The Supreme Court releases decisions on the last day of their term
The Supreme Court releases opinion on birthright citizenship and other cases. NPR's Steve Inskeep, Carrie Johnson, and Nina Totenberg analyze the decisions.
Tariffs the Trump administration imposed on Chinese imports are still in place
President Biden has held on to one of the signature economic policies of his predecessor: tariffs on imports from China. We look at why he's kept them, and what it means for businesses.
A record number of people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes
NPR's A Martinez talks to David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee, about the driving forces that led to 108.4 million people being displaced globally — the largest number since WWII.
As the climate crisis encroaches on workers' lives. How is OSHA responding?
NPR's A Martinez talks to Doug Parker, head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about climate-related hazards — such as workers facing smoke-filled air from wildfires.
If AI gets too powerful, it could start making decisions in military battles
NPR's A Martinez talks to Max Tegmark, professor of physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the potential dangers of using artificial intelligence as a weapon.
On this Juneteenth: A reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
For the observation of the federal Juneteenth holiday, NPR examines and reads the Emancipation Proclamation.
A new class has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Gloria Estefan became the first Latina inducted into the the hall. Among the others admitted, Glen Ballard, who co-wrote Alanis Morrissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill.
Groundwater availability will limit development in the Phoenix area
Officials in Arizona are limiting development in the Phoenix metro area due to a lack of groundwater. But the development party isn't over.
2 brothers from Weumpka, Ala., remember their father Ben Davis
Arguster and Lebronze Davis grew up in the 1950s on their family's farm. The brothers came to StoryCorps to talk about their childhood and the lessons that their father passed down to them.
Mexico City has turned into a furnace — and there are few airconditioned places
A heatwave is sweeping across Mexico, and residents of its capital city are wilting in the unseasonable hot weather.