedy, this time in Texas. Ten years after Sandy Hook, more parents are again forced to endure the unimaginable. After the tragedy in Sandy Hook, those families were also confronted with fighting disinformation from a group of people "hostile to reality." We talk with an author about what can be done to reverse this woeful trend.

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, 10 years ago this month, victims' families were then forced to contend with hateful conspiracy theories. We sit down with an author that writes “Sandy Hook was the first mass tragedy to spawn an online circle of people impermeable and hostile to reality.”

"Women in Jazz Day" officially hits New York City Friday, complete with a new documentary on the subject.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with civil rights activist Rev. William Barber II about his inaugural homily and what he makes of the first few days of the Biden administration.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with sports journalist Julie DiCaro about Naomi Osaka's decision to avoid the French Open's media availability.

In 1977, Spong became one of the first American bishops to ordain a woman into the clergy. In 1989, he was the first to ordain an openly gay man. Spong died Sept. 12. Originally broadcast in 1996.

William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals.