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When it comes to the Underground Railroad, everyone knows Harriet Tubman. But a new oratorio sheds light on a different, key figure named William Still.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about Democrats not being on board with Majority Leader McConnell's rules for Trump's impeachment trial. NPR's Kelsey Snell weighs in.

The U.S. government this week is pondering how much the public needs to know about funding decisions for studies and experiments that involve tinkering with already dangerous viruses.

In partnership with WNYC and the Apollo Theater, we examine the legacy of Dr. King's leadership.

The individual had returned to his home in Washington state after a visit to Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.

If you want to trace the history of U.S.-Iran tensions, you would have to go back decades. But the roots of the latest escalation can be found in a series of developments over the past two years.

On Tuesday, British Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani lauded a 2003 treaty that sat unratified for years but, after approval by the U.S., has recently been dredged from its would-be grave.

Last week, the 72nd Louisiana Legislature convened for the first time, electing new leaders in a brief organizational session.After months of backroom…

With Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead on the brink of extinction, there are new efforts being brokered to save the famed fish.

A study this month showed giving extra social services to the neediest patients didn't reduce hospital readmissions. Now health advocates say that might not be the right measurement of success.