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With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just before it became the United States.

Anna and Tony have six kids and are expecting a seventh. They couldn't afford to travel to where abortion is legal. With few places to turn to for help, they're worried about their family's future.

A gay club in Orlando was attacked Sunday morning in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The attack comes during Pride month, when LGBT events are planned across the country.

NPR discusses Attorney General William Barr's tenure and his actions as President Trump refuses to concede the election.

Prosecutors in D.C. are trying a new approach for juveniles on the wrong side of the law. They've launched a program that puts young people in touch with their victims to come up with a way forward.

Poor Latina women in California are spending money they don't have on Mary Kay and Avon cosmetics and selling makeup to other Latinas. Los Angeles Times reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske reported the story and discusses this new trend.

In a speech in Utah on Monday, President Trump announced that his administration will shrink the Bears Ears National Monument by roughly 85 percent and the Grand Staircase by about half its size.

Almost 48 hours after violence engulfed Charlottesville, Va., President Trump called out white nationalist groups by name. He had been criticized for not doing so in his initial remarks on Saturday.

The president became the first sitting president to address the Values Voter Summit, an annual D.C. gathering of religious conservatives, as he solidifies his ties to the GOP's evangelical wing.

"By God, my son did nothing wrong," says Khazaal Salih. His son, Abbas, a medic, was killed while treating a wounded protester. More than 300 Iraqis have been killed during protests in recent weeks.