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Americans owe a staggering $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt. We sit down with leading experts to understand how student debt has grown to astronomical proportions and how it’s impacting much more than just the borrowers.

An independent commission says renaming nine U.S. Army posts that commemorate Confederate officers would cost $21 million. The name changes would lead to the rebranding of everything from welcome marquees and road signs to water towers and hospital doors. The Naming Commission released its final report to Congress on recommending the new Army base names Monday. It included a list of assets tied to the Confederacy at each base. They range from the decals on 300 recycling bins at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to the sign for a softball field at Fort Hood in Texas.

The committee, across eight hearings, has built a case — more political than legal — that Trump, who continues to lie about the election and teases he'll run in 2024, is not fit to hold the office.

There's something awfully suspicious about that pine tree off the side of Interstate 485. You know, the one with the perfectly smooth trunk and the oddly…

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Charles Frazier, the North Carolina novelist best known for his tragic Civil War romance “Cold Mountain.” He’s got a new book called “The Trackers,” set during the Great Depression, and we talk about how that book stemmed from a single photograph.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Deesha Philyaw, author of “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” and Kiese Laymon, author of books including “Heavy” and “Long Division.” They’re teaming up for a new podcast on nonfiction writing, and they have lots of thoughts about it.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017Old-line brick and mortar stores are reeling as they lose sales to online retailers. What will this mean for these venerable…

Part 1CMPD Chief Kerr Putney has been in his job for a year now. In that time, the department has grappled with a high-profile trial, an uptick in crime…

Thursday, December 29, 2016It’s that time of year when we talk holiday movies. Hollywood is waiting so which films are worth your time? Mike Collins asks…

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019Eyebrows shot up across the banking industry last week with the sudden merger proposal between BB&T and SunTrust. How did this…

Mike Collins and a roundtable of reporters discuss the swirl of issues surrounding education as schools prepare to welcome students back to the classroom. From declining public school enrollment to COVID, school safety concerns, and more.

Thursday, August 17, 2017Six weeks into his tenure as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent, Clayton Wilcox joins Mike Collins for a discussion on…

As new COVID-19 cases decline here, a new, more contagious strain emerges. The line of candidates running to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Richard Burr is getting longer. Belk files for bankruptcy and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says sports can resume after being shut down due to the pandemic.

They're activist and advocates from Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lesotho and the U.S. We wanted to know: How do they stay positive in the face of the world's many problems and woes?

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

Tourism revenue topped $35 billion dollars in 2023, a record high and 22% higher than in 2019. Income from that spending, or what shops and hotels made in profit, also hit a record high. But employment was still 6% below levels of 2019.

The payment option is booming among online holiday shoppers this year. But like any form of credit, it comes with drawbacks. Here's how to use BNPL responsibly — and protect yourself from risk.

"Buy now, pay later" loans have proliferated in recent years for nearly any kind of purchase. And there are a few reasons why BNPL services have been more accessible than other forms of credit.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Slate's Mike Pesca to find out what's up with the Philly 76ers trading away all their best players, and we'll hear the news around the track. The Daytona 500 is today.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss March Madness, the new world of paid college athletes, and bobblehead crime.