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Federal housing officials are closing two large public housing projects in Cairo, Ill., renewing concerns that the predominantly African-American town will be wiped off the map altogether.

In a region ravaged by job loss and addiction, a musical tradition provides a lifeline for people in recovery.

The idea of tuition-free college isn't a new concept for some schools. Two colleges in Kentucky have been making it work for years.

Putting on a wedding in New York City can be financial suicide. But one young couple, profiled in Fast Company, say they priced their upcoming celebration at just $10,000 by using online startups.

Say what you will about the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board, but it’s hard to argue they’re lazy or timid. They’ve committed to a schedule of reviewing data on academic goals, they're deep in superintendent candidate interviews and they’re trying to persuade county commissioners and voters to approve a record-smashing total for school bonds.

The $600 weekly pandemic unemployment payments have single-handedly changed the economic equation in America as people earn more staying home than they did in the jobs they lost.

The attendees included cancer survivors and their families, a veteran and his caregivers, a health care professional from a Navajo reservation, a Holocaust survivor and more.

Coal companies shed billions in obligations to workers and the environment. They went on to riches through bankruptcy and asset transfers.

People in poverty-stricken Clay County worry about what will happen to their health care if Gov. Matt Bevin's and President-elect Trump's ambitions to overhaul Medicaid proceed.

Thousands of schools around the country have once again shifted to remote learning as COVID cases rise. It's taking a huge toll on children.

Republicans are spending more money and running more ads on immigration than Democrats are ahead of the November midterm elections, according to an NPR analysis of advertisement data.

The LA singer-songwriter talks about her second solo album, which includes guest appearances from peers like Conor Oberst, copying ideas from her heroes and the way lyrical specificity mimics poetry.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a weeklong visit to Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. She is seeking assurances that the United States will have access to military bases in the region. Neighboring Uzbekistan has ordered U.S. troops out of a base used for operations in Afghanistan.

NPR member stations share a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves this month, including music from CHAI, Joe Chambers, serpentwithfeet and more.

A real estate developer-turned-Middle East envoy, Witkoff has been credited with helping broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and free an American from Russian prison. Here's what to know about him.

Hulu's Emmy Award-winning series about a restaurant in Chicago returns for Season 4, with a cast of emotionally real characters and a set of writers determined to defy expectations.

Zack Snyder's follow-up to Man of Steelshows little inventiveness or spirit, and smells suspiciously like a studio's attempt to chase a rival, rather than a project allowed to develop creatively.

In two separate hearings on Wednesday, Democrats want Americans who haven't read Mueller's findings to see and hear them instead. Republicans want to take the former special counsel down a peg.

Download two handfuls of our favorite new songs, including music by British producer Tourist., German pop act Claire, New York City dance duo Holy Ghost!, rapper Jean Grae, punk-pop trio Upset, fiddle prodigy Sarah Jarosz and more.

It's rock, it's hip hop, it's sung in English ... can it still be "Latin music"? Music and cultural identity intersect in surprising ways in this week's list of tunes shared by Alt.Latino.