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In Bladen County, where more than 20% of residents live in poverty, officials say looming cuts in federal SNAP administrative funding are stressing county finances. Local leaders are asking the state for help.

The Department of Education is expanding a fix to its troubled TEACH Grant program, giving millions of dollars of grant money back to public school teachers working in the country's neediest schools.

As the state weighs legislation that could help expand access to doulas for expecting mothers, birth workers from minority communities worry new standards could leave them on the outside looking in.

The Trump administration wants to scale back a provision that protects the undocumented spouses of military members currently deployed. Activists warn it could be highly disruptive.

The new Hulu documentary Becoming Bond is all about the man who was only James Bond once: George Lazenby.

Cuba doesn't have a single rabbi and the Jewish population numbers only about 1,200 on the island. Those left have formed a tight-knit community, with pressure on the young to sustain their religion.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's testimony before the Senate regarding cost-cutting measures at the U.S. Postal Service.

Pentecostalism is spreading rapidly throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Half of the world's Pentecostalists live there, and Cameroon's government has deemed the church a national threat.

Members of the military are more than twice as likely to have hepatitis C as the general public. For many, including Jim McGough, the virus takes its final toll decades after they are first infected.

Across the U.S., women work the kitchens of temples, mosques and Sikh gurudwaras, putting on both simple meals and complex feasts. They see their work as serving God by serving others.