Search results for

A recent campaign succeeded in diminishing the reach of a website that is notorious for harassing autistic and transgender people, and which has been linked to at least three suicides.

In a new memoir, Lisa McNair recounts growing up in Birmingham, Ala., after her sister Denise and three other Black girls were murdered in the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.

Fewer than 10% of all Paycheck Protection Program loans remain unforgiven, and the majority of those belong to one-person businesses — companies the program most intended to help.

Pope Francis worked to make the Catholic Church more open to the LGBTQ community. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the Rev. James Martin about what direction the new pontiff could take the church.

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.

The new term, which begins Monday, will see eight justices, not the usual nine. And because of COVID-19, once again the justices will gather by telephone hookup to hear the arguments.

Chronic, unexcused absence from school in Texas often sends students and parents to adult criminal courts.

Advocates for the people living on the city's streets were very skeptical two years ago that much could be done. But some substantial progress has been made since then. Now, as new people turn to the streets, can the county still help?

After releasing her album Renaissance, Beyoncé received backlash for the song, "Heated." She used a word that some consider a slur towards people with disabilities — and has since changed the lyrics.

Credit card debt is at a record high, climbing nearly 19% in the fourth quarter of 2022. Many Americans have exhausted their savings and are now deep in the hole trying to cover the cost of living.