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The award show's producer, Russell Simmons, says it's about "celebrating people who might otherwise not get celebrated."

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson about the state of GOP politics in his state as they head into the primaries on Super Tuesday.

In Alabama, the city of Birmingham voted to increase its minimum wage to $10.10. Lawmakers in the state legislature said "not so fast." Now there's a battle underway as the Republican-controlled legislature tries to stop the state's largest city from increasing its hourly wages.

Some thoughts following both the Nevada Democratic caucus and the South Carolina Republican primary appear to show a clearer sense of where things are…

As recently as two years ago, Republican candidates in Texas have drawn more than 40 percent of the Latino vote. Now, one strategist says national candidates have a "head in the sand" mentality.

Plus, a Senate report finds that the company lied about test data even after the air bag recalls.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez about the movement to increase minimum wages at the local level.

In her book American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, Nancy Jo Sales looks at the pressures on teenage girls socially and sexually. She talks to David Greene about her book.

U.S and European officials are worried about what that could mean for the region. David Greene talks to Mohamad Ali Harissi, Libya bureau chief of Agence France Presse, an international news agency.

There's an adage that says all press is good press. Our "Planet Money" team tests the theory by talking to authors who have had their books panned in The New York Times.

Steve Inskeep talks to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is teaming up with former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, to launch a commission to counter Islamist extremism.

V.E. Schwab's follow-up to A Darker Shade of Magic picks up with heroes Kell and Delilah adventuring (and sometimes agonizing) in a magical alternate London while danger lurks in the titular shadows.

Trump's successes endanger both Cruz and Rubio. Will this be the debate where they stop fighting each other and take on Trump?

Also: Airline prices are rising even though jet fuel costs are falling; the GOP presidential candidates debate in Houston tonight; and Greece is angry that it wasn't invited to a summit on migrants.

Gods of Egypt wants to be a story of mortals and gods living together, but it gets bogged down in its convoluted plot and CGI effects.

In 1961 the Friendship 9, a group of young African-American men, sat at the counter of McCrory’s Five and Dime in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The counter…

It's time once again for our annual Oscars Omnibus: a roundup of every Best Picture nominee, many notable performances, and the movies we'd have nominated to improve the awards' diversity.

All sorts of laws govern the use of children in movies, and studio teachers like Lois Yaroshefsky are in charge of enforcing them. As Jungle Book director Jon Favreau puts it, "Lois is the boss."

Steve Inskeep talks to Matthew Green, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University, to find out what breaking into an iphone's encryption really means.

Iranians are voting Friday in a parliamentary election but not everyone who wants to be a candidate is permitted to run. A group must affirm candidates are properly educated, religious and loyal.