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Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the notorious L.A. street gang the Crips, is scheduled for execution December 13th. Commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson argues that by granting clemency, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could send a signal to other inmates that doing good works behind bars may be rewarded -- and a message of hope to young African-Americans.

Two women, strangers when they fled their respective homes in Afghanistan last year, are now making a new life together in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts pop-up gym aims to strengthen the bodies and spirits of LGBTQ+ clients, who haven't always been made to feel comfortable in other workout spaces.

Lauren Onkey is the Senior Director of NPR Music in Washington, DC. In this role, she leads NPR Music's team of journalists, critics, video, and podcast makers, and works with NPR's newsroom and robust Member station network to expand the impact of NPR Music and continue positioning public radio as an essential force in music.

The Pentagon requires services to consider whether wounds of war played a role in behavior. As a Marine fights to stay in the corps, he wants his combat-related mental health issues to be considered.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Heather Williams, an Iran intelligence expert at the Rand Corporation, for context on the current situation between the U.S. and Iran.

In Virginia, there's a debate underway about what to do with buildings, monuments and roads named after two Confederate generals — because of their support of Black people after the Civil War.

King Richard tells how Richard Williams doggedly pursued professional tennis careers for his daughters, Venus and Serena. His methods may have kept them from the burnout that ends many careers.

Hank Williams' 1949 hit foreshadows his untimely death four years later, at the age of 29.

The Charlotte Hornets have lost seven of their past eight games after falling Sunday to the Detroit Pistons 112-102. Seth Curry scored a career high 26 points, helping to cut a 24 point deficit to two.Over the weekend the Los Angeles Lakers rescinded a trade sending center Mark Williams out west for Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish and a first round draft pick. Several reports say Williams failed a physical with the Lakers.

Friday, May 18, 2018The Panthers have a new owner. Lawmakers, back in Raleigh for the first day of the short session, confront teachers from across the…

There’s a push to disqualify North Carolina's U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn from office due to his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Reparations for African Americans has long been a sticking point for a redress to this nation’s reckoning with both its historical wrongs and its contemporary consequences. Experts on the matter weigh in on the practicality and economics of reparations.

The John M Belk Endowment is giving $10 million to help community college students in North Carolina complete their degrees. Most of that money will go…

Congresswoman Alma Adams is condemning the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.

At the youthful age of 23, Tiffany Williams is finishing her last year in medical school. NPR's Tony Cox speaks with Williams about a program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that accepts students directly out of high school and, in only six years, transforms them into doctors.

NPR's John Ydstie and ethicist Randy Cohen discuss the dilemma of listener Scott Williams in Palouse, Washington. Williams wants to know whether he should join the boycott of a coffee shop whose owner attends a church he finds offensive. The pastor of that church argues that the Bible justifies slavery.

"You'd better watch out for me," Squirrel Flower, aka songwriter Ella Williams, warns on "Flames and Flat Tires," a grungy, standout single off the Chicago-based artist's sophomore album, Planet (i).

The National Football League and its players’ union continue to butt heads over players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.…

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Renee Fleming and Vanessa Williams about performing in the Kennedy Center's first live performance since spring.