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U.S. murder clearance or solve rates have hit an all-time low. Experts say mutual mistrust between police and some communities is creating a vicious cycle where unsolved killings breed more mistrust.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the NBA playoffs and a long delayed debut in Major League Baseball.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his new novel, "Chain-Gang All-Stars."

Pope Francis says women will be allowed to vote on a Vatican panel that had been exclusively male. NPR's Scott Simon asks Kate McElwee of the Women's Ordination Conference about it.

Protests in France continue after the retirement age was raised, which threatens a quintessential French concept: That retirement is a time to enjoy life after years of contributing to the economy.

New Mexico is at the heart of a fight over abortion rights that's pitting local anti-abortion ordinances against state officials who support abortion rights.

We'll take a look a the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela - its effects in the region but also, in the U.S., with more Venezuelans trying to migrate.

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember singer and activist Harry Belafonte, who died this week at the age of 96.

U.S. murder clearance or solve rates have hit an all-time low. Experts say mutual mistrust between police and some communities is creating a vicious cycle where unsolved killings breed more mistrust.

Families that live in cities with big homeless populations face a difficult conversation: how to talk to their kids about people they see sleeping on the streets.