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Alexander Calder is famous for large public art and delicate mobiles. But he also created deceptively simple and elegant jewelry that, for the first time, is the focus of an exhibition. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is its initial stop on an international tour.

The Prospect 1 New Orleans project is slated to open in November. Dan Cameron, the director of the Contemporary Arts Center, aims to create a citywide, international art event akin to the Venice Bienanle. He sees it as a promotional and healing tool for the city.

Health disparities between African-Americans and Caucasians are nothing new. An art exhibit in Winston-Salem, N.C., lets patients demonstrate the disparities themselves through photos and writing. Rose Hoban of member station WUNC reports.

When dictionaries add trendy words like "twerk," they're prioritizing the fleeting language habits of the young, says Geoff Nunberg. And our fascination with novel words tends to eclipse subtle changes in the meanings of old ones — "which are often more consequential," he says.

Monique Pressley is called "masterful" in her public message. She hits the spotlight of the Bill Cosby case after a career as a defense attorney, prosecutor and religion-based broadcaster.

This weekend in Chicago, a small theater troupe with a big resume will present all of the poems in Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" — sung by more than 50 performers from around the world.

El Salvador's president is taking a billion-dollar risk on Bitcoin — with the country's treasury. Among the plans: a crypto trade zone near a dormant volcano.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Angela Stent, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about what could be guiding Putin's decision-making in Ukraine.

Cisco Fernandez, of Phoenix, Ariz., shares what it's been like for him to work as a substitute teacher during the omicron wave for our series "Outbreak Voices."

A pilot program to give cash directly to people in poverty is launching in the Atlanta neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived. King was an early promoter of guaranteed basic income.

A watchdog group says Facebook only labeled about half of posts promoting articles from the world's main publishers of climate denial. Facebook says it was still rolling out its system at the time.

A quarter of full-time employees were still working exclusively from home in December 2021, according to Gallup. Now companies are starting to call them back to the office at least a few days a week.

Don Gonyea speaks with Vladimir Rouvinski of Universidad Icesi in Colombia about Russia's outreach to Latin American countries during the Ukraine crisis.

The annual survey finds Americans more on edge than ever, triggered by financial issues, the war overseas and the cumulative pressure of living through the pandemic.

Evil Dead — the horror franchise known for having lots of scares (and laughs) — has gone from cult hit to cultural phenomenon. The latest addition is a video game.

The DeLorean Motor Company — the latest corporate iteration of the brand and not the creator behind the iconic 1980s model — is previewing an electric vehicle that will debut at a car show in August.

The longer Ukraine's army fends off the Russian invasion, the more it absorbs the advantages of Western weaponry and training — exactly the transformation Vladimir Putin wanted to prevent by invading.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks E&E News reporter Ben Storrow for the reasons gas prices remain high.

Stocks were pummeled on Friday with the Nasdaq slumping more than 4% to post its worst month since 2008. Why things have gotten so bad in Wall Street.

In Washington, D.C., two public art projects -- a lively, hand-painted playground mural and a colorful neon display at a recreation center -- show how communities can help brighten their little corners of the world.