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When it comes to taxes, T.R. Reid says other countries have done "what the U.S. Congress evidently can't do — they've made it simple." His new book is A Fine Mess.

Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf Coast, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.

In 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But he didn’t rest on his laurels.

Gore is known for her Top 40 sensations such as It's My Party, produced by Quincy Jones. Her last album was released in 2005, the year she came out as a lesbian. She died Monday at the age of 68.

While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer.

A sanded-down biopic about the King of pop and propaganda has resurfaced his music on the charts — along with questions about how his enduring magic became make-believe

Conservative groups created a census plan for a Republican president that includes pushing for a citizenship question that's likely to lower the counts for Latinos and Asian Americans.

A D.C. official is suing two extremist groups for the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. marks another sobering pandemic milestone. President Biden heads to Kentucky to survey tornado damage.

A class-action lawsuit involving thousands of current and former college athletes, known as House vs. NCAA, would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players directly.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Democratic Congressman Pete Aguilar of California about the testimony by the Capitol Police inspector general regarding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.