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Among the most hotly debated topics in economic policy these days is a wealth tax on billionaires — a levy targeting the total value of assets held by the ultra wealthy, instead of their income.

This time next year, NASA plans to send its first crewed mission to the moon. NPR's Scott Detrow meets the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission, to see how the team is preparing.

Over the next two years, Hong Kong plans to burn 28 tons of ivory. Many conservationists hope destroying stockpiles will dampen demand in a country where many wealthy Chinese are buying ivory statues and carvings as investments. Others worry that it may have no effect at all.

An event in New Orleans this weekend highlighted the wealth of seafood the Americas have to offer — and the endangered state of the small fishers who catch it.

Latinos with darker skin tones are more likely than those with lighter skin to say they've been discriminated against, according to a new national poll by the Pew Research Center.

About half of registered voters don't go to the polls. In El Paso, nearly a quarter of people live in poverty and are uninsured, yet many say they don't have the time or the will to cast a ballot.

Construction on the first new stretch of border wall under the Trump administration is slated to begin this winter. In South Texas, the wall will cut right through a butterfly sanctuary.

The James Webb Space Telescope is on its ways to its parking place a million miles from Earth. What do scientists plan to do with it once it is operational?

This MAX series focuses on four women covering a fictionalized presidential contest featuring an older politician who dies during the campaign and a female candidate brought down by a sex scandal.

As overdose kills more young people, some colleges and students are finding ways to better respond. A group is organizing students on 28 campuses to distribute and use Narcan.