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In Alabama, about a thousand coal miners have been on strike for several months. They're demanding better pay and benefits. It's one of the rare union actions in the Deep South.

Young people write poetry, too — and the kids are more than alright.

Oakland is losing the A's but gaining a minor-league baseball team. Scott Simon talks with Don Wakamatsu, head of baseball operations of the Oakland Ballers and former major league player and coach.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Allison Bartlett of the University of Chicago about the dangers of measles and why Chicago is a hotspot in the current outbreak.

The United Auto Workers union is inching closer to unionizing plants in the South. Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant will soon vote on a union, with Mercedes workers in Alabama not far behind.

Students from Nebraska learn how to lobby for causes that matter to them.

A new study finds swapping half of your typical red meat intake for plant protein, reduces your diet-related carbon footprint by 25% and may also your boost lifespan.

For the first time since the Supreme Court weighed in, on Tuesday, Alabama will vote using its new Congressional map that gives Black voters more power.

Haiti has declared a state of emergency and curfews are in place until Wednesday, as the beleaguered island descends into more security chaos.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with UCLA law professor and election law expert Rick Hasen about the U.S. Supreme Court restoring Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on the Colorado primary ballot.