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Eugene Debs was the first major Democratic Socialist in American history, running for president five times in the early 1900s. NPR goes on a tour of his home in Terre Haute, Ind., ahead of that state's primary with Benjamin Kite, an avid Bernie Sanders supporter. Kite, one of the home's caretakers, says Debs laid the groundwork for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal, and likewise Bernie Sanders may be laying the groundwork for a major shift left in American politics.

Thousands are stranded in Greece, on what they'd hoped would be the road to a new life. "I cannot provide for my family," says one father of young children.

There’s a new effort to not only preserve the endangered language, but to revive it.

England's modest Leicester City Foxes are one game away from being crowned champions of the English Premier League.

Data shows that the average 29-year-old did not graduate from a four-year university and is living in a suburb.

Rather than “aging in place” retirees are increasingly choosing to do just the opposite.

While big names like Walmart and Macy's are closing some brick and mortar stores, other retailers are shifting from online to brick and mortar.

Most James Beard awards go to haute cuisine, but one prize recognizes classic neighborhood joints. And increasingly, the winners are immigrants whose cultures haven't yet dissolved in the melting pot.

The state has been steadily losing manufacturing jobs for years. The issue is already playing a big part in the presidential campaign, and it could drive a lot of people to the polls on Tuesday.

Steve Inskeep talks to Declan Walsh of The New York Times, who recently left Aleppo, Syria. There are reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed there in the last week.