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NPR speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about his new children's book "City Summer, Country Summer," in which three Black boys form a deep connection during one transformative summer in the South.

In a new book, Kim Wehle explains voting basics. She tells NPR, "if we don't go to the polls to protect democracy itself, it could fail. And I believe that's what's on the ballot in November."

There’s a narrative about the methamphetamine epidemic in Montana that says the state tackled it in the 2000s, and now it’s back with a vengeance...

The Sprague Fire , which prompted an evacuation order over the weekend that included the Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park, has grown to...

Opioid overdose deaths among middle-aged black men have increased 245 percent in the past three years in Washington, D.C.

Leah Feldman was on the Doctors Without Borders team in the 2014 outbreak. Now she's helping fight the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and literally sweating in her boots.

According to a new report, China's war against air pollution shows promising results. But there is evidence of backsliding as winter nears.

Phoenix has long been one of America's fastest growing cities. But central Arizona may finally be facing a reckoning as much of its groundwater supplies are becoming tapped out.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with rapper Tasman Keith about his newest album, "A Colour Undone."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with poet Terrance Hayes about his new collection "So To Speak," which touches on topics from history, to himself and to headlines in the news.